{"id":143067,"date":"2023-11-07T12:55:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T12:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=143067"},"modified":"2023-11-07T12:55:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T12:55:43","slug":"man-secretly-lives-in-shopping-mall-for-six-months-goes-completely-unnoticedhe-had-a-cosy-bed-even-a-desk-to-study-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/man-secretly-lives-in-shopping-mall-for-six-months-goes-completely-unnoticedhe-had-a-cosy-bed-even-a-desk-to-study-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Man secretly lives in shopping mall for six months &amp; goes completely unnoticed\u2026he had a cosy bed &amp; even a desk to study | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SECURITY guards at a shopping mall were stunned when they discovered a man had allegedly been living under the staircase for six months.<\/p>\n<p>The resourceful youngster had made himself quite at home fitting out his cabin with a tent, a table, a computer and even an ergonomic chair.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/d0689ea6-d821-4b7a-81f6-d4dc2c795487.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>He managed to evade most security guards for a concerning amount of time, despite regularly venturing out of the den to use the mall&#x27;s charging sockets.<\/p>\n<p>However, the man was initially busted by a lone security guard, but he took pity on him and let him stay after he said he needed a place to study for an exam.<\/p>\n<p>The man lived in under the stairs at the Shanghai mall until October 30 when another guard stumbled upon his unusually organised set-up and he was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>A video of the cozy home has swirled the internet and prompted mixed reactions.<\/p>\n<h2>read more strange homes <\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lb-shower-comp.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lb-shower-comp.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lb-shower-comp.jpg\"><\/picture><span>LONG SHOWER <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>I saw the strangest shower I&#x27;ve ever seen while house-hunting &#8211; it&#x27;s creepy<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/MB-COMPOSITE-HOUSES.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/MB-COMPOSITE-HOUSES.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/MB-COMPOSITE-HOUSES.jpg\"><\/picture><span>HOUSE ABOUT THAT THEN? <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>From pianos to crocodiles &#8211; the world&#x27;s most bizarre homes revealed<\/h3>\n<p>Some viewers called the man a &quot;parasite&quot; and said he could be dangerous, however others praised his savvy rent-avoiding tactics.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the only time something like this has occurred.<\/p>\n<p>On March 22 we told how a man who faced homelessness lived in a secret flat underneath a shopping mall for years before anyone noticed.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Townsend, 52, \u00a0and seven other artists,\u00a0occupied the underground space\u00a0in Providence Place,\u00a0Rhode Island\u00a0from 2003 to 2007 and landed on the wrong side of the law.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in The Sun<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tp-composite-harry-and-meghan-eco-warriors-new.jpg\"><\/picture><span>HEIR MILES <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Harry flies on fuel-guzzling private jet owned by oil heir to attend concert<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lb-evan-dead-comp.jpg\"><\/picture><span>GONE TOO SOON <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Former child star dies at sober-living home after &#8216;struggle with drugs&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24647073-1699278969519.jpg\"><\/picture><span>GOODBYE DAD <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Britain\u2019s oldest dad who had a baby at 78 with his lover, 25, dies<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dk-comp-poppy-seller-new.jpg\"><\/picture><span>HERO &#8216;PUNCHED&#8217; <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Poppy-selling vet, 78, &#8216;punched as he fled station&#8217; during Palestine protest<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Rhode Island artist was facing homelessness in 2003 when the historic building he lived in was sold to a developer, who claimed he had a &#x27;commercial responsibility&#x27; to takeover the building.<\/p>\n<p>Townsend had already visited another of the developer&#x27;s projects &#8211; Providence Place Mall, where by chance he discovered a secret, unused apartment hidden in the structure of the building.<\/p>\n<p>After a slew of protests that lasted two years, the artist and several others were eventually forced out of their building to make way for a supermarket car park.<\/p>\n<p>But Townsend and his displaced friends decided the fight was still far from over.<\/p>\n<p>As a kind of poetic justice, they decided to illegally occupy the secret space in the mall, believing it was their civic and artistic &#x27;responsibility&#x27; to develop the space.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0b3d943a-0fdb-47b9-9e41-11a32798b720.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/24655623\/man-secretly-lives-in-shopping-mall-for-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SECURITY guards at a shopping mall were stunned when they discovered a man had allegedly been living under the staircase for six months. 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