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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Candid_Rip_3851 on 2026-01-10 04:48:02+00:00.
This actually happened this morning.
I (20M) work in a pretty isolated location, and I’ve been a bit paranoid about my belongings getting stolen lately. To deter any potential thieves while I’m out of my room, I came up with what I thought was a "genius" plan: I arranged my extra clothes and bags under the covers of my bed to make it look like someone was sleeping there.
Fast forward to this morning. I headed out to start some early tasks, leaving my "dummy" in the bed. Apparently, one of my coworkers came by to wake me up for our shift. He saw the "body" in the bed and started yelling my name, trying to shake me awake.
At that exact moment, I walked in behind him and calmly asked, "What do you need?"
The poor guy nearly jumped out of his skin. He was terrified because he thought I was the person in the bed, but then I was standing behind him, which made him think someone else had broken in or was hiding there. It took a good ten minutes to calm him down and explain that it was just a pile of laundry.
TL;DR: I made a fake person out of laundry to scare off thieves, but ended up terrifying my coworker who thought I was being haunted or replaced
I wish I could show you what it look like but I cannot post any pictures 😅