The Unwelcomed Visitor

[quick dog]

I pride myself in generally being aware of my surroundings, and of being prepared for violence and problems. I used to live in South Sacramento.

Thursday afternoor I returned home from a brief trip to the mountains. It was snowy and cold, and I was tired. My wife was in Sacramento, and I was up the hill. So I lit a fire in the wood stove, reclined on the leather sofa, and fell asleep by the stove with a pillow on my head. My favorite position. I was awakened by a burglar trying to engage me in conversation.

 

[kingsgurl87]

what happened after that?

 

[The Freak]

That's scary. I'd start screaming and grab a knife or something.

 

[Bricklayer]

WHAT?

 

[quick dog]

I shook out the cobwebs out of my head, realized that I had an incredibly scroungy intruder in my living room. I assessed the situation quickly, approached the would-be thief, and admonished him rather sternly to leave the room. I followed him for 50 feet or so as he meandered down my driveway. My driveway is 200 feet down to the road, and the road is a dead-end street in the hills. We don't get mail, trash service, salesmen, or even trick-or-treaters. Even the Placerville police were amazed.

Something like this happened to me when we lived in Sacramento, and the encounter was violent. We moved to Placerville to avoid these periodic encounters with nefarious characters.

 

[Rockmeister]

He should be arrested. I'm glad you are ok qd. It could have been worse.

 

[quick dog]

The police hauled him off, but they never talked to me, so I suspect they simply shipped him somewhere. I strongly suspect that he was an illegal alien. I am very thankful that my wife was not involved in this scenario. I don't know what would have happened, but we might be moving had she been confronted instead of me. This guy was ugly and in my face.

 

[Twix]

I'm so glad you're Ok, quick.

 

[AceKingSuited]

Glad things didnt' turn violent.

 

[6th]

qd, I am just shocked.....and actually shaking.

I am so glad that you are okay!

 

[Prophetess]

qd, I am just shocked.....and actually shaking.

I am so glad that you are okay!

me too. I'm very glad you are okay.

what a startling way to wake up.

 

[HndsmCelt]

Glad your Ok. Probably a crazy. My Uncle lives in Shingletown and works in the Redding DA's office, so he often stays in an apt in Redding during the week. One Friday he gets home and there is a guy in his house who had obviously been there for a few days, wearing his cloths, dirty dishes etc. So when the Sheriff shows up this guy is convinced it is his house. Uncle was pretty glad he does not keep a gun in the house. Guy just stopped taking his meds and went for a trip to the frontal lobe.

 

[RoyalDiva]

Yikes....that is really frightening, QD. I am so glad that you are ok! I guess I would always think of the kind of area where you live as being so safe, but no place really is, is it. Do you have a problem with meth labs there as well? I know they like the mountainous, rural areas to operate.

 

[quick dog]

I am lucky. This guy was lucky or smart also. He just kept walking, walking away. If had stayed to argue or assert himself, you might be reading about me in the paper. I would probably have had to mortgage my house to hire a defense attorney.

 

[NME]

Something like this happened to me when we lived in Sacramento, and the encounter was violent. We moved to Placerville to avoid these periodic encounters with nefarious characters.

I was about to say, I thought you told a story like this before. What are you, some kind of freak magnet?

Glad it all ended peacefully.

So what was Bill doing through all this, sleeping?

 

[VF21]

Oh my.

Having been at your house, I'm totally and completely amazed. The guy had to climb that incline just to reach you. You're very lucky he wasn't violent.

Oh my...

 

[NME]

The guy had to climb that incline just to reach you.

He was probably far too tired at that point to put up much of a fight.

 

[iheartBrad]

that is so effin crazy

im shocked i dunno what to say

besides the obvious im glad you are okay

but thats why i would never live in the middle of the woods...id be too scared of something like that

whoa!

 

[VF21]

NME - Good thinking. If he'd taken those back steps a couple of times, he'd probably have been curled up NEXT to quickdog.

 

[NME]

NME - Good thinking. If he'd taken those back steps a couple of times, he'd probably have been curled up NEXT to quickdog.

And that's assuming he didn't take a fatal spill.

 

[quick dog]

I was about to say, I thought you told a story like this before. What are you, some kind of freak magnet?

Glad it all ended peacefully. So what was Bill doing through all this, sleeping?

Funny you should ask.

I am completely embarassed by my faithful dog. I don't think he even lifted his head. The guy would have stepped on him if he had tried to walk over to stick me. Bill did absolutely nothing! Maybe this guy decided to talk instead of come after me because the dog was there? Little did he know.

 

[sloter]

Might sound like a strange question, but do you have locks where you live, QD ?

 

[quick dog]

Might sound like a strange question, but do you have locks where you live, QD ?

We have locks of course, and even an alarm system, but you have to realize the mentality up here. We have so little crime that people in rural areas seldom lock their doors in the daytime. Half the time, I leave the keys in my truck and van. Most people would not be able to start them. We have experienced very few problems in the past decade. Plus, I was in the house!

To put the situation in perspective, on the rare occassion when we have had unusual and disturbing things are going on in the forest at night, we turn the house lights off, not on. I go out at night dressed in dark clothes and investigate.

After thinking about it for days now, I think this guy was hungry and desperate, maybe even retarded. He was nevertheless a prospective thief. You just can't incourage thieves, especially bold thieves that enter your house.

I'm just glad that my wife was in Sacramento. I hate moving.