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A home­less man has tak­en over the chil­dren’s play zone at Irv­ing Park in San Fer­nan­do, leav­ing fam­i­lies too fright­ened to use the space.

Res­i­dents said the rest of the park re­mains un­touched, but the play area, once filled with chil­dren, is now cov­ered with tar­pau­lin and a mat­tress, with the man liv­ing in­side the struc­ture. They said he sleeps there dur­ing the day and be­haves er­rat­i­cal­ly at night.

One res­i­dent said she saw him walk­ing naked and no longer feels safe tend­ing to her gar­den.