A Late-Night Snack Run Ends With a Rude Awakening

A Florida man is behind bars after a woman woke up to a startling discovery: a stranger standing at the foot of her bed. The surreal encounter took a stranger turn when the homeowner later found the alleged intruder, Elijah Earl Spencer, asleep in the back seat of her car.

Just before 5:30 AM on Tuesday, Walton County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived at a home on Andrews Road in DeFuniak Springs, following a 911 call. The homeowner told them she woke to find a man, who appeared to be disoriented, mumbling in her bedroom.

After she yelled at him, the man left her home and wandered around her property before vanishing.

A quick check revealed the man had left behind articles of clothing and helped himself to some of her prepackaged snacks

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