Sulaco
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So my parents had some interesting things happen last night.
My sister (adult) is staying with them while she is going through some physical therapy for torn ligaments in her ankle. She had looked outside for some reason and noticed that the dome light was on in her car. She thought it was strange because she's very particular and doesn't even turn that light on (and hasn't been driving much of late due to her injury). So she asked my dad (it was after dark) to go out and check on it. He noticed that the doors were locked and so he unlocked the car, got in, turned the light to the "door only" position it's normally in, locked the car and went inside.
He hardly got in the door good before their dog, a large and very territorial collie, went berserk. She was barking very loudly in that, "Something is wrong and you should let me out!" sort of bark, pacing, looking out the front windows of the house. By this time, my mom had gotten up and looked out one of the windows.
She saw a figure walking very quickly out of the driveway (this should not be happening in this area) and told my dad. By the time he got out, the guy was gone. Their neighbor is a close friend of mine (and a cop) and so they called him and he and my dad looked around a bit but didn't see anything.
They have some school kids in the area and so they just figured it was some of them messing about (Summer time and all of that) and went back in. Around 11pm that night (which was about 2hrs or so later), the doorbell rang. My sister said it wasn't just a quick, "ding", it was a solid, long ring. My dad again went out but whoever it was had taken off by the time he got out.
So they called the sheriff's dept. and a deputy came out and drove around for a while.
They never did hear anything else and the funny thing is, when the doorbell rang, the dog never budged. Very strange for her because she even barks at me some when I come over and she knows me very well (like I said, she's very territorial).
They later found out that one neighbor's dog also went nuts around the same time theirs did and they weren't sure why. And another neighbor did hear some noises in the woods on their property.
About a year or so ago, they had some vehicular break-ins, but nothing has happened since then.
So my dad has a nice (newer) Remington 870 he keeps in the house, but it isn't loaded. He pulled out some buckshot and put it nearby, but still wouldn't load it.
I did my best to convince him he might as well pick up a rock or a brick, but he wouldn't listen. Any ideas on how to convince him?
My parents are good people, live in a good area and don't have any enemies or even associate with people who would "mess with them" or anything like that.
They are going out of town this weekend and my wife and I are going to stay at their house to take care of things and the dog until they get back. I am not worried for us because if some idiot messes about while I am there, I have no qualms about putting him in the ground (and I am ALWAYS armed). But that's a week away so I am a bit concerned for my parent's safety.
Any serious advice is much appreciated!
My sister (adult) is staying with them while she is going through some physical therapy for torn ligaments in her ankle. She had looked outside for some reason and noticed that the dome light was on in her car. She thought it was strange because she's very particular and doesn't even turn that light on (and hasn't been driving much of late due to her injury). So she asked my dad (it was after dark) to go out and check on it. He noticed that the doors were locked and so he unlocked the car, got in, turned the light to the "door only" position it's normally in, locked the car and went inside.
He hardly got in the door good before their dog, a large and very territorial collie, went berserk. She was barking very loudly in that, "Something is wrong and you should let me out!" sort of bark, pacing, looking out the front windows of the house. By this time, my mom had gotten up and looked out one of the windows.
She saw a figure walking very quickly out of the driveway (this should not be happening in this area) and told my dad. By the time he got out, the guy was gone. Their neighbor is a close friend of mine (and a cop) and so they called him and he and my dad looked around a bit but didn't see anything.
They have some school kids in the area and so they just figured it was some of them messing about (Summer time and all of that) and went back in. Around 11pm that night (which was about 2hrs or so later), the doorbell rang. My sister said it wasn't just a quick, "ding", it was a solid, long ring. My dad again went out but whoever it was had taken off by the time he got out.
So they called the sheriff's dept. and a deputy came out and drove around for a while.
They never did hear anything else and the funny thing is, when the doorbell rang, the dog never budged. Very strange for her because she even barks at me some when I come over and she knows me very well (like I said, she's very territorial).
They later found out that one neighbor's dog also went nuts around the same time theirs did and they weren't sure why. And another neighbor did hear some noises in the woods on their property.
About a year or so ago, they had some vehicular break-ins, but nothing has happened since then.
So my dad has a nice (newer) Remington 870 he keeps in the house, but it isn't loaded. He pulled out some buckshot and put it nearby, but still wouldn't load it.
I did my best to convince him he might as well pick up a rock or a brick, but he wouldn't listen. Any ideas on how to convince him?
My parents are good people, live in a good area and don't have any enemies or even associate with people who would "mess with them" or anything like that.
They are going out of town this weekend and my wife and I are going to stay at their house to take care of things and the dog until they get back. I am not worried for us because if some idiot messes about while I am there, I have no qualms about putting him in the ground (and I am ALWAYS armed). But that's a week away so I am a bit concerned for my parent's safety.
Any serious advice is much appreciated!