Wed Oct 6, 9:23 AM ET Oddly Enough - Reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man got more excitement than he bargained for in a sex shop when he dozed off in a video booth, got locked in overnight and was mistaken for a burglar by police as he tried to get out, authorities said on Tuesday.

"He'd had rather a lot to drink and had gone in to enjoy himself," said a spokesman for police in the southwestern city of Mannheim. "Seemingly the effects of the alcohol proved the strongest stimulus though. He fell asleep."

When the 50-year-old woke up in the dark inside the closed sex emporium, he struggled in vain to get out, only to set off the shop's alarms and alert police, who soon arrived.

"The officers initially thought he was a burglar," the spokesman said. "But he managed to provide them with proof that he was telling the truth."