Completely Freaked out

NikiH · Post by **NikiH** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:55 pm

I was getting ready this morning and as I always do I went to start my car. When I came back in the house it was a wee bit clammy so I left the door open, only shutting the screen door. When Jackson was all dressed and we were ready to walk out the door, Jackson reminded me that I forgot his juice. I went back into the kitchen to get it, and hard a little rattling noise. I figured it was Jackson and as I could still see him I didn't worry too much. But then our dog, started going ballistic so I went to check it out. There was an elderly gentlman trying to open my front door. I quickly said "Can I help you?". To which he replied something about wanting a cigerete and thinking I was a smoker. Mind you I've never seen this man before in my life. So I was pretty freaked out.

I know Scott and I have an elderly neighbor who has been ill off and on since we've moved into our house. So I called him and at first we assumed it was him. However when I went to leave this guy was almost hiding on the neighbors carport. So I got to work and ran it past a few of the P.O's who said I should call the Sherif. I did that. And the man was not our neighbor. But it was a gentleman who was visiting someone in our neighborhood. I've been told by the dispatch lady at the Sherif's office that he is harmless but a co-worker told me she knows of him and wouldn't want him around her property. Now I'm just plain freaking out.

Redskins1974 · Post by **Redskins1974** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:06 pm

That's messed up. It sounds like people are quite familiar with the guy. You were definitely smart to call the Sheriff's office in that case.

joebagadonuts · Post by **joebagadonuts** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:14 pm

when i was a kid, our neighbor was an elderly man who would frequently mistake our house for his. he was somewhat visually impaired, and probably not all there, plus our houses looked similar, if you were either blind or looking at them from outer space. so he'd be out there for 20 minutes trying to fit his key into our front door. he freaked me out, so i never went down to tell him he was at the wrong house. i just hid in my room. freaky old people :shudder:

Brandon777 · Post by **Brandon777** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:23 pm

It would have been really freaky if it was the old man from Poltergeist 3 singing "God is in his holy temple".

tazlah · Post by **tazlah** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:59 pm

Yeah -- that would freak me out!!! :shock:

Niki -- (note for Camp 2005) get BossHog to tell you about the old drunk guy who knocked on our door at about 2:30am just after x-mas a few years ago, wearing nothing but a santa hat and wind-breaker (and pants too I am sure) -- in minus 20° temp -- looking for directions! BH is the only one who can tell just so...!

skins_fan · Post by **skins_fan** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:08 pm

He sounds like my neighbor. In the last month I've seen him two times walking around his yard in his underwear (tightie whities) and nothing else except a smile and a shotgun ready to put off a hip shot. Also, he has a terrible habit of dressing in complete black and hiding in the shrubs between his home and ours. When I confronted him about these instances he claims that he was hired to do covert surveillance in our neighborhood. Anyone interested in some VERY CHEAP real estate?

Redskins1974 · Post by **Redskins1974** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:45 pm

You all have some interesting stories about random old people.

Texas Hog · Post by **Texas Hog** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:20 pm

Yikes!

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:33 pm

Wow, that's pretty odd. Stay safe and keep Jackson in your sight!

tcwest10 · Post by **tcwest10** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:47 pm

You didn't give him one of Tonto's "special" smokes, did you ?
Seriously...in this day and age, with all of the horsecrap that's been flying around in the media about abductions...I'm sorry to say I would've shot him dead, NikiH.
As a homeowner, and a father...I'd've splattered the old bastard.
If that's offensive, I do apologize. Some things, though...I don't leave to chance.

hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:12 am

second ammedment. right to bear arms. stick a shotgun in his face, and he'll forget that he ever wanted a cigarette. he won't forget that you were the crazy lady with a shotgun next time he's in the nieghborhood though.

BringThePain! · Post by **BringThePain!** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:29 am

or better yet... kick him in the stomach... his dentures will fly out... pick them up and chuck'em across the street.... old people hate losing their dentures.... he'll never bother you again....

Primetime42 · Post by **Primetime42** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:14 pm

tcwest10 wrote:You didn't give him one of Tonto's "special" smokes, did you ?
Seriously...in this day and age, with all of the horsecrap that's been flying around in the media about abductions...I'm sorry to say I would've shot him dead, NikiH.
As a homeowner, and a father...I'd've splattered the old bastard.
If that's offensive, I do apologize. Some things, though...I don't leave to chance.

Damn.

Another reason not to have kids... ](*,)

tcwest10 · Post by **tcwest10** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:04 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/19/missing.girl/

NikiH · Post by **NikiH** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:51 pm

That is exactly why I called the Sheriff tc. I am not taking chances with things like that going on in this country.

welch · Post by **welch** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:02 pm

Good choice, Nikki.

The local police (whatever they're called) usually will find the guy and have a "stern" chat with him. That should be enough to keep him away. It might be surprising, but the police in most small towns will know pretty much everyone...who's solid, who's shady, who's harmless but strange.

When my daughter and her next-door best friend were were about 12, we had an older guy who took a brisk walk arpund our block every morning. One day, he pulled out a camera, said, "smile", and took their picture. We and her parents flipped out and called the police. They knew the guy ("Yeah, the older guy in the golf cap who walks every morning at 7:45...") and said "he's probably just recording the things he always sees. Maybe he feels like he knows the kids because he says 'hello' every morning". We said that we didn;t care. We wanted the film, and we didn't want him near our houses and our daughters again.

I though, Ouch, someday I'll be that old...will people be suspicious of me? Anyway:

The police spoke to the guy, who was mortified that we would think bad things about him, but who took his morning walks in the opposite direct after that.

So...it might not be entirely rational, but protecting your kids is not something that rationality controls.

The Hogster · Post by **The Hogster** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:11 pm

This just in....it was PrimeTime42...he heard you were a Skins Fan and decided to drop by...he didn't want anything, just to kind of hang around and get yelled at.