Twinkle I know how you feel.
Earlier this year my sister and I were in my house and my neice, who was about a year old at the time, was sleeping upstairs.
I could see into the kitchen and through the window I could see the neighbours automatic light come on. And then there was the silhouette of a man. I felt like my heart had stopped, from the distance I could tell that the man was in my back garden. Then there was this noise at the window, it was him trying to prise open the top section, that was when my sister noticed. I screamed because I was so scared and the man must of heard, he then started banging on the back door and trying the handle. Then it all went quiet and for a second I thought, thank god its over. Then I remembered that the front door was unlocked, I was stuck to the ground, I couldnt lift a leg, so I told my sister and just as she locked it, the mans figure came up to the door and tried to get in there, he then tried our front windows.
My sister phoned the police and they said someone would be right out.
It carried on for about another ten minutes, this man banging on the doors and trying to open the windows. What made it worse was that the whole time I could see his silhouette moving around and it reallty petrified me.
My sister shouted out that we had phoned the police and the dog started barking and thats when he left, our border collie can sound pretty vicious!
That was THE most terrifying (sp) experience ever!
The worst thing was, it happened around 10.30 pm and the police never showed up until 1.30am ! That man could have got in, murdered my sister, her child and I and been long gone in that time! It took my faith out of the local police force completely.
Eugh , gives me shivers thinking about it again when I think of what could have happened.
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