Things That Go BUMP In The Night!

[SMSgt]

I sleep right through everything.

 

[Loyaljeeper]

This is an honest to god true story! I was clearing a building under construction once when I was a young cop. I opened an interior door and there stood a guy with a gun. I was in the process of yelling and squeezing the trigger when I reailzed someone had place a mirror behind the door.

 

[RobertJ.]

That was a very well-written story.

My wife has sent me looking for things that made noise in the middle of the night. A flashlight and a Ruger Super Redhawk went with me.

 

[shouldazagged]

A secondary moral to the story:

Keep your phone charger, or one of them, in the bedroom.

Having a gun unpacked would be nice too.

 

[gman51]

I know it isn't funny but it is good you can look back now and laugh that it was your own reflection.
My experience.
It was around 2:30 a.m. and my doorbell rang. I thought this isn't good. I live in the countryside on a dead end road so someone ringing my doorbell would be highly unlikely. I looked out my front bedroom window and didn't see a car in my driveway or anyone near my front door.

I took my 44 special, flashlight and my phone with me to check what was going on. I didn't approach the door but went to the living room window. I didn't see anybody near the front door so I yelled step back away from the front door to where I can see who it is. No answer and the dogs were not going crazy so I opened the door just a little. I didn't see anyone anywhere outside.

I decided the door bell button had gotten wet from the recent rain and shorted out. I have to say it did get my heart rate up a bit. At least I didn't blast a hole in my front door.

Actually I did have another experience about the same time. My dogs were going crazy. This time I could see some men standing in my yard and trucks by my driveway. I yelled out the window who was it and step back from my door. This time it was the electric company workers and they wanted to know if they could go on my property to replace a blown transformer.

Personally I feel having at least one dog is a big benefit for those bumps in the night.

 

[ancient-one]

A spring loaded metal shower curtain rod falling into the bath tub put me on high alert about three in the morning. After spending a few minutes listening I decided to check things out. Seeing the rod in the bath tub was a real relief. I put the Model 19 back in the night stand drawer but I don't think that I slept the rest of the night.

 

[Mals9]

My greatest scare was at 3:00 a.m. years ago when my kids were toddlers. I was awoken to the sound of a child's toy making circus music in the living room. I get up, check the kids are in bed then cautiously head to the noise. I found the toy in the middle of the room, no one but me is awake and the dogs are out as well. I crept into the kitchen and checked the garage door, it was left wide open. Best I can figure is that someone entered the house and stepped on the toy setting it off and then hurried out. I checked the house with a baseball bat. I could not even lie down the rest of the night.

Mals

 

[Whitwabit]

So many things in this story that should be corrected ..
why was the gun packed up ?? He didn't know there was a cat in the house ??? you can't tell that the figure in the mirror holding a bat wasn't himself ??? Phone not charged and by the bed ???

This guy if it is a true story needs to speak to someone with knowledge of protecting ones home .. Because everything he did was opposite of what one should do ..

Get him to sign up for some classes on protecting ones home .. with or without firearm !!

 

[Muss Muggins]

I once almost killed Michael Jordan while sweeping a sporting goods store with an open back door at 3 am . . .

As for what to do when you hear a "bump" at home, everybody's home is different. Some people don't have a "central area" that's removed from any possible point of entry. Some people should stay put, some should jump out the window, and some should find the back door. Some should go investigate after calling authorities. It's like a self defense situation in public. They're all different. The one hard and fast rule I have is that I'm protecting me and from the threat as it arises, and we're removing or protecting ourselves from harm. . .

Reminds me of a couple of incidents years ago as a uniformed cop:

1. Responding to a burglar alarm at a large department store, two of us went in with a manager. Manager went to turn on the lights while we took positions to observe and cover exits. Lights came on, including power to a man-sized Santa Claus twisting and turning while raising a bottle of Coca Cola. I don't think I had more than 10 or 12 lbs pressure on the trigger before I realized what the movement was.

2. Found a door kicked in on a church. Two of us entered, crossing the lobby area toward the sanctuary. Other cop bumped against a 6-foot statue of Jesus, and it started wobbling slowly and making "thump, thump" noises like footsteps in the dark. Yeah, I almost did it again.

 

[S&WsRsweet]

When I was a kid (14) my dad worked nights and my mom had gotten called into work this particular night also leaving me home with my 12 year old brother until about midnight when they would both be home. I had a 12 ga single shot that I hunted with but my dads Rrmington 1100 was in his closet and I knew how to load and shoot it pretty good .About 10 o'clock I heard what sounded like someone trying to get in the back door so I slipped a shell in my trusty single barel and eased to the kitchen and sure enough someone was bumping against the back door trying to gain entrance .Their shadow was bent over and my young imagination going wild thought they are trying to pick the lock like on TV .Wht if there are two what if there are three a eho,e street gang .Dads gone I'm the " man" of the house .I slipped into his bedroom got his Remington and put one number 6 ( that's all I had ) into the chamber then I got serious pulled my pant up and started towards that back door .I hit the button on the bottom of the gun that action racked that shell and I stuffed three more into the magazine walking towards that burglar who stopped making noise as soon as I chambered that round . Suddenly the noise started again .I snatched that back door open and fired 4 number 6 birdshot into my mom and dads metal trash can the neighbors dog was trying to get into and had pushed it all the way across the porch into the back screen door .Oh blew holes thru the screen also tore heck out of that trash can the neighbors dog naw he got away ..I sat silently on the couch my little brother telling me how dad was gonna kill me over and over .He's gonnna whip you for touching his shot gun then he's gonna kill you over and over . My dad comes home from work oh yea he was cop had on his uniform nightstick gun the who shebang . What the heck is my shotgun doing out son ? I point towards the back door he goes opens the door .What happened here son .I explain .By now my mom is home so I have to explain again.Im sitting there waiting to get killed as my brother said.My dad says come here son this is truly my fault not yours . I should have told you more about tactics before leaving you here alone ok .I say yes sir .He says ok here is your first lesson do you see this thing on the wall ? Pointing at the light switch .Ok now if you flip it up the light on the porch comes on and down it goes back off .He is talking very slow and deliberate .He says do you see this shiny thing behind the curtain .I said yes sir .He said it is a window.You can turn on the light and look out it after dark and see .Now you turn on the light and look out.I do.He says watch this .He goes out the front door comes onto the back porch and says ok open the door .I do he comes in and says what's the rules of safe gun handling .I go thru the NRA rules .He says ok after school and home work you are going to write those rules 100 times every day for a week plus you are going to pay for a new trash can and screen by doing extra chores .I say yes sir .He said son that could have been me your mom a neighbor needing help rather than a trash can if that happened do you know what would happen to you.I said no. He said some one dressed like me right now would be handcuffing you and taking you to jail.It was a very deliberate conversation but thru the next few weeks dad went thru what to do and not do in such situations with me..he was serious he blamed himself and felt he hadn't done his job knowing that hurt me worse than a whipping .My brother oh after no killing happened he started saying you are so lucky you are so lucky he would have killed me .

 

[LPD256]

My wife’s cat screeched and ran across our bed at 0430. That was a little unusual but I cussed a little and decided to go back to sleep. The next thing I heard were spinning tires and I looked out of the bedroom window as my enclosed motorcycle trailer went by on the back of someone else’s vehicle. I leapt from my bed with my trusty j-frame and ran to my car to begin the pursuit. Awhile later I realized I was driving around in winter in my boxer shorts, shivering with cold, with a pea-shooter size gun and a flashlight. I had the cops on the phone and they advised me officers were at my front door. I drove into the garage, closed the door behind me and ran into the house to put on pants before I let the officers in. In the end I realized two things. Pay attention to the cat. Don’t be an idiot.

 

[joeintexas]

YOU SHOT SANTA? Then tried to double down on JESUS? TOO FUNNY. A sure way to make the naughty list & forever get your shoes squeezed by other cops.

Shot Santa and doubled down on Jesus, now folks that's some funny stuff there.