Gingerbread Man caught trying to walk into strangers' home in Virginia

ARLINGTON, Va. (TCD) -- Santa Claus is coming to town, but apparently, so is the Gingerbread Man.

Some residents on North George Mason Drive got a bit of a shock Wednesday evening when their Ring doorbell cameras captured a person in an inflatable Gingerbread Man costume trying to enter their house. The footage shared by WUSA-TV reporter Katie Lusso shows the Gingerbread Man looking around, walking up to the door, and attempting to open it.

The homeowner told WUSA, "We noticed the door was trying to be pushed. We look at the camera, I’m looking at this guy in a costume."

The man called Arlington County Police Department’s non-emergency line to report the incident, and the operator reportedly had to confirm that it was, in fact, someone dressed as the wintry treat.

A snipped of video also showed the Gingerbread Man walking slowly down the street. He allegedly tried to get into another house down the street, too.

Arlington County Police told WUSA in a statement, "A community member filed an online report regarding suspicious circumstances. The report indicates that at approximately 6 p.m. on December 13, a man in a gingerbread costume tried to open the door of a residence in the 2600 block of N. George Mason Drive and, upon finding the door was locked, walked away."

A neighbor reportedly approached the Gingerbread Man, and they said the person "stated he was looking for a friend’s house."

One resident said, "It was not holly jolly."

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