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Had an ugly incident with my newest neighbors yesterday and I'm slightly freaked out by it. Not sure what the best response would be now. I need help.
Yesterday evening when I logged off work around 11 pm I took my cell phone out to my large front yard to call a friend having a rough time in Texas. My husband has been very sick, surgeries, more upcoming surgeries and his lone kidney is dying. Yesterday was day from hell, I got bad medical news, the hubby got bad medical news and the phones at work were down till the last two hours of my shift meaning my last two hours were people calling in and hysterically screaming about one thing or another. I was crying on my friend's shoulder as much as she was crying on mine about the loss of her job and home. I sat on top of the trunk of my car talking to her for about an hour.
I went outside because the husband was trying to sleep and I didn't want to disturb him since he'd been having trouble sleeping and my daughter was up studying for an exam.
I was still sitting on the car trunk talking when a sedan with no lights on pulled up in front of the house across the street and someone got out. It was too dark to see who it was and the person walked all around the yard like they were looking for something before pulling out a flashlight and minutely examining the yard. It wasn't until he pulled out the flashlight I realized it was a police officer. Eventually the front door opened and the new neighbor confronted the cop. As soon as I knew it was a police officer I gave a sigh of relief and went back to my conversation.
Cop drives off after a brief conversation with the renter across the street and as soon as he pulls out of our gated community these very powerful flood lights come on behind the house across the street and I heard all sorts of screaming obscenities and yelling as they pretty much illuminate the nighttime sky and spoil any star view.
Yeah, I'm wondering what's going on but I have my own issues to worry about so I keep talking to my friend.
Ten minutes pass and then the lady of the house from across the street comes out, stands on her front steps with her hands on her hips and starts glaring at me, death glares, fuck you glares, etc. Keep in mind we've never exchanged more than 'how are yous' in the street. I don't know her, she doesn't know me, she moved in about a month ago.
Eventually she yells over at me wanting to know why I'd called the cops on her. I tell her I didn't know anything about it, I never called. I go across the street to talk to her and she and her husband, big burly scary rednecks, start screaming at me that I called the cops on their dogs barking. I told them I didn't even know that they had dogs, I've never heard them bark once because they are in the back yard. Then why was I out in the yard at 11 pm? For privacy for my phone call and because I have sick folks in the house. With lots of loud screaming and cursing they started demanding I tell them who did. I pointed out I didn't have a clue, gestured around and said, could be anyone. I point out that the back of their yard bumps up against at least three seriously ill cancer patients and perhaps one of their family members might have felt it was stressing out their rest and called. They tell me that someone has been calling every night for weeks now and they are going to 'get even'. The woman tells me tomorrow she's going to knock on every door in the neighborhood and confront each and every neighbor till she finds out who did it.
When I came inside after all of that I was really shaken up. Now I'm frightened. Anyone have any idea how to deal with possible neighborhood battle and neighbor threats from across the street? I make it my policy to stay out of neighbors business unless I see a child being threatened. This was the same rental house different renters I called CPS on and got the kids removed from the house.
Yesterday evening when I logged off work around 11 pm I took my cell phone out to my large front yard to call a friend having a rough time in Texas. My husband has been very sick, surgeries, more upcoming surgeries and his lone kidney is dying. Yesterday was day from hell, I got bad medical news, the hubby got bad medical news and the phones at work were down till the last two hours of my shift meaning my last two hours were people calling in and hysterically screaming about one thing or another. I was crying on my friend's shoulder as much as she was crying on mine about the loss of her job and home. I sat on top of the trunk of my car talking to her for about an hour.
I went outside because the husband was trying to sleep and I didn't want to disturb him since he'd been having trouble sleeping and my daughter was up studying for an exam.
I was still sitting on the car trunk talking when a sedan with no lights on pulled up in front of the house across the street and someone got out. It was too dark to see who it was and the person walked all around the yard like they were looking for something before pulling out a flashlight and minutely examining the yard. It wasn't until he pulled out the flashlight I realized it was a police officer. Eventually the front door opened and the new neighbor confronted the cop. As soon as I knew it was a police officer I gave a sigh of relief and went back to my conversation.
Cop drives off after a brief conversation with the renter across the street and as soon as he pulls out of our gated community these very powerful flood lights come on behind the house across the street and I heard all sorts of screaming obscenities and yelling as they pretty much illuminate the nighttime sky and spoil any star view.
Yeah, I'm wondering what's going on but I have my own issues to worry about so I keep talking to my friend.
Ten minutes pass and then the lady of the house from across the street comes out, stands on her front steps with her hands on her hips and starts glaring at me, death glares, fuck you glares, etc. Keep in mind we've never exchanged more than 'how are yous' in the street. I don't know her, she doesn't know me, she moved in about a month ago.
Eventually she yells over at me wanting to know why I'd called the cops on her. I tell her I didn't know anything about it, I never called. I go across the street to talk to her and she and her husband, big burly scary rednecks, start screaming at me that I called the cops on their dogs barking. I told them I didn't even know that they had dogs, I've never heard them bark once because they are in the back yard. Then why was I out in the yard at 11 pm? For privacy for my phone call and because I have sick folks in the house. With lots of loud screaming and cursing they started demanding I tell them who did. I pointed out I didn't have a clue, gestured around and said, could be anyone. I point out that the back of their yard bumps up against at least three seriously ill cancer patients and perhaps one of their family members might have felt it was stressing out their rest and called. They tell me that someone has been calling every night for weeks now and they are going to 'get even'. The woman tells me tomorrow she's going to knock on every door in the neighborhood and confront each and every neighbor till she finds out who did it.
When I came inside after all of that I was really shaken up. Now I'm frightened. Anyone have any idea how to deal with possible neighborhood battle and neighbor threats from across the street? I make it my policy to stay out of neighbors business unless I see a child being threatened. This was the same rental house different renters I called CPS on and got the kids removed from the house.
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