Man found in Wisc. basement covered in BBQ sauce

The idea that this story came from any type of organized news media both frightens and intrigues me. QFT:

A couple telephoned police in the middle of the night after finding a man in their basement covered head to toe in barbecue sauce.

"He told the officers that it was urban camouflage," said the homeowner.

This happened in Wisconsin.

The homeowners say they woke up to whistling sounds.

The husband grabbed his shotgun and headed toward the basement where he found the sauced-up intruder.

He held him at gunpoint until police arrived.

The guy told officers he had covered himself in barbecue sauce because he wanted to hide from the government.

He now faces burglary charges.

I love this story, and I'm devastated it didn't come with a byline. Because if it did, I would fucking give that reporter a hug. Do we even need the comments? Isn't this funny enough by itself? Okay, here's the Reddit comments.

Space-Paranoids says

This is officially my favorite news item of the week.

dunezone says

I love the single sentence, "This happened in Wisconsin."

The_Voice_of_Reason replies

I get the feeling people will read that and go "Ooooh..." like that explains it. :-(

This state is something else. Why do we get all the weirdos?

nixonrichard has a point

Because otherwise Florida would have an illegal monopoly.