newbie4help
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Sorry for all the threads lately...seems like a lot of random stuff has been happening to me lately. One of the benefits of living in the inner city
So let me set the stage... it's about 8 PM. My girlfriend ran to the store to get some food for dinner (late dinner) and I finished lifting weights/working out at home. I always lock the door after she leaves. So I finish working out and go to make a protein shake, and as I'm getting everything ready there's a knock on the door.
I thought it was my gf coming back because sometimes she forgets something. Before I got to the door I shouted "YES?!" No reply. I knew this was weird. I looked out the peephole, and it was ... the best way to describe it is a weird-looking... woman, probably middle aged. I said "who is it?" She gave me a name. I said "what do you want?" All she said was "sorry, wrong place" and walked away. I watched through the peephole as she went to the second floor of my apartments.
I knew this was definitely strange, but thought maybe it was just some local homeless person (I'm in central Austin, lots of weirdos around). I called my gf and confirmed she was at the store, and told her to call me before she got back so I could escort her back in just in case. I also always have my gun on/near me at home now, and it was on the table near the door. I put on my holster since I was done working out, and took the trash out and used that opportunity to see what was up maybe. As I got back from taking trash out I noticed the lady talked to someone on the second floor of my apt. (I'm on the first). I stood in the door and watched her talking to this person and I noticed what seemed like a clipboard she was holding.
Now, here's where it got odd. At this point I assumed it was just a confused homeless person/solicitor coming around. But I was in the kitchen finishing my shake and there's another knock on the door! I look out the peephole, and its her. I say in a very commanding voice 'WHAT DO YOU WANT?" She says "sorry wrong place" and walks away. So if she was soliciting, why would she have gone to second floor, only to *happen* to come right back to my place, the "wrong" address? There are like 50 units in my building, if she had been soliciting it would've taken her much more time to *accidentally* come back to my place.
I made sure all the doors were locked, called my gf to confirm she knew to call me before she got here, and I called my sis who's a cop in APD. she recommend I call APD because there are a lot of transients around. I did, and they said they'd send somebody by to check it out. I escorted the gf back when she called, with no incident.
I never felt "scared" or anything, but it was definitely a weird experience. Am I just being paranoid? How would you have handled this/what would you have thought? I knew it wasn't some scam to lure you out for robbery, since I saw the person on the second floor talking to her for quite a while, and nobody else was around....
So let me set the stage... it's about 8 PM. My girlfriend ran to the store to get some food for dinner (late dinner) and I finished lifting weights/working out at home. I always lock the door after she leaves. So I finish working out and go to make a protein shake, and as I'm getting everything ready there's a knock on the door.
I thought it was my gf coming back because sometimes she forgets something. Before I got to the door I shouted "YES?!" No reply. I knew this was weird. I looked out the peephole, and it was ... the best way to describe it is a weird-looking... woman, probably middle aged. I said "who is it?" She gave me a name. I said "what do you want?" All she said was "sorry, wrong place" and walked away. I watched through the peephole as she went to the second floor of my apartments.
I knew this was definitely strange, but thought maybe it was just some local homeless person (I'm in central Austin, lots of weirdos around). I called my gf and confirmed she was at the store, and told her to call me before she got back so I could escort her back in just in case. I also always have my gun on/near me at home now, and it was on the table near the door. I put on my holster since I was done working out, and took the trash out and used that opportunity to see what was up maybe. As I got back from taking trash out I noticed the lady talked to someone on the second floor of my apt. (I'm on the first). I stood in the door and watched her talking to this person and I noticed what seemed like a clipboard she was holding.
Now, here's where it got odd. At this point I assumed it was just a confused homeless person/solicitor coming around. But I was in the kitchen finishing my shake and there's another knock on the door! I look out the peephole, and its her. I say in a very commanding voice 'WHAT DO YOU WANT?" She says "sorry wrong place" and walks away. So if she was soliciting, why would she have gone to second floor, only to *happen* to come right back to my place, the "wrong" address? There are like 50 units in my building, if she had been soliciting it would've taken her much more time to *accidentally* come back to my place.
I made sure all the doors were locked, called my gf to confirm she knew to call me before she got here, and I called my sis who's a cop in APD. she recommend I call APD because there are a lot of transients around. I did, and they said they'd send somebody by to check it out. I escorted the gf back when she called, with no incident.
I never felt "scared" or anything, but it was definitely a weird experience. Am I just being paranoid? How would you have handled this/what would you have thought? I knew it wasn't some scam to lure you out for robbery, since I saw the person on the second floor talking to her for quite a while, and nobody else was around....