Friday, October 26, 2007

New Burglar in Town

I know a guy who says that criminals are stupid, and that's why they chose to be criminals -- I'm not sure I completely agree with that across all spectra of crime, but surely if you are a burglar, in order not to be seen or heard at 3am, wouldn't you choose to walk in all the fallen leaves and to fiddle with all the jingly things on your keyring? And when you ducked behind a shed when someone flips on the backdoor light, would you leave the tip of your boot hanging outside of the shadowed zone?

After hearing the slide on my .270 racked, at least he was smart enough to bug out in the provided time-frame before Buster, Mr. Mag-light and I did our sweep. Given the rapidity with which the seemingly random pickup-truck blasted out of our neighborhood at 3:30 during said sweep, I assume he'll be looking for greener pastures....

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glad you're all safe.

::inevitable brother reaction::
Dude, WTF?? Why didn't you call? I could have swept your front with the Nagant by the time you got to your back light, and you'd have had backup up on your sweep...
:: end inevitable brother reaction ::

:)

JimDesu said...

Trusty Wife(TM) with unobstructed view and finger on telephone seemed smarter than waking up the neighborhood, frankly.

Anonymous said...

Fair 'nuff. And it does seem like this guy may have been as likely to have been drunk off his ass and got the wrong house as having been an actual burglar.... jes' don't forget, we've got y'alls back... ;)

JimDesu said...

That drunk wouldn't have hopped a fence and been skulking along the fence-line under concealment.

The LQ said...

Golly!

Thank goodness for stupid, cowardly burglars...

And smart, brave homeowners...

Anonymous said...

Holy crap.
:: begin Texan reaction:: Ya shoulda shot 'em. ::end Texan reaction:: :)

Glad nothing serriously bad happened.
::HUGS::

Madeleine said...

@ Audie: Hugs back!
Love having gun in bedside table - very, very calming thing in trying times :)
@ Anonymous Russ: Thank you! Definitely appreciate the back getting... and thanks for the advice via Anna too :)

Convivialdingo said...

I've never had that problem here, thank God. Then again, my place doesn't exactly scream "rob me."

Glad to hear all's well!

Amanda said...

Any robber that can levitate up to my 3rd floor window definitely has bigger fish to fry than me.
Something to be said for apartment buildings.

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