Davis Wahlman knew something was amiss in his house, but only investigated when he heard rustling upstairs. What he found sent shivers down his spine.
"I hear rummaging around above me, which I know is the attic so I'm like, 'That's kind of weird'," Mr Wahlman told Komo News, the media company he works for in the US.
Noticing the light was on in the office on Tuesday morning, Mr Wahlman found the door locked. He knocked. A woman responded.
"'Jimmy? Is that you, Jimmy?'" he said about the stranger who answered.
"I'm like 'No, it's not Jimmy. Who is this and why are you in my house?'"