Portland renter horrified to discover strange man squatting in his apartment building for weeks

A Portland, OR, man has voiced his horror after discovering that a squatter had been living in the basement of his apartment building for weeks after experiencing a series of “weird occurrences” in the property.Wyatt Lanford, 28, first spoke out about the shocking find in a now-viral TikTok video in which he explained how he happened upon the squatter after hearing strange noises coming from the lower levels of his building while noticing that pieces of laundry and packages had started to go missing.In the clip, Lanford admits that he always thought tales of squatters were nothing more than “urban legends,” until he moved to Portland from Flagstaff, AZ, and experienced the phenomenon first-hand.“I don’t live in the greatest area, but I don’t live in the worst area,” he explains.His apartment is “beautiful” as well as affordable.“We moved in in July, and there have been no incidents.

It was perfect, the neighbors are nice, it’s quiet,” he goes on.“There’s been some people yelling outside and some craziness happening in the middle of the night, but for the most part, it’s a really great place to live.”Lanford also notes that the building is equipped with a “security code and 24/7 security,” so he always felt safe in his home.However, all of that changed in late November when construction work was being done outside the building, Lanford says.

During this time, “someone had let a person who was not well into our building off the street.”Initially, Lanford was unaware that this person had entered the building.Then he began to hear strange noises like “screaming and wailing and crying” from the hallway.“It sounded scary like something was really wrong,” he recalls.

He was initially worried the sounds were coming from one of his neighbors.“It turned into an animalistic growling, almost demonic, and that noise scared me, it freaked my dog out.“I mean, there was just weird occurrences going on in the building,...