MidWestDisappearance
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This morning, about 6:30 AM I went out to look at the rising river with my wife and daughter. We went to a large city park and I pulled into a parking lot with an entrance and an exit. My wife got out and began taking pictures while I rolled down my daughters window, got out, and played with her as we were not going to be long.
I notice a truck pull into the driveway and didn't think much of it until he stopped his vehicle behind mine, blocking one of the two routes of escape.
I became alert. There was a single male, late 50s with a rottweiler in the truck. It was warm this morning but he had a black leather jacket on. The cheap kind that is made of multiple scraps of leather. he got out and walked toward me. He stopped about 10 yards away and began talking about the coming flood.
I was still alert. I made cordial conversation and the whole time kept track of his hands as something didn't seem quite right. Mid sentence he began to approach me. He took a few more steps and I plainly asked him to not come any closer. He kept coming and made a move like he was going to dig into his pocket. I then told him firmly to stop and reached and grasped my Springfield 1911 Mil-Spec at 4 o'clock but did not draw it. .(i normally carry a kel tec p3at but it was a weekend and i didn't have to be on my feet all day and the 1911 doesn't really bother me in the car, even at 4 o'clock.)
His hand didn't go into his pocket and he stopped. My wife noticed what was going on and got into the car, got it started and rolled up all the windows.
He saw my hand and I told him he had better back up. I was ready to draw if his hand moved any closer to his pocket or if he kept coming forward. I could smell the booze rolling off him, even at 15 feet. His dog was barking like mad from inside the truck. The guy seemed kind of shocked and after grumbling a little he began moving away. The guy tripped on something and almost fell. I quickly got into the car and tore out of the area.
This is the first time that anything like this has happened to me so I don't know if I did the right things or not. My wife wrote down his plates and we told the incident to a friend of ours that is a sheriffs deputy. He took the info and said that i did just fine.
I guess i learned that the crazies that are out at night, are occasionally still out the next morning. Either way, nothing bad happened, but I am glad that i had my gun, and not my keltec in an ankle holster.
If you guys have any insights on this please let me know.
Thanks,
MWD
I notice a truck pull into the driveway and didn't think much of it until he stopped his vehicle behind mine, blocking one of the two routes of escape.
I became alert. There was a single male, late 50s with a rottweiler in the truck. It was warm this morning but he had a black leather jacket on. The cheap kind that is made of multiple scraps of leather. he got out and walked toward me. He stopped about 10 yards away and began talking about the coming flood.
I was still alert. I made cordial conversation and the whole time kept track of his hands as something didn't seem quite right. Mid sentence he began to approach me. He took a few more steps and I plainly asked him to not come any closer. He kept coming and made a move like he was going to dig into his pocket. I then told him firmly to stop and reached and grasped my Springfield 1911 Mil-Spec at 4 o'clock but did not draw it. .(i normally carry a kel tec p3at but it was a weekend and i didn't have to be on my feet all day and the 1911 doesn't really bother me in the car, even at 4 o'clock.)
His hand didn't go into his pocket and he stopped. My wife noticed what was going on and got into the car, got it started and rolled up all the windows.
He saw my hand and I told him he had better back up. I was ready to draw if his hand moved any closer to his pocket or if he kept coming forward. I could smell the booze rolling off him, even at 15 feet. His dog was barking like mad from inside the truck. The guy seemed kind of shocked and after grumbling a little he began moving away. The guy tripped on something and almost fell. I quickly got into the car and tore out of the area.
This is the first time that anything like this has happened to me so I don't know if I did the right things or not. My wife wrote down his plates and we told the incident to a friend of ours that is a sheriffs deputy. He took the info and said that i did just fine.
I guess i learned that the crazies that are out at night, are occasionally still out the next morning. Either way, nothing bad happened, but I am glad that i had my gun, and not my keltec in an ankle holster.
If you guys have any insights on this please let me know.
Thanks,
MWD