A baffling bathroom break-in Wednesday morning left residents of a Brickell apartment building in shock.
Anthony Valdez, a tenant in the building, was startled when he heard strange noises coming from the bathroom.
“We heard a noise coming from the bathroom,” Valdez said.
The incident was caught on video and has since gone viral on Only in Dade.
Initially, Valdez thought the noise was the work of a rat or a prankster.
“…[My roommate] she thought he was playing a joke on her. So he started laughing and then he started recording because he thought it was a joke,” Valdez explained.
However, the situation took a strange turn when Valdez saw a person’s fingers desperately digging through the wall, claiming they had been kidnapped and needed help.
Frightened, Valdez and his roommate decided not to interact with the person and waited for the police to arrive.
Miami police arrived at the apartment building at SW 10th Street and 3rd Avenue, initially treating the situation as a possible kidnapping case.
However, upon further investigation, officers discovered that the individual was under the influence of drugs.
“There was a towel that was wrapped around the handle, like you have the door locked,” said Miami Police Public Information Officer Mike Vega.
Vega explained that the individual admitted to making up a false story after using a mixture of hallucinogenic drugs.
Officers interviewed other residents of the building and discovered the individual was a guest at an illegal vacation rental.
The holes in the wall have since been fixed, but Valdez remains amazed by the experience.
“I mean, you know, we didn’t know who lived next door to us,” he said.
While police told NBC6 that the individual committed a crime by breaking down apartment walls, investigators said it has yet to be determined if charges will be filed in this strange case as the investigation continues.
