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An Oregon woman got the surprise of her life when a naked man barged into her home, tried to hug her – and cheerfully uttered, “Hi, Honey!”

Police found 30-year-old Steven Burton naked, hanging upside down from a tree.Pendleton Police and FirePolice found 30-year-old Steven Burton naked, hanging upside down from a tree.Pendleton Police and Fire

Gail Wilson, who has muscular dystrophy, said she thought the man was a crime or accident victim when he showed up in the buff – but quickly realized he was a menace and shoved him off.

He later ended up hanging upside down from a tree.

“He had a big grin on his face,” she told the East Oregonian. “He came walking toward me with his arms open wide. I kept saying, ‘Get away from me! Get out of my house!’”

Wilson, who was home alone, was sitting on her lift chair during the bizarre encounter.

“With my muscular dystrophy, I needed him to get close enough to me so I had the strength to push him away,” the Pendleton woman told KPTV.

Steve BurtonPendleton police and fireSteve BurtonPendleton police and fire

The naked nut then grabbed her dog and disappeared into another room.

She called a 911 dispatcher, who told her to ask the man for his name. But when she asked him, he ran off.

Pendleton Police Chief Stuart Roberts said the man scaled a fence and dove off the side of a 40- or 50-foot bluff that borders the Umatilla River, the paper reported.

When cops heard no splash, they ran to get a better view.

“When they got there, they looked down,” Roberts said. “He was hanging upside-down in a tree.”

Roberts said the apparently drugged-up guy’s left ankle became wedged in the tree a few feet from the bank.

The uninvited guest, identified as 30-year-old Steven Burton, was plucked from the tree and charged with burglary, harassment, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

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