Would you let a stranger sleep in your home?

What if the stranger said he had embarked on a journey to hike around the perimeter of Texas and was sleeping on roadsides, state parks and campgrounds? Would that convince you?

Texarkana resident Michael Boyd did exactly that when he allowed S. Matt Read to bunk under his roof, free of charge Thursday.

Read and Boyd connected on the social networking Website known as couchsurfing.org. The site is an international community of people who create profiles and open their homes to other site members who may be travel...

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