'Poltergeist' that mysteriously trashed couple's home turns out to be meth addict who was hiding under the bed with a knife

A Seattle couple returned to their apartment late on Wednesday night to find the home completely trashed.



Lotion had been smeared on their doorknobs, a can of paint had been poured in the toilet, the junk mail ripped open, and the soles of 20 pairs of shoes removed.



They called the police, who came to investigate, but nothing had been stolen, leading them to wonder whether something supernatural had occurred.



However it wasn't until after the cops - who were equally as baffled - had left after 45 minutes that Brian and Bridget O'Neill made the truly distressing discovery.



'We didn’t feel threatened, but we were somewhat disturbed,' Brian, 38, told Vocativ.



Trashed: A married couple in Seattle who started to wonder whether a ghost was responsible for the mysterious and unexplained trashing of their apartment eventually found a wild-eyed woman under the bed

The home had been vandalized in baffling ways - such as electronic products loaded on top of the bed - but nothing was stolen and police found no fingerprints

'It was a really weird experience.'



Electronics from all over the University District condo had been piled on the bed.



The police had found the purse of a 27-year-old woman, and the Bridget, 32, found a woman's shoes.



As the pair began to clean up the mess, Brian moved the bed slightly to pick up a bracelet on the floor.



He then heard something underneath the mattress.



'It was a noise coming from something alive,' he said.



'It sounded like a dying possum or raccoon.



'I had only heard wounded animals make that kind of noise before.'



The bed stands only one four from the ground, and the woman had been underneath it for at least two hours

When the noise got louder, becoming a scratching sound, the couple left the apartment and called the police again.



Officers went inside and came out minutes later.



They were escorting a 'lanky, wild-eyed woman', Vocativ reported.



The woman had been under the bed - which stands only about a foot from the ground - for at least two hours.

'When I saw that it was a woman, my reality suddenly kind of shifted,' Brian said.



'My wife pretty much collapsed on the stairwell.'



The woman, who authorities did not identify, told cops that she had been on a 'meth rampage' for several days, according to the police report.



Brian O’Neill says she stood about 5-foot-7 and weighed maybe 90 pounds.



Brian and Bridget O'Neill say the now feel sorry for the woman responsible, who admitted to having been on a 'meth rampage' for days Evidence: A police report obtained by Vocativ shows that a knife was found under the bed, a hypodermic needle in the linen and strands of hair throughout the house

'I thought it was one of the skinniest people I have ever seen,' he said.



After the woman was arrested, the O'Neill's found a hypodermic in their bedsheets and locks of the woman's around the house.



Under the bed was a knife, which she had used to try and deconstruct the box springs.



'Honestly, I feel kind of bad for her,' Bridget said.



'This woman was so tiny and not together, it’s hard to be mad.

