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Posted by JeffE on August 21, 2003 at 08:36:39 from (192.28.2.52):
This has nothing to do with tractors, but a lot of you live in the country so I thought I'd ask for your advice. we (wife & I, 2 kids)live in the country, by ourselves, no neighbors real close. Never had a problem with anything. This morning I got out of the shower and saw a guy with a hooded sweatshirt popping up behind a shrub staring at my wife - right at the window, 5 feet from me. I lost it and screamed at him, and he ran. I went to the front of our house and saw him run through a field to the main road. I threw on a pair of shorts, hopped in my vehicle and went looking for him. After not seeing anything up a ways I turned around and saw a car (small two seater - very distinct in our area) leave from a small field road hidden by trees, I followed him for a couple of miles (hit over 100 mph) and finally lost him on some back roads. When I returned the cops were at my house, I told them the story they said there was nothing really they could do because I didn't get the plate #. They didn't write anything down! I have a 13 year old daughter that catches the bus after we leave for work, she's home for an hour by herself, who knows what this guy might have done. I stopped by our closest neighbor (1/4 mile away) on the way to work and told her about it, she said she has seen a vehicle parked in their driveway a couple of times early in the morning when she had to go into work early - about the same time my wife & I get up and shower. She did write down the plate #...she is going to see if she can find it. I called the police and told them this, they said they'd call her but the officer that responded would be on vacation for a while so nothing much is going to happen for a few days. I spoke with the officer and he said even if the plates match up to the guy there is nothing they can do because I did not get a good view of the guy in the window and didn't get a plate #. I have a friend at work that is a part time deputy, he said he would run the plate from my neighbor and see what he could find. Sorry for the rambling, this guy had to hike 1/2 mile through fields and woods early in the morning to take a peek, who knows what he would do if he knew I wasn't home some morning. He had to pick our house out and really scope things out and learn our schedule and floor layout - that's scary. Either he picked our place out randomly or he knows my wife and is peeping/stalking her. OK, so my point...what would you do if your were me? Police don't seem interested in doing anything - nothing stolen, nobody hurt, even if they find the guy they told me they can't do anything other than put a scare into him. Second point - there is no way in he#$ I ever thought anything like this could happen to us, if it can happen to us it's possible it can happen to anyone, be careful. If I had to do it again I would have quietly got out of the shower, put on some clothes, called the cops and ran the guy down outside, instead I yelled and scared him and he got a head start on me. I look forward to any advice any of you may have to offer. Thanks.
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