I must live in a dangerous neighborhood.
A few weeks ago a pair of scofflaws robbed the nearby VFW and scared the poor night man nearly to death. I am glad to say they have caught at least one of these fools. It is really dumb to decide to rob a place when you have to walk 2 miles through the snow to get there, the foot prints were a dead giveaway.
Last night, just after 2 in the morning, while struggling with an unusual bout of insomnia I saw the outside security light pop on. Looking out my window I caught a glimpse of two figures moving around the side of my house. I didn't think they should be there so I decided to scare them off. Instead of grabbing the shot gun like the last time I simply coaxed Snickers to the open window.
"Snickers! Look! Look!" I said to the 11 pound mini dachshund who is my constant companion.
She looked, and didn't see anything. "So what?" she seemed to be saying as she looked back at me, "What's the big deal? I want to go back to sleep."
But I kept egging her on until one of the prowlers stepped into her line of sight.
It's funny how fast the hair can stand up on her back. The excited barking commenced, the chase would be on if only she wasn't trapped in the house.
The prowlers, 3 of them, startled, took off. Over the wall on the bridge, across the street, over the next wall, high tailing it along the bank of the spur to the river.
High tailing it was right, 3 white tails in the air, a buck and 2 does, about 200 pounds each.
This is not about the Eric Hoffer book but he still might turn up from time to time.
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2 comments:
Dangerous is right. Just last week there was an 84 year old sculpter in the Columbus, Ohio area that was attacked and hospitalized after a buck deer broke into his house. I think it may be fortunate that you have a watch dog that protects your dwelling. Although you may have to pay premium liability insurance rates for keeping such a killer dog. Snicker, snicker, snicker.
Why, I am in the Columbus Ohio area! Live east of the city.
I almost always go outside with Snickers, to protect anyone passing by. (I live in a public place.)
She did inflict pain and suffering this week. I got stuck in the leg by a sharp toenail in the middle of the night. I thought for a second that I had suffered a spider bite!
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