chalet

He had four properties in south-east England including a house in Surrey, as well as a holiday chalet, the Met said.

The spot in question is Espresso Chalet, a roadside gem on Washington’s Highway 2, which stretches across the Cascades between Everett and Spokane.

Espresso Chalet, however, was the very first coffee stand on Highway 2 — owners Mark and Sandy Klein have run the spot for the past 31 years, and have the paperwork to prove it.

He subsequently bought the land and, as he puts it, “went out there with a saw” to carve out a spot that he turned into Espresso Chalet.

The “chalet” is actually a wee trailer covered with a peaked Alpine-style roof, funky and drenched in patina, around which are racks of Bigfoot-themed T-shirts, knickknacks and parapharnelia all encased in plastic against the persistent mountain drizzle.