My next door neighbor lives on the edge of the same property parcel as I do. Their driveway runs to the front of the property, then across the edge of my front yard, joins my driveway and then out to the road.
This morning at 5:50 am I head to work, and just beyond where their driveway joins mine was a gray Nissan Pathfinder parked off the side of the driveway on the edge of the woods. This would have made it on the completely far edge of the property away from the next door neighbors. The SUV was dark, not running, no lights and appeared unoccupied. So, I went out to the road, texted my wife in the house that there was a strange SUV in the driveway, turned around and came back and lit it up with my high beams, I was going to take a picture with my cell phone.
When I lit it up, I noticed a dog in the SUV, so I texted the wife that there was a dog in the SUV and I was coming back to the house. I returned to the house, turned on all the exterior lights of the house, grabbed my gun from the bedroom, and called 911. While one the phone, I went back out, and lit up the rear of the SUV with my high beams again. As I was giving 911 the license number, a rear door opens on the SUV and a scraggly women's head appears sideways, looking like she just woke up and I immediately smelled alcohol.
My hand immediately went to my holstered gun, safety is never on, but I checked it anyway with my thumb, and I continued to make reports to 911. She said she was friends with my next door neighbors, and I said, "Well that doesn't explain what you are doing way over here on the far edge of my property, and the sheriff is on the way." She said she would move.
I returned to my house, leaving her vehicle lit up with my headlights (no keys were in my car) and she moved to the front seat and moved her vehicle over to my neighbors yard. I went out and turned off my headlights. And waited in the house. Between 15 and 20 minutes after I called 911, the sheriff showed up. He went over and talked to the neighbors and confirmed that they knew the woman.
My goof, though was initially checking out the SUV unarmed. I won't make that mistake again. If something is out of place, there is no reason to check it out without a firearm present.
This morning at 5:50 am I head to work, and just beyond where their driveway joins mine was a gray Nissan Pathfinder parked off the side of the driveway on the edge of the woods. This would have made it on the completely far edge of the property away from the next door neighbors. The SUV was dark, not running, no lights and appeared unoccupied. So, I went out to the road, texted my wife in the house that there was a strange SUV in the driveway, turned around and came back and lit it up with my high beams, I was going to take a picture with my cell phone.
When I lit it up, I noticed a dog in the SUV, so I texted the wife that there was a dog in the SUV and I was coming back to the house. I returned to the house, turned on all the exterior lights of the house, grabbed my gun from the bedroom, and called 911. While one the phone, I went back out, and lit up the rear of the SUV with my high beams again. As I was giving 911 the license number, a rear door opens on the SUV and a scraggly women's head appears sideways, looking like she just woke up and I immediately smelled alcohol.
My hand immediately went to my holstered gun, safety is never on, but I checked it anyway with my thumb, and I continued to make reports to 911. She said she was friends with my next door neighbors, and I said, "Well that doesn't explain what you are doing way over here on the far edge of my property, and the sheriff is on the way." She said she would move.
I returned to my house, leaving her vehicle lit up with my headlights (no keys were in my car) and she moved to the front seat and moved her vehicle over to my neighbors yard. I went out and turned off my headlights. And waited in the house. Between 15 and 20 minutes after I called 911, the sheriff showed up. He went over and talked to the neighbors and confirmed that they knew the woman.
My goof, though was initially checking out the SUV unarmed. I won't make that mistake again. If something is out of place, there is no reason to check it out without a firearm present.
