Colin and Bev, a pair aged of their 70s, had been asleep in mattress of their residence on Francis Road in Yarraville simply after 9am on Thursday after they heard noises coming from their roof.
They first thought the sounds had been being made by a possum.
Nonetheless, after poking by way of the plaster, along with his ft dangling out of the ceiling, the would-be robber had one large gap in his plan.
“‘Sorry, sorry. Sorry. I am on the lookout for one thing up within the roof’, and off he went,” Colin instructed 9News of his interplay with the person.
The intruder had eliminated a number of roof tiles to crawl into the ceiling area.
It is not clear how lengthy he’d been there when he made his lower than grand entry into the lounge.
“I used to be standing right here when he got here down and he ran previous me, unlocked the door,” Bev instructed 9News.
The Yarraville couple had been equally as shocked as one another on the surprising customer.
“He [Colin] simply rotated and stated, ‘What the bloody hell do you suppose you are doing?’,” Bev recalled.
After providing his absurd apology, Bev was shut sufficient to seize him however did not dare.
“You do not know if he is received a knife or a gun or something and he might have simply gone ‘boop’ and also you’re lifeless,” Bev stated.
The intruder bumped into their yard and scaled Bev and Colin’s fence, fleeing in the direction of Francis Road empty handed.
The couple had been fortunately unhurt however frightened nonetheless.
“We’ll recover from it, however it’ll take a very long time,” Bev stated.
Colin and Bev say the intruder had an olive complexion and was sporting a white t-shirt, blue-grey observe pants, a black beanie and glasses.
Police are eager to talk to any witnesses or anybody who could have CCTV or dashcam footage from the realm.