CITY POLICE SAY THEY’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT, EVEN THE DOG SMELLED “LIKE DAISIES”Evelyn Shood, 89, of Overbrook, was awakened before sunrise this morning by a loud knock on her front door from city police responding to a call from a frantic next door neighbor who said she had concerns that something was amiss at the residence.
The neighbor, who refused to give her name, said that if the outside of the home was any indication of what was going on inside, she felt it was her civic duty to call for intervention.
Officer Shane O’Hara, who was just leaving the Caribou Coffee House on the South Side with a giant blueberry muffin as he prepared to report for his 7 a.m. shift, said he was “completely taken aback” by what he saw: an orderly, dust-free home.
According to KDKA reports, Mrs. Shood offered no resistance when Officer O'Hara demanded entrance, and, after politely asking the officer to “wipe his feet,” she kindly suggested he wear a pair of white gloves and sit down with her for a cup of tea.
“It took my breath away. The vacuum cleaner marks in the formal living room were perfectly parallel and evenly spaced. It was like looking at Augusta National. And every bed -- including the one in the spare room -- was made with hospital corners. There wasn’t a hint of mildew in the bathroom. The silverware was spotless. You could eat off the kitchen floor, literally. Even the Tupperware was stacked in a way that clearly demonstrated this woman exhibited exceptional spatial abilities,” said O’Hara.
The woman was promptly issued The Good Housekeeping Seal by the officer, according to KDKA-TV.
Repeated attempts to contact the next door neighbor who placed the call went unanswered at press time.
