I was over at my girlfriend’s house while she was still at work, and I had our pet dog inside the
house to keep me company. At one point in the evening, my dog went over
to the screen door that leads to the backyard and just kept
barking. Thinking that she just saw a rabbit or a squirrel or
something, I felt silly and started barking along with her for about a
minute. All of a sudden, I see this silhouette of a man in the
backyard!
I was NOT expecting anybody at all to be there, so I quickly locked up
the accessway to the yard, closed the curtain, turned on the lights to
the back, ran up stairs, and got my big escrima stick just in case I
need to beat up on someone. I contemplated calling 911 for an
intruder, but I wanted to see who it was first to make sure if it
really
is an intruder. Oh, all this time, my dog just keeps barking. So I
peaked outside to see who it was and the person wasn’t in the backyard
anymore. I peaked at the front of the house and I see the person
there, but it is in fact somebody I do not recognize. I observed
this person looking around at the front lawn, and then when he was
done, he took off in his vehicle which was parked at the driveway.
Later on, once I got a hold of my girlfriend, she told
me that it was probably the handyman checking on the sprinkler system.
Yeah, I guess she just forgot to inform me that somebody was suppose to
show up. Oh well, it’s interesting to know that my first reaction in
this situation is to attack / defend first before asking questions.
