Run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man — and I’m breaking into your home!

That’s what this man may have said as he approached a stranger’s house in Arlington, Virginia. According to WUSA9, an Arlington resident checked their Ring camera to discover a guy dressed as a gingerbread man attempting to open their front door. “My wife said, ‘Hey listen, there’s this guy. He didn’t ring the doorbell; he’s just standing there, and he’s in this gingerbread man costume.’ And I’m like, ‘Gingerbread man — what?’” the man in the video says.

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The gingerbread man appears harmless, but of course, that’s just what an evil confectionary creature like himself would want us to believe.

Per WUSA9, the Gingerbread Man walked around the neighborhood, going from house to house in search of who knows what. While many people saw him, he was unable to be identified. “We kind of locked eyes, and the gingerbread man went on his way,” recalled neighbor Lindsey Churchill. “So weird.”

We don’t know what this Gingerbread Man’s deal was. Maybe he was on his way to a Christmas party and got the address wrong; maybe he was a deviant who just decided to dress like a holiday treat. But if he really wants to get into people’s houses next time, he’s got to dress as a better cookie.