This is one of those stories that is so bizarre, you wouldn't believe it if it didn't actually happen. Police in Fresno, California have arrested a suspect after a home was robbed of cash and ransacked in the middle of the night Saturday.

That's not that unusual.

But this is.

Cops say before the man left, he went into the kitchen of his unsuspecting hosts - two local farm workers - and removed a number of spices and a sausage from the fridge. For reasons that still aren't clear (and frankly, you may not want to know) the accused allegedly began to rub the spices over the body of one of the sleeping and oblivious victims, before hitting the other man with the eight inch kielbasa.

Needless, to say, both woke up as their weird assailant fled the house. Cops later found the man not far away in a nearby field, wearing only a T-shirt, socks and his boxer shorts. They say he wasn't much of a thief - he accidentally left his wallet behind, which contained all his I.D. 

A 22-year-old man is being held on a number of charges, although it's not clear if assault with a deadly sausage is a legal statute that will stand up in court.

Cops recovered the allegedly stolen money but will have to go before a judge without the meaty weapon. It turns out the men's dog (top left) got to it before police could and ate the evidence.