--- title: Boston Tickler Breaking Into Students Homes description: A hooded man has been breaking into male students' homes at Boston College to tickle their feet in the middle of the night. canonical: https://time.com/124347/boston-man-breaking-into-college-bros-homes-to-tickle-their-feet-in-the-night/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-28T17:53:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:05.650Z og:title: Boston Man Breaking Into College Bros' Homes to Tickle Their Feet in the Night og:description: NOT a laughing matter og:url: https://time.com/124347/boston-man-breaking-into-college-bros-homes-to-tickle-their-feet-in-the-night/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt096d979be1d533c4/69868b0dcd684875e80942f0/164388046.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 164388046 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Boston Man Breaking Into College Bros' Homes to Tickle Their Feet in the Night twitter:description: NOT a laughing matter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt096d979be1d533c4/69868b0dcd684875e80942f0/164388046.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Boston Man Breaking Into College Bros' Homes to Tickle Their Feet in the Night by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler May 28, 2014 5:53 PM UTC  Handcuffs HandcuffsDaniel Allan—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler May 28, 2014 5:53 PM UTC A hooded man has been breaking into male students’ homes at Boston College to tickle their feet in the middle of the night, [according to Boston PD.](http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/05/27/cops-serial-tickler-breaking-into-boston-college-students-homes/7e2j2Tnm2iQmsPtPaJPYlJ/story.html) While we could be flip about a super villain by the name of The Tickler —”This is no myth,” Sergeant Michael O’Hara told boston.com, “It’s happening.”—we won’t be. Because it’s legitimately terrifying. For two years, the Tickler—described as a 5’8” black male in dark clothing, a hoodie and on special occasions a “Gator-style mask”—has been haunting the campus, hitting up to three rooms in a night. There are no thefts and he’s usually gone by the time giggling has kicked in. “I thought my friend was just trying to annoy me, but I soon realized it wasn’t anyone I knew,” said Daniel Marenzi, who’s feet were targeted in October. “I freaked out and sat up but he was already on the way out.” \[[Boston.com](http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/05/27/cops-serial-tickler-breaking-into-boston-college-students-homes/7e2j2Tnm2iQmsPtPaJPYlJ/story.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/124347/boston-man-breaking-into-college-bros-homes-to-tickle-their-feet-in-the-night/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/124347/boston-man-breaking-into-college-bros-homes-to-tickle-their-feet-in-the-night/"},"headline":"Boston Man Breaking Into College Bros' Homes to Tickle Their Feet in the Night","datePublished":"2014-05-28T17:53:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:05.650Z","description":"NOT a laughing matter","url":"https://time.com/124347/boston-man-breaking-into-college-bros-homes-to-tickle-their-feet-in-the-night/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","Boston"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt096d979be1d533c4/69868b0dcd684875e80942f0/164388046.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt096d979be1d533c4/69868b0dcd684875e80942f0/164388046.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"164388046","caption":"164388046","creditText":"Daniel Allan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/124347/boston-man-breaking-into-college-bros-homes-to-tickle-their-feet-in-the-night/","name":"Boston Man Breaking Into College Bros' Homes to Tickle Their Feet in the Night"}}]}] ```