The wife of Cardiff City goalkeeper Jak Alnwick said they thought their home had been broken into when a drunk elderly man turned up lost at the wrong house. Shayna Alnwick said she believed she was being robbed and was prepared to pick up a slat of wood from the spare bedroom to defend herself, while 29-year-old Jak nearly phoned the police.
Shayna shared the hilarious turn of events on her Instagram story on Monday. She wrote via her instagram page @theflippedpiece: "My husband and I were home getting ready for bed and someone was at our front door trying to break in! We were yelling at them to go away and realised it was just an older gentleman who was drunk and somehow thought this was his house!! So we tried to figure out his name and where we lived but he couldn't really speak properly.
"He was freezing and must have been wandering around late last night trying to find his way home! He kept saying his street name over and over and we Googled the street and it was 10 minutes away by car! It was so cold so we got him in the car and drove him to the street he said and as soon as we got on his street he yelled MY HOUSE and walked himself right inside."
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Shayna said the couple asked the old man if he had his ID on him around 10 times before he remembered he had it. She said she took down his name and called her phone from his so she could check in with him on Monday morning.
On Monday morning, she shared her text to him which read: "Hi [blank], My husband and I live in [blank] and you tried to get into our house last night around 11.30pm thinking it was yours. We didn't know where you lived and it was freezing outside so you showed us your ID and we drove you home so you wouldn't freeze wandering around in the dark.
"I wanted to text you and make sure you were okay today and safe? if you need anything please give me a call! Wishing you all the best." The elderly gentleman replied: "Thank you very much. I should know better at my age!" She added: "It was just this little old man thinking he's trying to get inside his house just trying to get some warmth."
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