3am, someone's in the house, sword drawn "WHO THE F ARE YOU!"

[kansasskydiver 0]

Last night around 3am or so my friends and I were upstairs hanging out. We heard noises coming from downstairs, thought it was the stereo but then heard it again. No one should be in the house then we hear walking around again. I react to the noise and start yelling "Who the f*ck is there" No one answers. Freaked the f*ck out the first thing I think is that someone is breaking into the house. We have a sword room on the 2nd floor and that's there I went. Grabbed a sword, my buddy walked behind me downstairs, but my other friend stayed in the bedroom cause she was flipping out. Matt and I walked down the front stairs, and still heard the noise but no one down there. Walked through the house to the kitchen, Matt picks up my guitar then switched to a katana that was on the floor.

Our of freaking no where my friend runs from downstairs screaming and almost in tears. Yelling "There's someone upstairs!!! There's someone upstairs" So now I'm flipping out cause I'm thining someone is in my room (3rd floor). She had thought the person in the hallway was one of us and then realized it wasn't and ran!

Not knowning what the heck is going on she's screming, we're standing in the entry way to the kitchen and then the back stairway opens up and a guy starts walking towards us. I've got my freaking sword drawn ready to chop his freaking head off. Matt's got a katana and I'm screaming "Who the f*ck are you who the f*ck are you!" He turns around and goes back up the back stairwell.

Holly shit I'm flipping out, then the stairwell door opens again, he goes to the basement door and goes downstairs. At this point I'm sword drawn in the kitchen and pick up the phone. This shit is too freaky. Called 911 and am flipping out. While on the phone with 911 the dude comes outta the basement and is standing in the kitchen. The guy on the 911 line is asking if everything is ok, do i need to go etc etc etc, I'm screaming at the guy and then realized this dude is trashed or tripping. He's not really fighting too much, I just tried to keep him calm.

The cops were there in NO LESS than 2 mins, for that I really appreciate. I was flipping out, didn't know that to do. It turns out, for some reason, the guy decided it was ok to come into the house and use the bathroom. What bothers me about this is that the porch light wasn't even on and we really don't know how he got in other than the door wasn't shut all the way by mistake. What the luck is of him finding a house with an open door who knows.

Needless to say I was still freaking out so I stayed at a friends last night. I posted on our college website forums kinda like dz.com that If your friend got taken home by the cops last night or kinda remembers anything, let him know he's damn fucking lucky he didn't get stabbed, and that it's NOT OK to take a piss in my house. (He passed both bathrooms walking around too)

So that was my excitement of the night

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[leroydb 0]

wow, exciting! glad you are all ok

Leroy


..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio...

[randomdude 0]

Had a very drunk college kid (I live in an apartment complex near a college) trying to get into my
apartment around 4am something like 3 months ago.

There's something very convincing about
hearing a round being chambered in a 12 gauge...

Glad he ran off.

[swedishcelt 0]

Wow, that's exciting. Glad he was harmless!
I had someone come in & pass out on our couch last summer. My roommate had stepped into next yard to talk to a neighbor & I went for run. He was drunk & we woke him & sent him on way. No sign of him since. He's just lucky our little 3yr. old puppy dog sonya (a pitbull/rodesian ridgeback mutt) was tied out back or she would've killed him. We figured something was wrong cause she started to freak & almost snapped her chain.

[kansasskydiver 0]

Yeah it was kinda a freaky situation. The only reason I had a sword and called the cops is because he wouldn't answer and was moving around the house. If there was just someone walking around the house, whatever. In this case though there was someone walking around the house.

Crazy stuff

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[AirMail 0]

Sounds like you weren't in Kansas anymore.

P-

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[bisqit999 0]

Did he at least get to use the restroom? He must have had to go really bad.

[SkiD_PL8 0]

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and that it's NOT OK to take a piss in my house. (He passed both bathrooms walking around too)

I am guessing the answer is no from that statement.

Greenie in training.

[akjmpplt 0]

A lot of burglaries are done when the badguy finds a door unlocked. I wouldn't take his story at face value. Seasoned burglars have an "excuse" ready to use if they're caught.

SmugMug

[kansasskydiver 0]

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A lot of burglaries are done when the badguy finds a door unlocked. I wouldn't take his story at face value. Seasoned burglars have an "excuse" ready to use if they're caught.

Actually we talked about that last night after the fact. He was a coolege kid, dressed in going out clothes and with 2 swords pointed at you, you'd have to have balls of steal to pull off that stunt sober. We actually now think he had been in the house for over an hour before we heard the noise. Which would explain the door open around 130 when I thought it was just the wind. There was no other explanation to how he got in really because we had to let the cops in and the door was locked.

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[slug 1]

Wasn't there a Movie actor with a drug problem who entered the wrong house and went to bed in the kids room.

OTOH We've found people in our apt (back in the day) in NYC who always had a excuse. Oh Hi is Joe here Sorry must have the wrong apt. Bye.

Wonder if the cops charged the dude with anything
or just wrote it off as another confused college student.

R.I.P.

[kansasskydiver 0]

I'll keep an eye out in the paper Monday. They print all the stuff that happen over the weekend in the school paper

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[AggieDave 6]

If you want, I have a much better deterant (since this is Bonfire, I'll leave out the details), but when you cycle the pump action...the noise is VERY distinct and gets people's attention QUICK.

Since I doubt you've had any formal training with a blade, it might be a slightly better choice...since next time it might be a perp who means business.

PM me if you want details and prices and thoughts on training, etc.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[kansasskydiver 0]

You are correct, no training what so ever on a blade, but I knew which one was the sharpest and the longest, letting me be furthest away.

If my roommate had been here it wouldn't have been a problem but he's down at Mardi Gras right now. It was funny cause he called at 330-4am and I told him I had a good story for him, which he doubted was better than the story he had to tell me.

We're looking into a security system and a dog already. I know it was just a drunk, or so the kids says, but it still kinda got to me. If I had been home alone, I'll admit it, I'm a pussy and would have cried

I won't comment on other options as it's the bonfire though they did come to mind. In all honesty though, I don't think the kid would have even realized I had a gun pointed at him, he sure didn't seem to mind having 2 guys with swords

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[AggieDave 6]

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I don't think the kid would have even realized I had a gun pointed at him, he sure didn't seem to mind having 2 guys with swords

Its not so much the sight...its the sound that gets people's attention.

If some perp is so fucked up on drugs or alcohol that they're not responding to immediate danger, then you have to seriously wonder WHAT could have been.

Security system is a decent idea, expensive.

Dogs are great, get the dog trained correctly.

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[randomdude 0]

AggieDave,
I was reading Delta Force by COL Beckwith, and
he has an account of the pre-Iran phase where
a burglar broke into the house of one of his
sergeants and got 9mmed to death.
Oops.

[kansasskydiver 0]

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I don't think the kid would have even realized I had a gun pointed at him, he sure didn't seem to mind having 2 guys with swords

Its not so much the sight...its the sound that gets people's attention.

If some perp is so fucked up on drugs or alcohol that they're not responding to immediate danger, then you have to seriously wonder WHAT could have been.

Security system is a decent idea, expensive.

Dogs are great, get the dog trained correctly.

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Actually the security system from ADT is only 32 a month... Not bad. What's the cost of a shotgun hehehe

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[AggieDave 6]

Check your state and local laws on barrel length and overall length, but since its legal in Texas and its good for my needs I bought a Mossberg 500 series.

I caught a good deal and got it for $200, but the highest I've seen is about $350. 12 gauge pump 18" barrel, pistol grip 29" overall. Its not a good hunting weapon, its not good for much other then its a hell of a lot of fun to shoot and its a good size and decent design for home defense.

Or if you want, you can get a special built Wilson Combat shotgun...BUT you're gonna spend a shitload more then $300 and you're not serving warrents and such.

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[kbordson 8]

Just finished watching "It Takes a Thief" on Discovery. Damn!!! What a disconcerning show!!! Made me kinda think of this thread and how the guy got into your house and was wandering about for a bit. It's amazing how vulnerable we (the plural we) truly are. Whether it's on the dz in just an RV or in a "secure" old family style house. The one thief got into this older style bachelor pad and easily got over 100k in personal items (including passports, bank stuffs, and everything for identity - but besides that who the hell keeps a Piccaso in the closet?!). Then called his buddy on a cell phone to get some help to move it. Whole job in 10min, 15 sec!
Not saying that I want to become paranoid... but made me think about security a bit more....
I don't have a lot of stuff that I couldn't live without... but I would have to kick someones ass if some of the truly "personal" and meaningful things were lifted. Thing is, they wouldn't know or care about the sentimental value of the stuffs.
Damn... I'm still annoyed! (and it wasn't even my stuff/house!)
Besides... it annoys me that they are so casual with putting "how to break into" on TV! As if there aren't enought people out there already capable of doing it... now they show how easy it could be for those that didn't know.... NO!!! Don't tell the general population that.

But one of the funnier parts was after the show pumped up the security of the house... the thief still got back in cuz the owner forgot to lock the front door!!!! (the thief bet the moderator that it would be unlocked... "they're bachelors, right?")

[pilotdave 0]

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We have a sword room on the 2nd floor and that's there I went.

Is that...ummm...common?

A friend of mine had a guy get into his apartment. They asked him to leave, he seemed out of it (turned out to be high on something). Then he started trashing the place and screaming at them. They locked themselves into a bedroom and called the police. By the time the police arrived, the guy had pissed on their couch. Turned out he lived upstairs and got confused... thought they had broken into his apartment. Dunno where the pissing fits in. But no swords involved.

Dave

[slug 1]

Hi KS or KU

IMO you did ok, No big mess to clean up or paperwork to fill out. The alarm system is a PITA and $32 for life is a lot of money.

Whats the chances of another nut case or bad person breaking into the same house.

When we were in college we heard someone in the living room around 6-7am. WTF it was the cops

My roomie's (jumpers) and I had gone to bed and left the front door ajar. When the newspaper dude walked by he thought the apt had been ransacked and called the cops

Sorry officer, the place hasn't been ransacked we live like this and don't think anything is missing, have a nice day.
R.I.P.

[flyhi 24]

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Wasn't there a Movie actor with a drug problem who entered the wrong house and went to bed in the kids room.

Michael Jackson?

Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics.

[kansasskydiver 0]

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Hi KS or KU

Geez I barely know you and yet you're insulting me already?!?

Hahahah just kidding I'll let it slide this time. I go to KSU not KU

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[ECVZZ 0]

Glad to hear it turned out well for you, and not a case of "bringing a knife to a gunfight."

G. Jones

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[Jimbo 0]

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Besides... it annoys me that they are so casual with putting "how to break into" on TV! As if there aren't enought people out there already capable of doing it... now they show how easy it could be for those that didn't know.... NO!!! Don't tell the general population that.

By telling the general population how a thief broke into (or breaks into) a home, the general population can more easily assess how easy it would be for a thief to break into --their-- home. More importantly, because now they know at least the obvious deficiencies, they can take measures to correct them.

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Jim

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