Our family walked into our house on two different occasions while it was being burgled. Both happened at night and both times the perp came through the backyard and through one of the windows, so there was not hint to tip our family off. On the first occasion we nearly bumped into the perp with a bag of loot in one hand and a small television set in the other...my sister totally freaked out and SCREAMED...the dude dropped everything and ran...my dad gave chase. The rest of us kinda just stood there in dis-belief. On the second occasion, we came into the house and my father walked into the master bedroom to find a guy rummaging through all the drawers...my dad (trained in Kendo/Iaido and Judo from birth and having been involved in Hand-to-Hand in Korea) immediately, without a seconds hesitation grabbed a baseball bat that just happened to be nearby...Kiai'd (Martial Arts Yell) loud enough for the World to hear and charged the guy...that perp also took off, like a bat outta hell. On this second occasion, the cops found a large hunting knife and sawed off shotgun that the perp had brought with him, but left in his haste. Hate to think what he would have done if we had given in and just let him tie us up!! By the way...we got Security Window Bars and an alarm system after the second time.
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