[gremlin]

Last Friday my father woke up at 5:00 AM to a woman screaming and sobbing hysterically. Still half asleep he approached the bedroom window, when he looked he saw a the pregnant woman who lives across from us standing by the front of her house. Her husband was next to her, holding her arm and telling her to calm down.

At first we thought that maybe the husband and wife had been arguing. But today my parents found out that they had been robbed. Yeah. They are also not the first people to be robbed on my street.

The guy had gone in through their kitchen window. Unlike my house their window is near a few inches above the ground. The woman had woken up and immediately saw the man's reflection in her mirror in her room. He had a hood on, covering his face. She screamed and she was so terrified that she bolted past him and dove out of her front window. The man fled, her husband woke up and ran after her. My other neighbour was up, getting ready for work and ran outside to see what the commotion was about. He didn't even hesitate to jump in his car to try and find the man. But he couldn't. They didn't catch him.

The other people who had been robbed live a bit further up my street. I'm really scared. You know why I'm scared? My window is one of the easiest entrances for a bugler to access. My window is where our back porch is. The other entrance is our kitchen door. My brother's window is above the ground, same for the living room and my parents room. My basement window is low to the ground, but would be a hassle to get through. Bleh, I'm really paranoid now.

I'm hoping that this man doesn't choose to target my house next. I have a high fence because we have a pool so... maybe he won't make the effort to climb it. It would also be too much of a hassle for him to flee if he gets caught. And to be honest my dad would probably break his neck. So let's hope that he makes the wise choice to stay clear of my house.

There's also been unfamiliar cars lurking on my street. Filled with people. They just park and sit in the car for a few hours. This is what another neighbour told my father. She's been taking down their license plates. My parents also said that they have noticed an unfamiliar man riding his bike up and down our street for the past few weeks. He also stopped in from of my drive way and was eyeing my driveway. He left when my dad went outside in to the driveway because my mom said she had heard his squeaky breaks.

I hope that whoever it may be ( one man or many ) that they get caught soon. I'm going to be so paranoid for a very long time.

Ever had similar circumstances?