Lock your doors!

I'm writing this to remind everyone to lock their doors during the Holiday season and well... always.

Last night I was home alone in the basement when all of a sudden I heard a ruckus upstairs and what sounded like footsteps. Then I started to hear Junior, the cat, meow really loud. Not the normal type of meow either. The type of meow where she is hurt or being tortured or something. I decided to call Jonathan after a minute to see if it was him upstairs and what was he doing to Junior. I called about 3 times and he finally answered, but he wasn't here, still at school.

Panicked I called the police and locked myself in my room. At this point Junior was still meowing a lot and I was still hearing creaks upstairs. I had already heard what sounded like a door shut. The first operator had a hard time hearing me but she was able to get my address. Then a second operator called me and told me officers were on their way. When they got here the circled the house and then the operator told me to go upstairs and get the door. When I got up there the officers were already in the house. I told them what I heard and what had happened. They looked around the house to check and see if anyone was hiding out. After nothing found I felt a little dumb, but I felt better knowing that no one was there, at least not anymore.

I checked the back door and it was locked, but I asked the officers if the front door was unlocked and it was! When they left they reminded me to lock the door behind them and to be careful.

I took a look around and nothing seemed to be missing or even touched. The strange thing was Junior was locked in the downstairs living room and I have no idea how she would have got there because she was upstairs when I had closed that door last. I started to question myself thinking maybe it was silly and I was just psyching myself out down there. But then I formulated a theory.

I'm guessing someone might have come in the house to look for Christmas tree loot to rob. We don't have one set up here so when they saw there was nothing maybe they left. Whats so so scary is some of our neighbors have had break ins in the past. Our next door neighbor had their car stolen from their garage while they were still home!

And as far as Junior goes maybe they came in the downstairs living room to look and as they closed the door she got locked down there. Or another theory is her cat companion Surfer left recently so she could have just been meowing because she missed him, but this doesn't explain the other noises that I heard and nothing seemed to be knocked over so all I can guess is footsteps and door.

So please everyone be so so careful and don't hesitate to call the police if you suspect anyone unwelcome in your home, trust your instincts. I heard enough noise up there to think Jonathan was home! Plus it's good for the police to have an idea of criminal activity in your neighborhood.

Be careful everyone and have a safe Christmas!