Warbler said:

SilverWook said:

Nothing quite like a not very coherent shirtless guy knocking on your door at one in the morning to scare the crap out of you. First time in two decades I've felt unsafe in this neighborhood.

can you elaborate any? what did the guy say to you? what did he want?

He wanted to me call a cab, claiming his car had broken down. Neither of the two numbers I had handy were working and I was so shook up I was having trouble just working the phone. Someone beat me to calling the cops anyway.

His story was fishy in that this is a gated area, (as was his explanation for not having a shirt) and there were a lot of houses closer than mine to the pedestrian entrance. In the end his car turned out to be just down my street, inside the gates. I think both parties originated from a house where the cops seem to visit a couple times a month.

If the newer porchlights across the way were not blinding me I would have been able to see if the cops arrested him or not. They were gone pretty fast either way.