wwkirk
Divine
From Quora. I' think you'll get a kick out of it.
Years ago, a local thief burgled A house while a man was working from home. He did not feel well, and had stayed home.
He heard a noise he should not have heard, and he knew he was the only person who should be in the house.
Let me give you the layout of the house. It was a three floor with a short stair, a landing , and another short stair for each flights.
In each landing was a small table, and a hardwired landline phone.
The home owner was an avid hunter, and had several guns, but they were locked up and on the wrong floor for where he was. He could not go to get them without alerting his intruder.
What he did have access to, was his hunting compound bow, which was hanging on the wall. He gathered it quietly and sat on the top step.
His intruder came up the steps, and past the wall that decided the stairs for each floor. He passed the phone table , and proceeded up the next flight a step or two before realizing what he was seeing. The home owner was at full draw with a hunting razerhead arrow centered on his chest. He paused. The home owner quietly said to” use the phone, call 911, and turn yourself in. Do it now, very carefully. “ he very carefully did.
They waited like that for a few minutes until the police arrived. The cops knew the thief from a long line of illegal activity. After the Cuffs went on, one cop asked “why didn't you run? Dodge a few feet, and you would have been beyond the wall and gone. Why didn't you try it?”
Thief said “most people with hand guns would have missed. They don't practice, they are rushed, they are scared, they may have never fired it even. They would miss. Someone with that kind of equipment, would not miss.” He knew he would have died before reaching the wall.
Thief had more fear of a bow in the hands of a hunter, than a gun in the hands of the average home owner.
Years ago, a local thief burgled A house while a man was working from home. He did not feel well, and had stayed home.
He heard a noise he should not have heard, and he knew he was the only person who should be in the house.
Let me give you the layout of the house. It was a three floor with a short stair, a landing , and another short stair for each flights.
In each landing was a small table, and a hardwired landline phone.
The home owner was an avid hunter, and had several guns, but they were locked up and on the wrong floor for where he was. He could not go to get them without alerting his intruder.
What he did have access to, was his hunting compound bow, which was hanging on the wall. He gathered it quietly and sat on the top step.
His intruder came up the steps, and past the wall that decided the stairs for each floor. He passed the phone table , and proceeded up the next flight a step or two before realizing what he was seeing. The home owner was at full draw with a hunting razerhead arrow centered on his chest. He paused. The home owner quietly said to” use the phone, call 911, and turn yourself in. Do it now, very carefully. “ he very carefully did.
They waited like that for a few minutes until the police arrived. The cops knew the thief from a long line of illegal activity. After the Cuffs went on, one cop asked “why didn't you run? Dodge a few feet, and you would have been beyond the wall and gone. Why didn't you try it?”
Thief said “most people with hand guns would have missed. They don't practice, they are rushed, they are scared, they may have never fired it even. They would miss. Someone with that kind of equipment, would not miss.” He knew he would have died before reaching the wall.
Thief had more fear of a bow in the hands of a hunter, than a gun in the hands of the average home owner.
