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I'm sitting at home Friday after noon working in the kitchen on my computer and I hear a metal clanking sound out side my back door. It wasn't loud, it sounded like tools or something. And then the door moved a little like it was being tested. So I get up and look out the peep hole and I see a person crouched down on the other side.
I walk back to my desk open a small box containing a pistol and rack the slide on a 45, grab a second mag and look out again. I see the guys head move a little around. Still crouching down in front of the door.
So I think real fast about the situation.
Why would there be someone hiding below my door and making strange metal clanking sounds, trying my door? And what appeared to be looking around behind himself? I'm also armed so I'm not to worried, just concerned a bit about the situation. Basically I'm ready if something is amiss.
My back door immediately goes out to a concrete walkway with a wall about 3.5 feet high and follows the length of the house. (the back of the house is sunken down a bit into the back yard) So if someone were to crouch down they would be unseen from anybody around.
The strange thing is there is nobody back there ever. Its my yard and a greenbelt about 20 feet away that leads to fields and forests. There are neighbors on either side but nothing straight back. Its a upper middle class country area about 20 miles outside of a metro area. Its a nice neighborhood.
I unlock the door and open it real fast. The door is open about 6-8 inches with my boot against the floor as a brace. The said 45 is pointed through the door at the possible BG.
I see a guy right there on the ground kinda kneeling against my door. I say in loud voice looking right down at him about two feet away "WHAT THE FU%K ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE" The guy looks up and I see another person to the left take off out of the corner of my eye but I keep focusing on this person in front of me
The guy which I now see is a teenager about 15-17, is basically scared ?????less. Apartently I startled him
Keep in mind the weapon is in no view, its still behind the door pointed at this person.
It turns out these two kids were using my back yard to smoke there dope. The guy reaches for his friends pipe and stash to split and I tell him not to move with colorful language.
The other guy left his stuff on the ground and bailed. The kid says "were not doing anything" I ask him his name and where he lives, I tell him to get out of here, don't touch that and leave. The kid leaves the drugs and pipe thing and gets on his bike - that was the metal noise I heard when he apparently set it down or moved it around.
This kid and friend were thinking there wasn't anyone home at my place and it was a cool spot to use as a place to get high. So about 30 minutes later after I found out where the kid lives I see his father washing his car and I walk up to him and I say wait right here. I have something to give you. I go back to my shed and grab the kids the stuff and start to explained to the father what happened earlier.
I said to him I heard a noise and I thought it might be a burglar and took up means to protect myself and my property. I never mentioned a pistol and no one ever saw a pistol.
The guy knew pretty much what I was talking about without to much explanation. He was kinda speechless because I was straight forward and wasn't really messing around.
He knew his kid was on another mans property using illegal drugs and there was a possible defensive weapon in close proximity to his kid. Actually there was a loaded 45 about 1 to 2 feet away from his kids head about 30 minutes before.
I told him its his responsibility to take disciplinary action this first time, if it was in fact the first time. Next time I'm calling the cops if I find someone on my property or around my belongings. And if someone breaks into my place bad things will happen to that person.
I spoke with the kids dad again today and he said the other guy was being sought after by the cops for drugs (meth)and minor theft and his kid will not be any problem again. He said that his boy just started hanging out with this guy.
The guy was nice and thanked me for leaving it up to him. He turned out to be a nice guy. Hes a local fireman in the small town close by.
I all ways say you never expect these things to happen when they do. I was so focused on my work at the time I was in no way thinking that there would be people outside my place and one being a criminal on Friday
Especially in my neighborhood.
Im glad things worked out the way they did. Hopefully this kid will straigten up.
I walk back to my desk open a small box containing a pistol and rack the slide on a 45, grab a second mag and look out again. I see the guys head move a little around. Still crouching down in front of the door.
So I think real fast about the situation.
Why would there be someone hiding below my door and making strange metal clanking sounds, trying my door? And what appeared to be looking around behind himself? I'm also armed so I'm not to worried, just concerned a bit about the situation. Basically I'm ready if something is amiss.
My back door immediately goes out to a concrete walkway with a wall about 3.5 feet high and follows the length of the house. (the back of the house is sunken down a bit into the back yard) So if someone were to crouch down they would be unseen from anybody around.
The strange thing is there is nobody back there ever. Its my yard and a greenbelt about 20 feet away that leads to fields and forests. There are neighbors on either side but nothing straight back. Its a upper middle class country area about 20 miles outside of a metro area. Its a nice neighborhood.
I unlock the door and open it real fast. The door is open about 6-8 inches with my boot against the floor as a brace. The said 45 is pointed through the door at the possible BG.
I see a guy right there on the ground kinda kneeling against my door. I say in loud voice looking right down at him about two feet away "WHAT THE FU%K ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE" The guy looks up and I see another person to the left take off out of the corner of my eye but I keep focusing on this person in front of me
The guy which I now see is a teenager about 15-17, is basically scared ?????less. Apartently I startled him
Keep in mind the weapon is in no view, its still behind the door pointed at this person. It turns out these two kids were using my back yard to smoke there dope. The guy reaches for his friends pipe and stash to split and I tell him not to move with colorful language.
The other guy left his stuff on the ground and bailed. The kid says "were not doing anything" I ask him his name and where he lives, I tell him to get out of here, don't touch that and leave. The kid leaves the drugs and pipe thing and gets on his bike - that was the metal noise I heard when he apparently set it down or moved it around.
This kid and friend were thinking there wasn't anyone home at my place and it was a cool spot to use as a place to get high. So about 30 minutes later after I found out where the kid lives I see his father washing his car and I walk up to him and I say wait right here. I have something to give you. I go back to my shed and grab the kids the stuff and start to explained to the father what happened earlier.
I said to him I heard a noise and I thought it might be a burglar and took up means to protect myself and my property. I never mentioned a pistol and no one ever saw a pistol.
The guy knew pretty much what I was talking about without to much explanation. He was kinda speechless because I was straight forward and wasn't really messing around.
He knew his kid was on another mans property using illegal drugs and there was a possible defensive weapon in close proximity to his kid. Actually there was a loaded 45 about 1 to 2 feet away from his kids head about 30 minutes before.
I told him its his responsibility to take disciplinary action this first time, if it was in fact the first time. Next time I'm calling the cops if I find someone on my property or around my belongings. And if someone breaks into my place bad things will happen to that person.
I spoke with the kids dad again today and he said the other guy was being sought after by the cops for drugs (meth)and minor theft and his kid will not be any problem again. He said that his boy just started hanging out with this guy.
The guy was nice and thanked me for leaving it up to him. He turned out to be a nice guy. Hes a local fireman in the small town close by.
I all ways say you never expect these things to happen when they do. I was so focused on my work at the time I was in no way thinking that there would be people outside my place and one being a criminal on Friday
Especially in my neighborhood.
Im glad things worked out the way they did. Hopefully this kid will straigten up.
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