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Old March 12, 2007, 04:40 PM   #1
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A Sleeping Stranger in Your House

So it's 6 am, you wake up, and find sound asleep on your kitchen floor an extremely large wierd looking dude...he is a stranger to you....

How do you handle that scenario...

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Old March 12, 2007, 04:55 PM   #2
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Dial 911---maybe try and zip tie em---unceremoniously(sp??) place my boot on his head and hold them there at shotgun point.
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Old March 12, 2007, 05:04 PM   #3
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I've had this happen to me several times, but they mostly stayed out by the pool at my old house.

The random drunks sleeping in my lounge-chairs had the spotlights turned on them while I yelled for them to take it on their feet from inside the house with a pistol in one hand and the phone in the other with the blue on the line.

They usually wander off well before the cops show up.

The guy I found on my livingroom couch got a somewhat different treatment. I grabbed the phone and retreated to the top of the stairs after opening the front-door. From there I called the blue and waited quietly with a big can of pepperfoam and my AK. The cops came in and woke him up rather violently.

From that instance I learned never to leave ground-floor windows open no matter how nice of a night it is...
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Old March 12, 2007, 05:04 PM   #4
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1 Immediately arm myself.

2. Inform L.E. of the situation.

3. If applicable; check on the welfare of roommates/family to make sure they were not harmed and to deduce if any medical assistance was required. If not, wake them up and inform them of the situation and make sure they were secure.

4. Return to "dude" to make sure he is still there. If so, keep him covered until the authorities arrive.

5. Once L.E. arrives, wait until they have "dudes" statement. Depending on facts I would make an informed decision about whether to press charges or not.


Did this really happen or just a hypothetical situation?

Interesting situation either way.

Should be enlightening as to what the "proper" way to handle this would be as Im only going by my own common sense.
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Old March 12, 2007, 05:10 PM   #5
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Did this really happen or just a hypothetical situation?
Hopefully Spiff will chime in soon

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Old March 12, 2007, 05:11 PM   #6
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It really happened. Details will follow after more input from ya'll.
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Old March 12, 2007, 05:16 PM   #7
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Well if my wife found him she'd likely whack him in the head with something cast iron and that would be the end of him.

I'd prolly pee myself then grab the phone and pistol and hope he stayed asleep til the cops got there.

I sure wouldn't try to wake him. Most likely a harmless drunk but you just never know.

Can't wait to hear the story.
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Old March 12, 2007, 05:17 PM   #8
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There's not much different I would do that has already been stated. If he's asleep:

1. Arm myself
2. Have my wife take arm(s).
3. Retreat to some type of cover if still can keep visual.
4. Call 911.
5. Allow LE to handle the method of "wake up call".

Again, only if he/she is asleep during my procedure...
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Old March 12, 2007, 05:19 PM   #9
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You're right, Sigman.
I'd probably lose control of a bodily function...that would be item #1...
Last item would be to clean myself up...
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Old March 12, 2007, 05:23 PM   #10
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Let him catch up on his sleep. Get my Shotgun. Quietly dial 911. Whisper to them you have an intruder and are holding him at gunpoint.

Wait.

When the police get there, let them be the ones to say "wakie wakie"

This was in Alaska? Was this "large weird looking dude" a Kodiak Bear?
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Old March 12, 2007, 05:28 PM   #11
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"large weird looking dude"
I was expecting it to be Wild, but surely Spiff would recognize him.
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Old March 12, 2007, 05:33 PM   #12
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Im not large.

Or at least not that large

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Old March 12, 2007, 05:39 PM   #13
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Grab the shotgun, call the cops, watch him til they get there. If he's drunk and harmless and there is no damage maybe offer him some alka-seltzer. Considering I'm on the third floor of an apartment complex, I doubt I'd have this problem lol.
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Old March 12, 2007, 06:13 PM   #14
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OK, are we getting baited here or what? What aren't we being told... I'm starting to get suspicious....
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Old March 12, 2007, 06:25 PM   #15
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This is a TRUE scenario

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Old March 12, 2007, 06:27 PM   #16
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Alright, I'll tell the story

Theres a knock at the door, footsteps are heard.
A voice says "Yeah, he was here when I got off work at 6am."
Another voice says "Okay, lets see what we got."
I open my eyes, theres a cop standing over me. He asks "Do you know where you are at?"
I say "I thought I was at home....?"
The cop asks "Where do you live?"
I say "2400 Blotto (not my real address)"
The cop says "Well you almost made it, you are at 2402. Do you have any ID on you?"


The previous night I was out with a busload of people from my bar, celebrating the bar managers birthday. My people sent me home in a cab, and told the cab driver my address. The cab driver had to help me to the door. But the driver took me to my landlords door, on the right side of the house. Landlord told driver 'next door over'. Cab driver assumes she means next house. The front door wasnt locked, driver puts me inside and goes on her way. I was passed out there all night, on the kitchen floor.

I am so lucky that my neighbor wasnt home at the time thinking it was a breakin.
The neighbor said to me the next day "I tried waking you up, but all you did was grunt. So I thought "man this is a big boy, if he wakes up thinking I am the intruder in his home, he's gonna be upset! i'll call the police instead."


now you can laugh at me, I know you want to!
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Old March 12, 2007, 06:42 PM   #17
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Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha

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Old March 12, 2007, 06:43 PM   #18
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thats hilarious...great story...looks like some of the ppl in this forum would've hog-tied you and called the cops
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Old March 12, 2007, 06:51 PM   #19
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This is my IMO if he was there to actually hurt you he would have done it while you were asleep and much easier targets. But as we all know you can never be to safe So I would probably arm myself and wake him up to the sound of handcuffs going on him. Than wait for LEO to arrive. However if my family was in the house, I would probably consider any movement towards myself or there rooms to be an act of aggression and would neutralize the threat. Essentially if I couldn't get the handcuffs on him.
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Now, that's funny!

But remember, it was understood as the dude as being a stranger. Of course, if you didn't, it would have made things uninteresting.

That's really a funny story...glad things didn't escalate...
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Old March 12, 2007, 07:06 PM   #21
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Too funny. Somthing was telling me there would be a twist. I should have known from WA's "set-up" post.

How far was "next door"? I'm surprised your neighbor didn't have a clue to who you were.

Well if I was your next door neighbor the only thing you would of walked away with bruised is your ego. For some odd reason that is reassuring to me.


Thanks for sharing.
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Old March 12, 2007, 07:16 PM   #22
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Buddy of mine stationed in Germany, 1990. He wakes up in an attic room right out of Diary of Anne Frank with no idea where he is our how he got there. So... he got dressed and walked down the stairs to the kitchen. There is a postcard German family eating breakfast.

"Guten Morgan,"

"Guten Morgan,"

"Sprechen zie Deutsch?"

"Nein... sprechen zie English?

"Nein"

"Well, danke schön," he says as he heads for the door.

"auf wiedersehen!"

Apparently, he had passed out on their doorstep and they just brought him in and put him to bed. Nice folks!
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Old March 12, 2007, 07:20 PM   #23
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that brought a big smile )

glad everything turned out ok
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Old March 12, 2007, 07:58 PM   #24
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Sounds like you had a good time. Glad it turned out ok. Were you in condition yellow or green?

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Old March 12, 2007, 08:05 PM   #25
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Thanks for reminding me why I don't drink.
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