Runaway Lived in Bed Bath & Beyond

By Alex in Everything Else on Apr 26, 2010 at 12:22 pm

The big box store Bed Bath & Beyond has got everything you could possibly want for your home, so naturally it makes a pretty good home itself for someone:

Investigators said the boy ran away from home Sunday and walked into the store near Gratiot Avenue and 13 Mile Road just before closing. He went undetected for four nights as employees locked up the store for the night.

Police said the boy found a blanket from a shelf to stay warm and then took shelter under a riser. Police said the boy would eat peanuts and food he found on the store’s shelf and go to the bathroom in a pop bottle. [...] Police said the boy would leave in the morning and then return again at night until he was discovered by a clerk, who then called police.

ClickOnDetroit has the story: Link


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  1. Tertium Squid
    Apr 26th, 2010 at 12:55 pm

    From The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

  2. Lina
    Apr 26th, 2010 at 1:37 pm

    @Tertium Squid
    I was thinking the exact same thing! After reading that book I used to dream about doing something like this all the time!

  3. max power
    Apr 26th, 2010 at 1:40 pm

    Pooping in a soda bottle? That takes talent :)

  4. aware
    Apr 26th, 2010 at 1:42 pm

    did the store not have a bathroom??

  5. felixthecat
    Apr 26th, 2010 at 1:43 pm

    No, no bathroom. Just bottles. Haven’t you ever shopped there and needed a restroom?

  6. emmakate
    Apr 26th, 2010 at 4:29 pm

    I love how there’s like 4 people being quoted in the article on saying how smart and brave he is…Also, I have a bathroom in my local BB&B, but maybe he was avoiding the cameras…?

  7. Harriet Diabate
    Apr 26th, 2010 at 7:54 pm

    In re: the bottle. People. DUH. He left the store during the day. Obviously a person in his situation would poop in a Burger King restroom (or some such) but then would still need a soda bottle for the inevitable late-night urinating needs. DUH.

  8. Innocent victim
    Apr 27th, 2010 at 7:44 am

    and BEYOND!!

  9. GailPink
    Apr 27th, 2010 at 9:12 am

    Most (many?) of those stores have bathrooms and also full beds set up to show off the bedding they sell. Also, many of them sell snacks. I guess he was in the ghetto version of a BB&B.

  10. JuJu
    Apr 27th, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    haha, I work at a BB&B and do not see why he couldn’t use the restroom or a bed. The restrooms aren’t locked at night as far as I’m aware, and beds and alarm clocks would be nice to use too! It’d be like when Natalie Portman lives in Walmart in that movie.


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