# Maybee tonight, motherfucker!... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300 "2005-04-01T20:46:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/1 "2005-04-01T20:46:18Z")
I really don’t want to face this but, last night was the second in a row that the screen on my daughter’s bedroom window was pried loose and the window frame is now fucked up. my liitle girl is scared shitless to sleep in there and won’t till this is resolved. The Co. sherriff is gonna have deputies keep one eye on this house, but I want results. If this house is set to be fucked with again tonight, then I have a grim future to work through as whoever I catch is gonna be within an inch of death and Ill be telling my story to a judge. I’m fuckin scared, and I’m a big guy with a very low tolerance for being fucked with. Now some asshole is messing with my child, and I really don’t have faith in my self to think before acting if if the shit hits the fan this evening. We have several RSO in this area and two that live on this very street. **PLEASE OG, DON’T LET THIS TURN INTO HELL ON EARTH FOR ME.** ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/2 "2005-04-01T20:50:50Z")
Got any bear traps? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/3 "2005-04-01T20:52:24Z")
I’m not sure that there are many juries in this country who would convict you for protecting your daughter. Best of luck. Strength and courage. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/4 "2005-04-01T20:53:42Z")
> [@bob fortuna](#): > > I really don’t want to face this but, last night was the second in a row that the screen on my daughter’s bedroom window was pried loose and the window frame is now fucked up. my liitle girl is scared shitless to sleep in there and won’t till this is resolved. The Co. sherriff is gonna have deputies keep one eye on this house, but I want results. If this house is set to be fucked with again tonight, then I have a grim future to work through as whoever I catch is gonna be within an inch of death and Ill be telling my story to a judge. I’m fuckin scared, and I’m a big guy with a very low tolerance for being fucked with. Now some asshole is messing with my child, and I really don’t have faith in my self to think before acting if if the shit hits the fan this evening. We have several RSO in this area and two that live on this very street. **PLEASE OG, DON’T LET THIS TURN INTO HELL ON EARTH FOR ME.** Please don’t let her sleep in that room tonight. And you might want to let him get in, if that’s what he wants to do. The judge will be more kindly disposed toward you. Good luck. I can’t imagine the hell this is for you. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/5 "2005-04-01T20:53:52Z")
As a parent, I must advise you: Aim for center mass. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/6 "2005-04-01T20:54:10Z")
Holy shit! Has your daughter heard anything while this happened? Do you have any kind of alarm or even a dog? I’m horrified for you, and I hope you find who has been doing this very soon. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/7 "2005-04-01T20:55:01Z")
D’oh! I mean midnight mass! Go to midnight mass! That’s what I meant! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/8 "2005-04-01T20:58:55Z")
I suggest you put her in with her mom, or in a different room, and you sleep in her bed tonight. Or a camera aimed at the window. Whichever is more feasible. Give your little daughter a hug for me. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/9 "2005-04-01T21:00:31Z")
I’ve had to deal with something kinda along the same lines so let me offer just a bit or two of advice. Try first to work with a camera or motion sensored light instead of any kind of personal, potentailly violent confrontation. Remember that it might be one of the Deputies undercover that you encounter and you sure don’t want harm to come to them. You obviously already realize you might not be able to control your emotions in that situation and you’re right… they can and will get away from you. I know this for a fact. The most important thing you can do is to be there in the house protecting your family. You’ve notified the proper authorities and you’ve got to give them the chance to do their job until they prove themselves incapable or unwilling. I’m sorry you’re going through this and wish you and yours a quick and safe resolution. No parent should be forced to endure such a situation or the anger it inspires. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/10 "2005-04-01T21:01:04Z")
Do NOT leave her in any room alone, for any reason, not even for 1 second. Don’t set traps, with the way the laws are you’d be the one going to jail. It stinks, but that’s how it is. If you have a gun, keep it with you. If not, carry something else. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/11 "2005-04-01T21:01:33Z")
First of all, don’t, under ANY circumstances, have your daughter sleep alone in her room – put her in YOUR room (if necessary, put her in your bed and sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor). Second, if your house isn’t equipped with an alarm system (and it reads as if it’s not), go to a hardware store and get some individual window alarms and install them right away. You can get a wireless window alarm at Home Depot for $6.97 (their site doesn’t allow linking directly to products, but search for “Intermatic Wireless Window Alarm”) – put them on ALL your windows. It won’t summon the police, of course, but it’s piercing shriek will certainly scare any would-be invaders away very quickly, and alert you quickly enough that you can instantly put in a call to 911 in the hopes of catching them. Stay safe! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/12 "2005-04-01T21:07:02Z")
If you’re going into this with a shotgun in hand, take the time to load it with birdshot instead of something more lethal. Courts frown on a killing, regardless of provocation. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/13 "2005-04-01T21:07:18Z")
Holy shit **bob\_fortuna** , that’s awful. How old is your girl? My hope is that it’s some dumbass boy from her school trying to give her a scare, but that would probably only make sense if she was in jr. high or high school, and may still be wishful thinking. Here’s hoping you and your family stay safe. I hope the cops can handle things for you, though if it were me I’d be tempted to stay up all night with a baseball bat and/or a loaded gun. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/14 "2005-04-01T21:10:19Z")
Keep your daughter in your room tonite!! Install a double headed motion activated floodlight assembly on that part of the house this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/15 "2005-04-01T21:10:19Z")
Lots of camcorders have night vision capability and produces some pretty amazing resolution even in very low light conditions. Maybe yours has this or you could borrow one from a friend/ rent one from a store but put one in her room aimed at the attempted point of entry. 4 or 6 hours of tape should suffice, covering at least 11:00 through 3:00 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/16 "2005-04-01T21:14:10Z")
You might want to install some exterior lighting this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/17 "2005-04-01T21:27:10Z")
1. remove the screen and leave by window. 2. leave window slightly ajar. 3. sleep (lightly) in the room with a big fuck-off stick by your side 4. he can’t tell his side of the story if his brains are all over the wall Good hunting. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/18 "2005-04-01T21:31:00Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Lots of camcorders have night vision capability and produces some pretty amazing resolution even in very low light conditions. Maybe yours has this or you could borrow one from a friend/ rent one from a store but put one in her room aimed at the attempted point of entry. 4 or 6 hours of tape should suffice, covering at least 11:00 through 3:00 or so. Good idea except, for mine anyway, I can only get 30 minutes out of a (digital) tape. I think the older non-digital camcorders could record for much longer, of course they’re analog and probably not night vision ready. OP, - who’s the next closest neighbor on the side of the house in question? Would they be willing to keep an eye open tonite also? ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/19 "2005-04-01T21:35:20Z")
Sounds to me as if you’ve been pretty level headed so far. You called the cops, you’ve got the kid out of the room, you’re not letting her out of your sight, etc. I wouldn’t let her so much as walk to the mailbox alone if I were you. If she’s in school you may want to alert the staff there about what’s going on and let them know that she is not to be released to anyone but you and her mother. I’d hope they already have a policy like that in place but you never know. Unless the cops are going to do a stakeout, though, you may wanna sit up with a gun for the time being. If something _is_ about to go down, though, the bastard might back off and wait until you start feeling safe again if he knows you’ve discovered the window. Floodlights would be a good idea and a very, very loud security system, also a really pissed off Doberman. I would also let every parent on the block know about the window so they can start taking precautions. I would also call the cops back and ask them if they would send some people over and look for fingerprints. With 2 RSO’s on your street, I can’t freakin’ believe they haven’t been over there already to take pictures, prints, etc. What the hell is wrong with Florida these days?! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300/20 "2005-04-01T21:43:50Z")
Analog w/ night vision definately exists. My 2 1/2 y.o. Sony will record seemingly forever on one tape. I just wish I lived closer to **Bob**. Btw, what’s an RSO? Retired Security Officer? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybee-tonight-motherfucker/297300.md?page=2)