A Little Bit Freaky

[chochiyo_sama]

Right after third hour, I was getting myself together to go to the store and sell stuff on break when my phone rang.  Jay's voice said, "Cheryl, you have a phone call on line 1."

I had no idea who might be calling me at school--my first thoughts were the clinic or Ingrid.

But no.  it was a completely unexpected phone call.

"Hello, Cheryl?  This is *** from the W.C. police department."  (*** because I did not catch the name.  i was too shocked by the "police department' addendum.)

He went on to tell me, "We are outside your house right now..."

Then my first thought was, "Holy shit!  My house is on fire!"

And instead of being happy, as I really would be if my house burned to the ground, I could only think of all my dolls.  Melting into puddles in a raging fire....That would be really sad. 

Then he said that they had received a 911 hang-up call from a cell phone and that it had triangulated to my house.  I assured them  that I was at school and that I lived alone--even my cat had died.  He said that sometimes the triangulation was a little off.  That it was probably 220 on the block instead of 210.  Then he assured me that they would put my screens back on the windows as they had just about been ready to break in to my house to be sure I was okay.

THEN my first thought was about how filthy my house is at the current time.  The carpets need vacuuming.  the kitchen floor is gross.  There's crap all over the dining room table....sigh.

Well, they didn't go in, so that was a relief.  i think I will be cleaning when I get home tonight.

At least i know that if I ever do have an issue and have to call 911, they will come into my house and save me.

I will be really pissed if I come home tonight to discover a dead burglar in my house, laying on the living room floor with his cell phone grasped in his hand.

Well, that's my big big story of the day.

Whoooo.

Comments

Nice of them to call.

[the_godiva]

Wow. Good thing they didn't break in. As I'm sure they wouldn't have paid for any repairs so you'd be stuck with both an unsecure house and paying to repair the damage they did.

A dead burglar would be OK. First, he wouldn't have stolen anything. Second, he wouldn't be stealing from anyone else either. Third, you could probably make some money selling the story to the Enquirer or something. (Just be sure you take plenty of pictures first before reporting the body.)

You think it might have been your cat? I mean, he can't throw up any more. Maybe it was his way of annoying you.....out of love of course.

Re: Nice of them to call.

[chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com]

WEll, I did consider the possibility of it being a ghost. At the old Orphanage in Owatonna, there are frequent reports of 911 being called, whereupon the dispatcher hears children giggling, and then the phone is hung up. When officers go to the scene to investigate, everything is secure, and no one is around. Once, the call traced to a room where the phone wasn't even functional.

Strange stuff.