Shankar Desai's girlfriend wouldn't fess up to eating all the snacks in his fridge, so he decided to set up a hidden camera as a joke to catch her. But what he caught instead? A lady secretly living in the crawlspace in his apartment.

We know. File this video under "N" for "NGHAAAAAUGHHHHHHHH!"

Shankar claims that the tape is not a hoax -- he has no idea how she got in or why she was there, and says she "didn't say much when the cops came and took her."

Yeah, OK. This some gothic-novel, Bertha Rochester noise. If this is real, then better refill your Ambien prescriptions, kids. If not? Well, golf clap, Shankar. You scared the hell out of us. Enjoy!

UPDATE: THIS IS VERY LIKELY A FAKE!