Kinda long... but I've been freaked out about this...
So about 6 months ago, Neil and I were watching a movie really late atnight - was about 1am, we were at home just laying on the sofa, tv andlights on in the house.
We have a huge front window, which for some reason we just didn't putthe blinds down for the night yet, so anyone walking by the house couldsee in and see us on the sofa.
There was a knock on the door, and I looked and saw someone standingthere, but could only see the side of the person. It lookedlike Neil's brother who lives down the street. I figured hemay have seen our lights on and came by, so I ran over and opened thedoor. Whoever was knocking on the door obviously saw us onthe sofa, so it wasn't like I could just not answer it.
Anyway,I open it and it's just some strange man, and hestarts telling me that he lives a couple houses down - the house withthe white vans, and he has run out of gas and he has an emergency butleft his car keys at a friend's house, so he needs to borrow some moneyto take a cab to his friends house to get his keys and also go get somegas... just this very convoluded story.
So I already knew I was going to tell the guy to get lost, but I leanedin the house and just asked Neil if he had any cash, he said NO(thankfully) and I said sorry, no we can't help and I shut the door.
There were a couple things that were odd - we know all our neighbourspretty well just from seeing them on the street and everyone on ourstreet is fairly nosy, so there's not a lot of people that we have notmet or seen at some point. Also - I have NEVER seen anyonewith a white van on the street anywhere at any point.
Anyway, that was wierd, and no one on our street has seen this guy orknow of anyone who has a white van on the street. So it gotme thinking that maybe he was trying to get inside the house or see ifanyone was home, or judge who lived here or something... I don'tknow. What if he had tried to force his way into the house,it would have been easy since I just opened the door and startedtalking to him.
Anyway, that was 6 months ago.
Last night, I got home late cause I was hanging out with mysister. When I got home, Neil wasn't here because he washanging out with a friend at a bar about 5 minutes from ourhouse. So I was on the forum reading and waiting up for Neilto get home.
Around 1:30am, someone knocked on the door and I figured it was Neilwho saw that the living room light was on and was just knocking for meto let him in.
So I open the door, and there is that guy again - SAME guy. Islammed the door in his face, locked it, grabbed the phone and lockedmyself in the bedroom with Misty and Charlie. I called Neilwho rushed home, but by the time he got here, there was no sign of theguy.
Part of me feels like I am over-reacting, but who knocks on people'sdoor at 2 in the morning??? And thankfully he didn't try to force thedoor becuase the minute I opened it, he could have shoved it and beenin the house.
I'm just freaked because there have been break-ins in our area andthere are always creepy people about - it's a big city - so who knowswho's around. I didn't get much sleep last night justthinking about what could have happened.
Anyway - just needed to get it out cause I'm sitting here jumping at every sound I hear.
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Nadia
So about 6 months ago, Neil and I were watching a movie really late atnight - was about 1am, we were at home just laying on the sofa, tv andlights on in the house.
We have a huge front window, which for some reason we just didn't putthe blinds down for the night yet, so anyone walking by the house couldsee in and see us on the sofa.
There was a knock on the door, and I looked and saw someone standingthere, but could only see the side of the person. It lookedlike Neil's brother who lives down the street. I figured hemay have seen our lights on and came by, so I ran over and opened thedoor. Whoever was knocking on the door obviously saw us onthe sofa, so it wasn't like I could just not answer it.
Anyway,I open it and it's just some strange man, and hestarts telling me that he lives a couple houses down - the house withthe white vans, and he has run out of gas and he has an emergency butleft his car keys at a friend's house, so he needs to borrow some moneyto take a cab to his friends house to get his keys and also go get somegas... just this very convoluded story.
So I already knew I was going to tell the guy to get lost, but I leanedin the house and just asked Neil if he had any cash, he said NO(thankfully) and I said sorry, no we can't help and I shut the door.
There were a couple things that were odd - we know all our neighbourspretty well just from seeing them on the street and everyone on ourstreet is fairly nosy, so there's not a lot of people that we have notmet or seen at some point. Also - I have NEVER seen anyonewith a white van on the street anywhere at any point.
Anyway, that was wierd, and no one on our street has seen this guy orknow of anyone who has a white van on the street. So it gotme thinking that maybe he was trying to get inside the house or see ifanyone was home, or judge who lived here or something... I don'tknow. What if he had tried to force his way into the house,it would have been easy since I just opened the door and startedtalking to him.
Anyway, that was 6 months ago.
Last night, I got home late cause I was hanging out with mysister. When I got home, Neil wasn't here because he washanging out with a friend at a bar about 5 minutes from ourhouse. So I was on the forum reading and waiting up for Neilto get home.
Around 1:30am, someone knocked on the door and I figured it was Neilwho saw that the living room light was on and was just knocking for meto let him in.
So I open the door, and there is that guy again - SAME guy. Islammed the door in his face, locked it, grabbed the phone and lockedmyself in the bedroom with Misty and Charlie. I called Neilwho rushed home, but by the time he got here, there was no sign of theguy.
Part of me feels like I am over-reacting, but who knocks on people'sdoor at 2 in the morning??? And thankfully he didn't try to force thedoor becuase the minute I opened it, he could have shoved it and beenin the house.
I'm just freaked because there have been break-ins in our area andthere are always creepy people about - it's a big city - so who knowswho's around. I didn't get much sleep last night justthinking about what could have happened.
Anyway - just needed to get it out cause I'm sitting here jumping at every sound I hear.
:?
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Nadia
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