If you think you’ve heard every crazy college roommate story, think again.
According to The Lantern, the student newspaper at Ohio State University, a group of Ohio State students recently discovered they had an extra roommate in their house they weren’t unaware of.
The man had lived in what the students believed was a locked utility closet in the basement of the house. It was discovered that the man turned the closet into a furnished bedroom when maintenance workers dismantled the door.
After the discovery, the residents had the door locks changed and left a note for their secret “roommate” to call them. According to Brett Mugglin, a fourth-year student living in the house, a man named Jeremy finally made himself known and promptly moved out.
Mugglin said of the silent intruder: “He was a nice enough guy…he just wasn’t supposed to be there.” He added that he had previously met Jeremy but thought Jeremy was living on another floor of the house.
Jeremy was able to get into the house by using the key left to him by his cousin, who was a resident in the house the year before. NorthSteppe Realty, the management company that owns the house, had not changed the locks from the year before.
Mark Hartman, another fourth-year living in the house, told The Lantern, “The keys don’t say ‘do not duplicate.’ There could be hundreds of people with keys to the house.”
Needless to say, the student residents are not happy with the realty company. While other realtors might deal with unwelcome bugs or mice, NorthSteppe has a slightly bigger problem on its hands.
Watch the students discuss the story of their mystery roommate below:
