Fence Jumping Bouncy

[landofconfusion80]

Scary Broom!!!

neverforget (7,313 posts)

So I just chased off an intruder with


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 a broom. He was in our backyard. We heard our gate open up. Wife says to go check it out thinking it was a raccoon. I check from the front and the gate is closed. I come back in and open the sliding glass door and there's a guy climbing over our fence. I take a whack at him with the broom handle as he's jumping over the fence. I scream to my wife CALL 911! He takes off at a fast walk as I run through the house to get a description of the guy. Nothing will come of it because all I got was a look from behind was the clothes he was wearing.
 
Our dog didn't even bark! He chased off another prowler long time ago but I guess his hearing is going.

Here's a pic of my dog, Sabot (pronounced say bow) who didn't bark. Love him though!!

Nobody out of the bushes, just over a fence. Maybe the cop came out of the bushes to write the report? We really need more details here.

oneofthe99 (106 posts)

9. Holy cow ! I'm glad you're safe


Don't do that again ! , you never know what he might have a gun a knife.

Get back in the house lock the door and just call 911

Don't forget to piss your pants! we don't know what their true motives are

neverforget (7,313 posts)

35. I was talking with a neighbor after this happened tonight and he said he was

broken into a couple years ago. They didn't take much of value though.

This is the first time we've had any problems in the 8 years we've lived in this house.

Just a few hacky sacks and some "art" destined for etsy

neverforget (7,313 posts)

34. My dog is a lover and not a fighter too. He's your best friend to complete strangers.

Great dog though! Love him!

Sounds about as useful as it's owner

intaglio (6,291 posts)

37. Many, many moons ago

Sometime round 1970 we had an intruder in our house about 2am and neither of our dogs uttered one yip. For some reason the first bedroom door he pushed open was mine. I woke, threw off the duvet grabbed an 1860 pattern Martini
 
At the time I was young and fit, practiced European fencing, and had several of these sword bayonets. I also slept stark naked.
 
So the intruder was faced with a naked man coming at him waving a very long blade and screaming "Get out of here you bastard!"
 
I swear this criminal teleported to the bottom of the stairs and leaving through the open front door. I chased out onto the road still waving my weapon and now shouting "come back here you w***ker!"
 
For some reason he didn't return. The young constable who showed up thought it all very amusing, though thinking back on it now it is a lot more worrying.

The intruder probably saw all the open sores and didn't want to catch anything.

Glitterati (2,277 posts)

41. Pretty sure I did as well....
I pulled my car out of the garage to go to work at 6:30 PM, and this pickup truck With W , anti union, and pro-coal sticks on the back was coming into the cul de sac.....it was odd, a strange vehicle, so I watched as I pulled out to see which house he was going to. He pulled around the cul de sac and parked on the street in one of the open spaces. So I went around the block and came back in from a different direction. When I pulled up close enough to see the driver, he looked at me terrified(worried that I was going to steal something), and took off like a bat out of hell.
 
Not sure what he was up to, but it definitely was no good.

[thundley4]

He pulled around the cul de sac and parked on the street in one of the open spaces. So I went around the block and came back in from a different direction

Makes no sense at all. How do you come from a different direction in a cul-de-sac?

[landofconfusion80]

Makes no sense at all. How do you come from a different direction in a cul-de-sac?

You run through the neighbors' backyards until one of them comes chasing you with a broom

[DLR Pyro]

oneofthe99 (106 posts)

9. Holy cow ! I'm glad you're safe


Don't do that again ! , you never know what he might have a gun a knife.

Get back in the house lock the door and just call 911

yeah, and you will be stuck defending yourself with just a broom.  See DUmmies, this is why we want to have our guns.  We believe in defending our homes and families from intruders, not cowering behind locked doors and window curtins waiting for the cops to show up.

[Gina]

 

[Wineslob]

Makes no sense at all. How do you come from a different direction in a cul-de-sac?

Circular Logic.

[tanstaafl]

yeah, and you will be stuck defending yourself with just a broom.  See DUmmies, this is why we want to have our guns.  We believe in defending our homes and families from intruders, not cowering behind locked doors and window curtins waiting for the cops to show up.

And because, when seconds count, the cops are minutes away.

[diesel driver]

And because, when seconds count, the cops are minutes away.

Ditto that!   

I live only a mile from town, where the town and county PD's are located, a State Police detachment is 3 miles down the road in the opposite direction.  The sheriff is a friend of mine, I know most of the deputies and the town officers, and I have a cousin with the State Police.  I quizzed some of them what would be the best reaction time to a 911 call from my residence.  The answer:  10-15 minutes!

I don't dial 911, I dial 9mm! 

(I also have a sign at my gate with a pic of a gun and the caption: "WE DON'T DIAL 911!"  Better than a "No Trespassing" sign!)

[tanstaafl]

Ditto that!   

I live only a mile from town, where the town and county PD's are located, a State Police detachment is 3 miles down the road in the opposite direction.  The sheriff is a friend of mine, I know most of the deputies and the town officers, and I have a cousin with the State Police.  I quizzed some of them what would be the best reaction time to a 911 call from my residence.  The answer:  10-15 minutes!

I don't dial 911, I dial 9mm! 

(I also have a sign at my gate with a pic of a gun and the caption: "WE DON'T DIAL 911!"  Better than a "No Trespassing" sign!)

You might want to step that gat up to 40 cal S&W or 45 ACP. Better chance of not leaving a wounded perp hanging on to make mischief.

[BattleHymn]

A broom?  FFS.   

Get back with me when you can hit someone with it at 1100 feet per second. 

[cmypay]

Ditto that!  

I live only a mile from town, where the town and county PD's are located, a State Police detachment is 3 miles down the road in the opposite direction.  The sheriff is a friend of mine, I know most of the deputies and the town officers, and I have a cousin with the State Police.  I quizzed some of them what would be the best reaction time to a 911 call from my residence.  The answer:  10-15 minutes!

I don't dial 911, I dial 9mm!  

(I also have a sign at my gate with a pic of a gun and the caption: "WE DON'T DIAL 911!"  Better than a "No Trespassing" sign!)

We live out in the county a ways. Like you, friends with the Sheriff and most deputies. Had a meth-head try to break in when my husband and I were both at work but our teen aged children were home. Kids called Dad, Dad called 911 while leaving work. It took ten minutes for my husband to get here and another 5 for the cops. Thank God for a big scary dog and well trained children! This was in broad day light!

Our house sports a sign that says "Nothing inside worth dying for"

[BlueStateSaint]

You might want to step that gat up to 40 cal S&W or 45 ACP. Better chance of not leaving a wounded perp hanging on to make mischief.

It depends on how many times "9mm" is "dialed."

[vesta111]

You might want to step that gat up to 40 cal S&W or 45 ACP. Better chance of not leaving a wounded perp hanging on to make mischief.

From what I get from this story is some guy jumped over a fence to some ones back yard at night.

So where did all this breaking and entering come in here ?  

Poster has an old deaf dog that did not bark, dog still has a nose to warn him strangers.

I am at a loss to understand how all this has been twisted to a possible crime.

Could be this man was visiting a neighbors wife when the husband came home. HE shagged ass out the back door and had to run before the husband found him.

[JLO]

Ditto that!   

I live only a mile from town, where the town and county PD's are located, a State Police detachment is 3 miles down the road in the opposite direction.  The sheriff is a friend of mine, I know most of the deputies and the town officers, and I have a cousin with the State Police.  I quizzed some of them what would be the best reaction time to a 911 call from my residence.  The answer:  10-15 minutes!

I don't dial 911, I dial 9mm! 

(I also have a sign at my gate with a pic of a gun and the caption: "WE DON'T DIAL 911!"  Better than a "No Trespassing" sign!)

 

Just be careful when shooting intruders.  And don't keep shooting once they're hit.  This guy went a little too far and he faces two counts of premeditated, first-degree murder.

http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_25559714/little-falls-man-man-who-shot-killed-teens

[Big Dog]

Glitterati

he looked at me terrified(worried that I was going to steal something), and took off like a bat out of hell.

The fact that you looked like you wanted to buttsex him had nothing to do with it, DUmmy.

[FlippyDoo]

I am surprised and disappointed.

Calling the gentleman an “intruder” is intolerant and uncaring. As a fellow human being he should be shown at least a modicum of respect. The term “uninvited visitor” would be much more acceptable.

In addition, this individual is probably still suffering the horrors of the terrible Bush economy. The DUmmie should have offered to share the wealth. Given the uninvited visitor some money, some food, and maybe even a place to stay for the night.

Doing anything other than the above would be very hypocritical of a progressive.

[JohnnyReb]

When broomsticks are outlawed....only Hillary and Nancy P. will have broomsticks.

[vesta111]

When broomsticks are outlawed....only Hillary and Nancy P. will have broomsticks.

Oh yes. awaken to a loud bang and hear your dog squeal, don't we all think it must be a couple of 14 year olds that are un armed, broke into the house and kicked the dog ?

Don't we all at this point think these kids are wayward and mean no harm ?  Say these could be the kids next door or friends of your kids.

  What if our kids invited them inside, now they have a right to be in the house by law.

Each state has it's laws, weirdest was Hawaii in the late 1960's . One could only defend themselves or family against an intruder with fire fights fire.    In other words if an intruder breaks in un armed one cannot defend themselves with a gun or knife, one has to defend themselves un armed.

  Insanity as if I found a male in my daughters room molesting her unarmed I would have blown his head off and then gone to jail for using excessive force.

I never got over those crazy laws I hope they have changed in all these years and yes I lived to protect my children come hell or high water.   If I had to break the law to do so------shit happens.

[67 Rover]

It depends on how many times "9mm" is "dialed."

9 X 5=45

[BlueStateSaint]

9 X 5=45

Use a 12 gauge and 00 Buck!

[diesel driver]

It depends on how many times "9mm" is "dialed."

Mine can "dial" it a mininum of 16 times (x2 if I have to reload)!

[Big Dog]

9 X 5=45

Miss Johnson the Naughty Math Teacher gives you an "A"!