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35 minutes ago (at 2am) someone rang the doorbell of my house. When I opened the door there was a guy in his late 20s to early 30s swaying on his feet. He asked me if I'd found his mobile phone!!!!
Despite my repeated suggestions that he come back and find it in the morning and that he make his way home, for almost 15 minutes he staggered around in the middle of the road, backwards and forwards, stopping every now and then to look at the front gardens of my neighbours and my house. More often mine than theirs - I guess because the front of our house has brighter lights than the others.
He refused to move on and kept muttering that he'd also lost his TAG Heuer watch.
I'm not particularly nervous but this guy for some reason really spooked me.
On a number of occasions over the 15 minutes, I threatened to call the Police. Eventually, I did.
When they arrived about 10 minutes later, he'd staggered off down the road. Even though I watched him for some time - his progress wasn't that quick - when the Police started searching for hi he was nowhere to be found! I was sure he'd gone into the back garden of the house 2 doors along.
The Police went into both of my neighbours back gardens - unfortunately, some lights came on in the house 2 doors down so they'll probably be making a 999 call for what they think is someone in their back garden - but the Police put a notice through their letter box to let them know it was them, not an intruder. I'll have to pop around tomorrow and let them know the full story.
My house is at least 5 miles from the nearest pub so drunks aren't usually an issue here. Ringing my doorbell at 2am was the only thing that even alerted me to his presence.
After the Police had been searching for him for 15 minutes there wasn't much else they could do other than to drive around the area to see if they could find him. Worst of all, I felt VERY embarrassed that it I'd made the emergency call and they'd not been able to find anyone!!!!!
Whilst I'm glad that guns don't proliferate in the UK as they do in the US, I'd have quite happily pointed a loaded gun up this guy's ar*e to get him away from the house - and the neighbours properties - bearing in mind that my wife and one of my kids were upstairs asleep!
If I see him around here again I think I'll just lay one on him, then call the Police to let them know that a drunk has fallen over in the front of my house and has banged his face up a bit.
Sleep tight!!!
Bookmark :
35 minutes ago (at 2am) someone rang the doorbell of my house. When I opened the door there was a guy in his late 20s to early 30s swaying on his feet. He asked me if I'd found his mobile phone!!!!
Despite my repeated suggestions that he come back and find it in the morning and that he make his way home, for almost 15 minutes he staggered around in the middle of the road, backwards and forwards, stopping every now and then to look at the front gardens of my neighbours and my house. More often mine than theirs - I guess because the front of our house has brighter lights than the others.
He refused to move on and kept muttering that he'd also lost his TAG Heuer watch.
I'm not particularly nervous but this guy for some reason really spooked me.
On a number of occasions over the 15 minutes, I threatened to call the Police. Eventually, I did.
When they arrived about 10 minutes later, he'd staggered off down the road. Even though I watched him for some time - his progress wasn't that quick - when the Police started searching for hi he was nowhere to be found! I was sure he'd gone into the back garden of the house 2 doors along.
The Police went into both of my neighbours back gardens - unfortunately, some lights came on in the house 2 doors down so they'll probably be making a 999 call for what they think is someone in their back garden - but the Police put a notice through their letter box to let them know it was them, not an intruder. I'll have to pop around tomorrow and let them know the full story.
My house is at least 5 miles from the nearest pub so drunks aren't usually an issue here. Ringing my doorbell at 2am was the only thing that even alerted me to his presence.
After the Police had been searching for him for 15 minutes there wasn't much else they could do other than to drive around the area to see if they could find him. Worst of all, I felt VERY embarrassed that it I'd made the emergency call and they'd not been able to find anyone!!!!!
Whilst I'm glad that guns don't proliferate in the UK as they do in the US, I'd have quite happily pointed a loaded gun up this guy's ar*e to get him away from the house - and the neighbours properties - bearing in mind that my wife and one of my kids were upstairs asleep!
If I see him around here again I think I'll just lay one on him, then call the Police to let them know that a drunk has fallen over in the front of my house and has banged his face up a bit.
Sleep tight!!!