Atlanta woman Maura Chey finds stranger lying down on front patio

ATLANTA - An Atlanta woman is recovering after a frightening encounter at her home Labor Day moing.

Maura Chey said one of her Goldendoodles named Teddy woke her up around 4:30 Monday moing. It was pacing and growling so she thought it had to go out. On her way back in to her Moingside neighborhood home, she found a man she didn't know apparently sleeping on her patio.

Maura Chey

"I saw the pillows on my couch on my patio were on the ground which is unusual and then I saw him," said Chey. "The same second I saw him, he said 'hi.'"

Chey said she started screaming for her husband to call the police. The chilling screams can be heard in the security footage and you can also see the man run off.

"She sounded very panicked and very scared," said Chey's husband, Rich Chey who woke up to his wife screams.  "I just came down as soon as I could and came outside and looked around and by that time he had already fled."


"It was frightening, it was so scary," said Chey.  "To come out in the middle of the night is scary enough, but to be surprised by a stranger, I do not know what he was doing."

Chey said she wants her neighborhood to know what happened to her because they have had recent home and car break-ins in the area. While Chey does not know what the man's intention's were, if any, she is grateful she and her family are ok.

"I am so thankful.  It could have had a very different ending," said Chey.

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