Didn't happen to me but to my Dad. We have a big family, usually had 4 cars in the driveway when we were in high school and college living at home. One weekend on a spring evening just happens all of us except for my Dad were gone out of town for the weekend.
Dad decides to enjoy the silence and by dark has the house locked up tight and is in his bedroom with just the tv on and turned down watching tv and dozing with his bedroom window open for the breeze and just a screen on the window. While laying there around 9:30 he hears the back gate latch open very easy and the door squeak as it opened and he knew he had closed and secured it. By going through the gate the bad guy was concealed from view from the neighbors because of the wood privacy fence.
Dad immediately turned the tv off making the room dark and retrieved his S&W model 65 .357 magnum and eased over next to the window out of view. He kept hearing someone probing around the back of the house. The back door trying to open it and then heard them around the den windows slowly working their way toward his room. Finally they were just outside the bedroom window and touched the screen, they had a flashlight as well. When the prowler touched the screen Dad stepped out and stuck the .357 into the screen right to the guys head, cocked it and demanded what are you doing sneaking around here! The guy about crapped his pants and started yelling my Dad's name, don't shoot me " " it's so and so, don't shoot, don't shoot and shines the light on his own face and then badge! It was a local cop who knew my Dad and his story was he was used to seeing lots of cars parked in our driveway and with every thing gone he was concerned and just checking things out. Dad said that is a good way to get shot! The cop apologized and left asap.
I am not quite sure I bought cops story.