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The other day a neighbor of mine was coming around door to door telling us about an event that happened overnight.
I live on a short cul de sac, and the neighbor lives on the main drive into the subdivision. He told us that he was up the night before at around 2:00AM because his dog was freaking out. He got up and went to his kitchen and the motion activated security light in his back yard popped on. He started looking out his windows and saw a dark figure lurking around checking on windows to the house he backs up to. He watched the person walk around the house (this is about 4 houses down from mine) and then he lost track of where he was.
The neighbor went to his bedroom and got his handgun and kept looking out the window. A few minutes later he saw the figure come back into his yard and toward his house. As the figure got closer he could see he was dressed in all black and had a white phantom of the opera mask on. The figure got near the window and the neighbor tapped the window and brandished his firearm. The figure looked up, and like no fucks were given just keep walking.
The figure walked past the house, out to main drag and got into a car. My neighbor grabbed his keys and hopped in his car and tried to trail the guy while phoning 911. The plates had one of those dark smoked out plastic covers over it so he couldn't read the numbers. The guy eventually floored it and lost my neighbor. We don't think the cops ever got him other than the cars description is now on the radar.
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Very creepy. But I don't know what the right play is here. The only thing I could have thought of is that he should have dialed 911 sooner instead of going rogue and trying to tail. I have an alarm system in my house, but we never activated. Certainly reconsidering it now. We don't have a dog any more after our old one passed away. So no warning of any sorts.
But I just can't figure out what that guys motive was. Not sure if he was casing or actively trying to B&E. Either way, dressed like that, creeping around houses at 2:00AM is up to no good.
So keyboard commandos of ATOT...what would you have done and what would you do having known that happened 4 houses down from you?
[EDIT] FWIW, my neighborhood is on the edge of town and only a 1/4 mile away from the county line. There's only a handful of ways in and you have to deliberately mean to go here. It's not something you drive through to get to other places. We're quite sectioned off from the rest of the main city subdivisions. It's a mixed neighborhood of housing that goes from Section 8/HUD dumps all the way up to incredibly upscale $750,000+ mini-mansions. It's a weird setup. The expensive stuff sits up front and the dumpier stuff is hidden in the back.
I live on a short cul de sac, and the neighbor lives on the main drive into the subdivision. He told us that he was up the night before at around 2:00AM because his dog was freaking out. He got up and went to his kitchen and the motion activated security light in his back yard popped on. He started looking out his windows and saw a dark figure lurking around checking on windows to the house he backs up to. He watched the person walk around the house (this is about 4 houses down from mine) and then he lost track of where he was.
The neighbor went to his bedroom and got his handgun and kept looking out the window. A few minutes later he saw the figure come back into his yard and toward his house. As the figure got closer he could see he was dressed in all black and had a white phantom of the opera mask on. The figure got near the window and the neighbor tapped the window and brandished his firearm. The figure looked up, and like no fucks were given just keep walking.
The figure walked past the house, out to main drag and got into a car. My neighbor grabbed his keys and hopped in his car and tried to trail the guy while phoning 911. The plates had one of those dark smoked out plastic covers over it so he couldn't read the numbers. The guy eventually floored it and lost my neighbor. We don't think the cops ever got him other than the cars description is now on the radar.
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Very creepy. But I don't know what the right play is here. The only thing I could have thought of is that he should have dialed 911 sooner instead of going rogue and trying to tail. I have an alarm system in my house, but we never activated. Certainly reconsidering it now. We don't have a dog any more after our old one passed away. So no warning of any sorts.
But I just can't figure out what that guys motive was. Not sure if he was casing or actively trying to B&E. Either way, dressed like that, creeping around houses at 2:00AM is up to no good.
So keyboard commandos of ATOT...what would you have done and what would you do having known that happened 4 houses down from you?
[EDIT] FWIW, my neighborhood is on the edge of town and only a 1/4 mile away from the county line. There's only a handful of ways in and you have to deliberately mean to go here. It's not something you drive through to get to other places. We're quite sectioned off from the rest of the main city subdivisions. It's a mixed neighborhood of housing that goes from Section 8/HUD dumps all the way up to incredibly upscale $750,000+ mini-mansions. It's a weird setup. The expensive stuff sits up front and the dumpier stuff is hidden in the back.
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