Evil Ernie
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So on the 23rd at about 1730, the front doorbell rang. Naturally the dog went nuts and went to answer the door with the 1911 half unholstered. There stood a guy in his early 20's in a ratty hoodie and baggy jeans telling me that they were doing introductory carpet cleanings in our area. As a free gift, he tried to hand me a can of Febreeze. He had no ID, no uniform, no clipboard or documentation, didn't give a name for himself or the company.
I looked out and saw two other "gentlemen" standing on the sidewalk. Both were rather mangy looking. I basically ignored his pitch while watching his movements and their positions on the street. The whole time he was pitching, he was trying to look around and past me into the house. I told him no thanks and to beat it. He was cool about it and promptly left with his two lackys but I knew I had just been cased.
I must say that my danger awareness was really high, and the wife picked up on it. Even she was nervous about the encounter. Unfortunately, I had to head to DIA to pick up my older son. I wasn't thrilled to leave her and the 2 yr old alone. So, for the first time, she carried her C9 (I must admit, it was hot!). I also put the Mossberg 590 with 8 shells of 00 in the upstairs bathroom with a phone (thats our Alamo), and told her to carry her cell as well.
Luckily we heard nothing from them since and I'm really hoping no one in the neighborhood got robbed or worse.
My question(s) is this: does this sound like a case to you or am I paranoid? And, should I alert the local PD as to what happened.
So on the 23rd at about 1730, the front doorbell rang. Naturally the dog went nuts and went to answer the door with the 1911 half unholstered. There stood a guy in his early 20's in a ratty hoodie and baggy jeans telling me that they were doing introductory carpet cleanings in our area. As a free gift, he tried to hand me a can of Febreeze. He had no ID, no uniform, no clipboard or documentation, didn't give a name for himself or the company.
I looked out and saw two other "gentlemen" standing on the sidewalk. Both were rather mangy looking. I basically ignored his pitch while watching his movements and their positions on the street. The whole time he was pitching, he was trying to look around and past me into the house. I told him no thanks and to beat it. He was cool about it and promptly left with his two lackys but I knew I had just been cased.
I must say that my danger awareness was really high, and the wife picked up on it. Even she was nervous about the encounter. Unfortunately, I had to head to DIA to pick up my older son. I wasn't thrilled to leave her and the 2 yr old alone. So, for the first time, she carried her C9 (I must admit, it was hot!). I also put the Mossberg 590 with 8 shells of 00 in the upstairs bathroom with a phone (thats our Alamo), and told her to carry her cell as well.
Luckily we heard nothing from them since and I'm really hoping no one in the neighborhood got robbed or worse.
My question(s) is this: does this sound like a case to you or am I paranoid? And, should I alert the local PD as to what happened.
