House boarded up with resident inside
by FrEiBeRgS2002 on Jun.13, 2009, under WTF!!!, Weird News
MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) – A Minneapolis man said he was preparing to leave his foreclosed home for the last time when contractors boarded up the house while he was still inside.
Ted Poetsch, 53, said he was finishing packing and loading his cat into its carrier May 12 when he heard drilling coming from the frame of his front door, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
Poetsch, who walks with a cane, said he descended the home’s stairs to find the contractors had already completed boarding up the house without making sure there was nobody inside.
City officials said Poetsch had been warned the contractors were coming that day, but they admitted boarding him up inside was a mistake that was unprecedented for the city.
Poetsch said he escaped his with the help of his one-time lawyer, Josh DuBois.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
