Some Guy Just Walked in My House.

I know this is a stupid place to post this... but some guy just walked in my house!

I just got home and had left the side door open (it was even cracked open a bit) because I was getting ready to take the recycling out.

Decided to look at MoFo on the computer for a bit first then, all of a sudden some guy is coming through my kitchen and talking to me. Except he's calling me "Rich" (my middle name happens to be Richard, but no one calls me that).

I start yelling "Who is it?" That's when I realized I didn't know who this person was as they kept moving toward the room where my computer is. I don't know anyone (not even my brother) who would walk right in and not knock first.

I started yelling in my best cop voice, "Who are you? Identify!" I also realized I had no weapons at hand as I could now see the guy's silhouette outside the doorway. My hands were clenched into fists as I stood up.

The guy said he was looking for "Richie" and that Richie lived in a little white house like mine and that Richie had told him he'd leave the door cracked open. The only thing that seemed suspicious is that he didn't know exactly where Richie lived, or his house number, but decided to just walk right in because the door was cracked. He did say he came from the bar out on the main road. Never move near a bar, it's been nothing but trouble.

I got the impression the guy got just as scared as I was when he realized he was in the wrong house and I (although out of shape, am quite massive) was approaching him with my fists clenched and yelling at him to identify himself.

My heart's still pounding.

Damn thats screwed up Dude! Lock your doors man!

Umm... cool story, bro.

This should be thread of the year. Something about making an entire thread devoted to a guy popping in the wrong house is kinda funny. I'm sure I've made worse threads, though.

Put it on Reddit Let's Not Meet! That's horrifying!

He seriously might have been looking for a guy he met on the internet to have a little fun with.

Was he cute?

And this is all coming to you LIVE! I literally started writing this 2 minutes after the guy left (and I did lock the door behind him).

Get this... on the way out he asked me if I wanted him to leave the door cracked open! (Oh yeah! It's open house night! I want more complete strangers just walking in.)

I considered calling the cops, but it seemed like an honest mistake (like somebody he knew or met at the bar told him his house was down the street and to just come in when he got there). Although I don't know of any other tiny white houses on my block.

I saw something like this recently on TV where guys came home to find some drunk dude had wandered into their house and was sleeping in their bed... and they filmed the confrontation on their cell phone.

He might have freaked out when he saw that you were big and out of shape.

He probably thought... You damn liar. That wasn't really you in the picture!

That's terrifying.

I'm glad that you're okay. Just the thought of what could have happened is scary. You're lucky he wasn't a killer.

Damn scary!... He was there to rob your house but gave up the idea because you were home. A common MO is for the intruder to make up an excuse if caught by the home owner. Usually they knock on the door with a lame excuse if someone answers and only break in if no one answers.

If you don't like or believe in guns get some pepper spray, the fogger type in a big can...the stuff you use on grizzly bears. It will stop an attacker cold, I should know I tested my can out by spraying up in the air and a little amount got in my eyes. My eyes burnt like hell, I could not open them and had to crawl into the house. A couple hours latter and I was fine. Seriously Captain be careful, you can buy good Pepper spray on ebay, it's legal in all 50 states.

At least you considered calling the cops. But seriously -- two minutes after this happens, you decide to write all this down and make a thread about it? On Movie Forums? Geez, there are people worse than me.

First, thanks for the jokes - they're helping calm me down.

He was clean cut. Early middle aged. I was slightly relieved when I saw he was on the short side (although that means nothing if the guy had a knife or a gun).

But yeah, I was thinking - maybe he made a hook up at the bar and was coming to find his man-date? After all, most people know where their friends live or at least get the address before coming over.

The whole thing now is starting to seem like one of those To Catch a Predator episodes where the guy just walks into the kitchen calling out for the person he thinks he's supposed to meet. That kinda makes me a much angrier, much fatter Chris Hansen coming out of the back room in a total fight or flight response (and I didn't have anywhere to flight to, so I was ready to fight.)

That strange guy's lucky he didn't arrive at another wrong house -- yours.

Captain Steel, I bet you'll be voting for Donald Trump now.

That totally crossed my mind, Rules. Except, my car was in the driveway, I'd just turned some lights on,, and the door was open - why would someone wanting to rob a house walk into one where it looked like the occupant was home? (Unless they weren't expecting a fat angry man to be there, but if you didn't know who lived there, why take the chance and risk an armed homeowner?)

I just got a text from my friend, Fred. He's sorry he scared you. He finally found Richie. He says if you calm down, you can join them. Want the address? It's close by.

Oh, now he's inviting me, too.

Yeah, that is seriously scary. Don't think i'd even risk giving him the chance to explain i would have probably have just attacked him out of fear. Damn, glad you're ok.

Not the same at all obviously but it reminded me of when i was about 14 i was staying with a friend, he was in a single bed and i was in like a foldout bed or whatever you call it next to his bed and we both woke up with a random scruffy guy with long hair sleeping in between us . Turned out he was his brothers friend and drunkenly walked into my friends room instead of a different one he was sent to, no idea how we didn't wake up.

He loves your wallpaper.