Remember the movie Where the Heart Is? It’s the story of the pregnant teen who’s abandoned at a Walmart, then gives birth. Well it’s happened again… almost. There’s just a few differences.
This time, the story is in Texas, and it’s a 14-year-old boy. Dude was having beef with his family, so he ran away from home, and into the Walmart. He actually set up camp, making a fort with some of the displays on the floor. He was snatching all the food he needed, changing clothes every few hours to avoid suspicion, even using diapers so he wouldn’t get caught in the bathroom. Sweet setup! And he kept it going for 4 days! The only reason they caught him was because he started leaving out too much trash.
We had a similar situation here in Charlotte a few years ago: remember the guy living at a Toys R’ Us? He’d actually found a spot inside the wall of the old toy store when it was on Independence Boulevard. The guy was there for months, with a pretty comfortable set-up.
Of course, there’s not much to keep a grown up going at a Walmart, except some candy and soda. But there are plenty of stores you actually could live… or might just like to live. Our Man on the Edge, Robert Wilder, would set up camp in Ikea horse meat Swedish meatballs, but what about you guys?
