Home Invasion: How Would You Really React? Jul08

Home Invasion: How Would You Really React?...

Do you know how you would respond if you woke up and found someone in your house? This weekend we had the opportunity to find out. Here is our story, and what we learned from it. Saturday morning I woke up to the sound of my dogs barking. It was early, not quite 7 am. I assumed  someone was walking a dog, but the barking didn’t stop.  Then it got more intense. I remember thinking, there must be someone at the door for them to be barking like that. Todd was stirring in bed next to me, but he wasn’t awake, so I got up to see who was knocking so early. When I  opened my bedroom door, I saw a dark shadowy figure standing in my hallway,  right in front of me. My heart stopped. It took only a second for it to register that this person did not belong in my house. I screamed, slammed my bedroom door shut while yelling THERE IS SOMEONE THERE! This got Todd to his feet in a split second looking for his phone and running to the door. Lesson #1 – Know where your phone is and make sure it is charged He looked at me for only a moment and then jumped into action. He opened the door, ready to attack, when a voice from the other side squeaked, “Mrs. Nickels?” Todd stopped in his tracks. It was a woman’s voice. “Mrs. Nickels?”  she said again. We stood there, face to face in our hallway with a short woman wearing scrubs. Todd unclenched his fist and said to her, “You’re in the wrong house!”.  “I’m looking for Mrs. Nickels, she is suppose to be in bed.” At this moment, Todd knew what had happened. You see,...