Current Date: 28 Aug, 2025
{{entry.title}}

A woman finds her ex-boyfriend living in her attic 12 years after they broke up

Most people have heard of "things that go bump in the night," but for one South Carolina lady, that "thing" was her ex-boyfriend, whom she discovered living in her attic more than 12 years after they broke up.

Most people have heard of “things that go bump in the night,” but for one South Carolina lady, that “thing” was her ex-boyfriend, whom she discovered living in her attic more than 12 years after they broke up.

Tracy, a single mother of five from Rock Hill, South Carolina, claims she heard a thump from above and saw nails start poking out of her bedroom ceiling.

It was around 2:30 a.m. Tracy thought “something just ain’t right” when she heard noises in the attic and saw nails popping out, and she assumed “there was some poltergeist stuff going on,” she told the Charlotte Observer.

A woman finds her ex boyfriend living in her attic 2
Scene: A Rock Hill woman says she found an old boyfriend living in the attic of her home, pictured, after he was released from jail. Photo Credit: NBC

It wasn’t the devil who was twirling around on the ceiling. According to WCNC, it was her ex-boyfriend, who had been living in her attic for roughly two weeks following his release from prison.

They had been separated for over a decade. Despite his claims in letters sent from jail that he had changed, she never considered getting back with him. After his most recent arrest, she assumed he had gone to Charlotte.

A woman finds her ex boyfriend living in her attic 3
She said of the discovery: ‘My nephew found a man. He had packed all the old coats and jackets into the heating unit and was sleeping in the heating unit’ Photo Credit: NBC

Her adult sons and nephew discovered him sleeping in the attic. “They found a man. He had put all of the old coats and jackets into the heating unit and was sleeping in the heating unit,” Tracy said WCNC, adding that her ex-boyfriend fled the house before police arrived.

According to Local 8, they discovered several “Route 44” Sonic cups filled with feces and urine. They also discovered that Tracy’s ex-boyfriend had rigged the ceiling vents so that he could gaze down on her bedroom from his attic spot.

A woman finds her ex boyfriend living in her attic 1
Peep hole: An arrow, bottom left, points to the air vent the 44-year-old was using to spy on his ex-girlfriend with from the attic. Photo Credit: NBC

According to Local 8, the only way to get into the attic is through a door on the interior of the house, in the hallway that joins her children’s rooms.

Tracy told the Charlotte Observer, “I’m stunned.” “How can you peek via an air vent at someone?”

Similar Stories
Quaker Oats Fed Children with Radioactive Oatmeal

Quaker Oats Fed Children with Radioactive Oatmeal

In the 1940s and 1950s, Quaker Oats and MIT conducted experiments on radioactive iron and calcium-containing cereal. The diet was part of a study to see if the nutrients in Quaker oatmeal traveled throughout the body. In January 1998, a $1.85 million settlement was reached for 30 victims who came forward.

Man who robbed bank to get away from wife sentenced to home confinement

Man who robbed bank to get away from wife sentenced to home confinement

In 2017, a 70-year-old man robbed a Kansas City bank, then sat down in the lobby waiting for the Police to arrive stating he’d rather live in jail than with his wife. He was arrested but rather than thrown in a cell he was sentenced to 6 months of home confinement.

The truth behind the murder of Cara Knott

The truth behind the murder of Cara Knott

After the murder of Cara Knott in 1986, a local news station filmed a ride-along segment with a highway patrol officer named Craig Allen Peyer who talked about women’s safety and gave tips on what to do when stranded on the road. That same officer later turned out to be the “Knotts killer.” He was convicted of the crime in 1988.

The great robbery: 300 million yen robbery

The great robbery: 300 million yen robbery

In 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300M Yen robbery remains unsolved