Tuesday morning 6/5/2018 at 3 am I woke up not able to
breathe real good. I go into my little computer room / office /
catch all to do room to get on the breathing machine. Hubby had
snoozed off in the living room recliner I noticed as I walked in
to do my medicine. I had just finished and thought I heard some
strange sound outside. My room in located in the front of the
house just off the front door. I kept hearing this strange low
shuffling noise. I was thinking, "What the heck kind of animal did
we have out there?" I have heard armadillos shuffling in the
leaves and skunks before but not the noise this thing was making.
I turned off the light in my room so I could step out to the front
door and sneak over to turn the outside porch light on. This way I
wasn't back lit and whatever it was couldn't see me maybe until I
turned on the light outside.
Well I looked out a little bit and didn't really
see anything. Then I turned on the light..... WHOA ! There was
some skinny tatted up man with brown hair in a pony tail suddenly
at the front of the door! Well crapola ! He had both arms across
his chest with each hand on a shoulder making a X. He was
mumbling, and I do mean mumbling and chattering his teeth, he was
saying something about the cold. His arms were wet from the elbow
to his wrist like he was dipping them into the doggie pool we have
just outside the door. Maybe he tripped into it but it didn't look
like it.
Hubby was still asleep in the chair, as I
backed away from the still closed storm and regular doors, told him
to get his gun there is somebody at the door! That is something we
keep really handy now days since we don't move to quick. He reached
over while he was sitting there to get it. I told him just stay
there don't go outside. Call the sheriff ! I kept my eye on the
door and when he dialed I talked to the dispatcher. I told him we
had someone at the front door that had no business being there. My
name , address and a description of the man as a white male,
tattoos, brown hair, under 6 foot, thin. Told them we had a gun
but we were not going out there. ( We had no clue if this was a
honest problem or a decoy to distract with others out there or
what. I wasn't about the open the door to check it out ) He said
he had two deputies on the way and would stay on the phone with
me. I gave him a description of the house and told him the porch
light was on. Told him the man had to hop a steal gate and walk a city block to get to the house.
Told him the gate was locked and I couldn't get too it to open it
because he was in the way. I told him if we go out there I wasn't
about the clean up the mess we would have, I figured I would let
them take care of that. LOL He told me that's ok they would hop
the gate. We chatted and I said where the hell are those damn
floodlights I have been wanting when I need them? ! While I was
talking to him the "critter" disappeared I told him but given his
condition I'm sure he didn't go far.
I stayed on the phone with him for 23 minutes
and he would give me a update every now and then about where they
were at on the way. As soon as I saw someone with a really good
light ( Better than a mag light .. I need one of those! ) coming
down the driveway I told him they are here and we are putting
our gun down. (Didn't want them to think they had to watch out
for us. It was still handy with plenty of flying debris to take
care of things if needed.)
I opened my main door (which has a big window in
the middle that isn't exactly a safe thing with intruders) and
lowered the storm door screen enough to hear the officer yell out
.... stop right there! .... I will shoot!.... lay down on the
ground! ..... They found him between our 2 trucks in front of the
garage that is too small for extra long vehicles. I thought....
turns out they found him in the back seat of my extended cab pick
up ! I have no clue how that happened, we really slipped up.
Normally we have EVERYTHING locked up around here except old blue.
Somehow we had neglected to lock it up the last time we used it.
That is a rare thing and look what happened.
Once they had him cuffed and down on the
ground I walked out staying out of sight because I didn't want him
to see me. I found out when the officer was checking the back of
the truck they found him in there. I was lucky he didn't urinate
or defecate in my truck. They even checked the back end that has a
roll up cover on it to make sure nobody was in it. I told the
officer we didn't have any weapons in it for the man to get. We
for sure tossed all the water bottles we had back there! LOL We
got lucky on not having to disinfect the truck.
I listened to the officers ask him questions.
What's your name .. he knew that.
Are you hurt ? Where do you hurt? Moaning and
groaning
Did you have a accident ? He didn't know. ( one of
the officers went down the road to see if there was a wreck ) No
wreck.
Is anybody with you? He got separated from
his brother.
When did you see your bother last? Shawnee
What's your brothers name ?
How did you get here ? I don't know.
I mean this man DID NOT KNOW JACK ! He was still
moaning and shivering and groaning curled up in a fetal position
on the pavement. I never got real close but I wasn't as worried as
before about his returning some day. He had no clue of anything at
all !
One
of the officers drove around in his car to check the
buildings out around the property for his bother or anyone else he
didn't see any tracks in the dew or anyone around.
Another
officer came over to talk to me and said that he was drunk.
He had a footprint in the middle of his back. They figured he had
a drug deal go bad in Shawnee and someone beat the living
daylights out of him and then dumped him like a dog in the middle
of nowhere. I mean other than winding up on my doorstep literally
you have to admit that is pretty damn funny ! That footprint in
the middle of the back pretty much told it all. LOL
Since he was in bad shape they called the
ambulance. Even the Deputies couldn't believe how long it was
taking to get them here. They said good thing it wasn't serious.
The EMT's arrived, a man and a woman.
They were all standing around him in a circle.
They asked about why he was curled up like
that?
Do you hurt anywhere? My back..... EMT raised up the
shirt and said his back looked just fine. The other one ran her
hand down the middle and the man moaned real big around the lower
shoulder area.
One EMT lifted his arm looking for needle
tracks.
They asked, ' What drugs are you on today?"
he said none.
Ok what drugs did you do yesterday?? None
Alright... get up... lets walk to the ambulance.....
I can't
You walked your way here you can walk to the
ambulance. He didn't move. One of the Deputies told him you either
go to the hospital or you go with us to jail Which one are you
going to do? He suddenly sobered up and decided he could go to the
ambulance. I don't remember seeing him walk to the ambulance.
After he was gone and the deputies were still
here I asked him why they didn't just help him up. He said, did
you see him suddenly get alert and decide to go to the hospital?
He has been in the system enough to know what would happen if he
went to jail. We chatted a while and I said I guess you see this
stuff all the time. He said it was getting bad everywhere, mainly
break ins. We talked about how bad people were getting. He said
his job sure does harden you up to a lot of stuff. Both deputies
were very nice, professional acting. I told him I was surprised
they got there that fast. He said if it had been more serious they
would have driven faster. Since everyone was gone I asked if Heidi
Ho could come out and see them. He had made a comment when looking
at her looking out the door about her wanting to come out and bite
someone. I told them you just have to worry about that wicked tongue
and tail beating them up! LOL I like the cops to know she isn't
going to hurt anyone. She came out and everyone loved on her and
she was a happy camper.
They had me fill out a incident report about
what all happened. They needed my drivers license and SS number
for some reason. Kind of bugs me but whatever. They were going to
file breaking and entering charges on the man. I don't know why
they didn't get him for trespassing also. By the time everyone
was gone it was 5 am and there was NO WAY I could go back to
sleep. NOPE ! Just wasn't going to happen I didn't sleep all day
with everything we had to do. Now when it gets night time I can't
help but be leery. I just have to remember how many nights that
nothing happened. Even though many years ago 20+ years there was a
time when my in laws were living here and didn't lock the gate. A
car load of men tried to bust in the front door. My older than us
now father in law opened the garage door with is 410 ( like that
would do anything but tickle someone ) and chased them off some
how. WW2 vet still had it even then! LOL Just his choice of
weapons stunk.
After everyone was gone I told hubby I thought
we did pretty good really. I didn't open ANY doors. I stayed calm
and called the sheriff. Hubby had a weapon handy to take care of
things if needed. I was clear enough thinking to know that he
could have "friends" out there with him. I asked hubby what could
we do to improve in the future. He said shoot him. I said but what
if they have others outside with him. Shoot them as they come in
the door.
The next morning I had to take a tire to town to be repaired. I have
been hunting with the guys enough to know what to look for.. As I went
out I checked the middle and side of the road and didn't see any tracks
like foot prints or dragging feet. The road was dry and pretty hard
packed so I didn't expect much on that. I looked at the tall grass
along the road and didn't see any walking paths or where someone just
was pushed out in the grass pressing it down. I checked the other side
coming back from town. Nothing like he just fell out of the sky.
I have been thinking.... since we have windows
in the front door like stained glass but clear folks can see
straight through to the recliner because of the lamp beside the
chair. I need to go outside after dark and just see how much a
person can really see out there. We may have to change the lighting
up. I also see that the trucks sure do create a blind spot more
than I thought. Some kind of outdoor lighting around the yard that
shows everything is needed. Something we can see out but we can
control so if we want to sneak out they can't see us. There are
driveway alarms we could put people high so critters wouldn't
trigger them. Most people would say get a outside dog for a alarm
but honestly I hate to leave a dog in the elements. Heidi Ho was
sound asleep in the back bedroom. Heck I was just a few feet away
and just barely heard anything. I just happened to be wired in a
way I notice odd noises. If I had been asleep I wouldn't have
heard anything. It wasn't like he was knocking or banging anything
around. Hubby always goes out the door armed. He will for sure be
more alert now. LOL If he had opened the garage door to someone in
the truck I don't know what would have happened.
Love
Ranchmama
( Thinking about safety more. Your never prepared
for everything )
