I work graves, and when I was walking out to my car last night to leave, I saw this guy sitting on the grass by the other apartment building. He's sitting indian style, going through a black trash bag. I'd say he was about 5'8", Caucasian, somewhat short brown hair, maybe 180#, late 20's, wearing jeans and a hoodie in a sage/earthtone plaid.
The hair on the back of my neck stood up as soon as I saw him, and my gut says "Hey, he doesn't belong here!" But, it's an apartment complex, so I can never be sure who is a resident or visiting or whatever. At this point, he hasn't seen me yet as he's very interested in his stuff, so I drop my bags in the back of my car, then light him up with my tac light while my right hand is pulling my shirt from over my holstered XD. I'm about 25' out and say "Hey, is everything all right?" At this point, he takes a look at me and bolts.
So, now I'm really weirded out. Where did he go, and what's the junk on the ground? But, I have to go to work, so I called my wife and told her to keep the shotgun handy and call the police to check things out.
The police, as far as either of us know, never showed up, and when I got back from work this morning, the bag is still there. Girls clothes, an empty purse, and a Gamecube disk of The Sims 2 Pets. I'm thinking it was a bag getting ready to go to Goodwill that never made it, but who can say? I took some pics, but other than that, left it alone after the landlord asked me to leave it.
So, did the simple fact I said something scare him off? Was it the tac light and rather obvious pose of my hand over the grip of my sidearm (I never did draw)? Did I do ok? Would you have done differently, like chased him down? I've still got the heebie jeebies from this one, so I guess I'm just tossing this up here because I need to think it through and use you guys as a sounding board.
The hair on the back of my neck stood up as soon as I saw him, and my gut says "Hey, he doesn't belong here!" But, it's an apartment complex, so I can never be sure who is a resident or visiting or whatever. At this point, he hasn't seen me yet as he's very interested in his stuff, so I drop my bags in the back of my car, then light him up with my tac light while my right hand is pulling my shirt from over my holstered XD. I'm about 25' out and say "Hey, is everything all right?" At this point, he takes a look at me and bolts.
So, now I'm really weirded out. Where did he go, and what's the junk on the ground? But, I have to go to work, so I called my wife and told her to keep the shotgun handy and call the police to check things out.
The police, as far as either of us know, never showed up, and when I got back from work this morning, the bag is still there. Girls clothes, an empty purse, and a Gamecube disk of The Sims 2 Pets. I'm thinking it was a bag getting ready to go to Goodwill that never made it, but who can say? I took some pics, but other than that, left it alone after the landlord asked me to leave it.
So, did the simple fact I said something scare him off? Was it the tac light and rather obvious pose of my hand over the grip of my sidearm (I never did draw)? Did I do ok? Would you have done differently, like chased him down? I've still got the heebie jeebies from this one, so I guess I'm just tossing this up here because I need to think it through and use you guys as a sounding board.