I was on the phone in my big truck, when I hear the unmistakable sound of a key sliding into the door lock of my small truck....
I peak outside and see a meth head trying to jimmy my lock...then he stops a half second later....
He goes to his trunk... Grabs a ratchet, walks to my front bumper... leans down... then goes back to his trunk... repeat this process about 4 times....
I needed to be 100% positive there was evidence before I acted.
I grabbed my pepper spray, gun, and flashlight.... and hopped out the back door... no shoes....
I tell the guy to stop, he starts stammering that he's not doing anything, runs to his car, and drives off.... Meanwhile I go into my pocket to grab my keys to follow him and,..... nothing... they're back in the big truck. He was out of sight before I even made it back into my big truck (had to secure the ladder)....
So...
As far as my truck goes, he was unscrewing my lightbars trying to steal them, one was off and he was working on the other. So, nothing is damaged from what I can tell. I bolted them back in and all was well.
I got the tag number but 911 hung up on me, and on round 2 the calltaker kept asking me to slow down because she couldn't type fast enough....so by the time she was ready, I had forgotten it.
So...
Takeaways.
1. Make sure you bring your keys.
2. Pistol stayed holstered as it should be, and didn't come into play because there was no threat.
3. I shoulda sprayed the guy. Fox 2.0 and a trip to jail would ruin his night.
4. Make sure you bring your fuckin keys.
5. I need a means of rapid egress from my big truck. The doors being 5ft off the ground doesn't help...
6. FWPD officer I talked to was very nice and professional. Buy him some coffee if I see him again.
7. Bring your motherfucking keys, you fucking idiot.
8. Find a way to secure all my accessories, and add a warning/remote PA system to the small truck...His head was inches from 4 airhorns @ 140db ea
@ 3 ft...at 6" he'd probably be temporarily deafened and disoriented.
9. Start a gofundme for an X26...
10. Buy slippers. Wet feet @ 40 degrees go numb very quickly.
All in all, no one hurt, nothing damaged, but mother of god do I wanna find this guy..
I'm up, and will be for awhile.... fuckin' adrenaline...
_________________NO DISASSEMBLE!Thomas Paine wrote:
"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."