We know she lived long enough to call the cops. As you say, the rest is conjecture.
A swift kick to the nuts or the head would be very effective and a strong possibility for someone trying to get out from underneath a bed.
I imagine her leaping onto the bed in panic then jumping up and down on it as the guy is crushed.
Officials said an altercation between the suspect and the babysitter ensued and one of the children was “knocked over” in the struggle.
I’m gonna guess that he, as quickly as possible, got out from under the bed, despite any attempt from the babysitter to prevent him from doing so. Once he was upright, he would make short work of any further attempts to hold him down or harm him in any way. And then he skedaddled.
But this is strictly conjecture on my part. I will continually monitor the local papers for updates. (I live about 70 miles from Great Bend).
I’m trying to sleep but can’t stop laughing. I can see this in a Cohen bros. movie.
Maybe I’m just hopelessly naive, but “hiding under a kid’s bed on a property I am legally not allowed to be present on” doesn’t strike me as STANDARD for anyone, including 27 year old men.
Also, as noted, being under the bed is not an advantageous position from which to fight. If the babysitter didn’t freeze she would initially have an advantage. Perhaps she used it.
Or, if the goal of the idjit was not to harm people but to get the hell out of the house the “knocking over” part might have been him shoving people out of the way as he headed toward the door. Sure, what he was doing was skeevy as hell, but that doesn’t mean he was intent on violence towards anyone. We don’t know why he was in the home, do we?
There are not a few people who just have no idea how to fight.
Anybody here have a bed that’s high enough for an adult to hide under? I’ve never seen one.
Yes, we do. They’re not uncommon.
(Of course, anyone who tried to hide under our bed might be swallowed up by dust bunnies.)
On the other hand, even if they do know how to fight, I wouldn’t expect a person’s immediate reaction upon coming across somebody by surprise like that to be instant, unthinking aggression. That’s the realm for would-be internet tough guys who would have prevented 9/11 if they had been on the planes.
Unless the babysitter was totally psychotic or rolled a natural 20 for Initiative, I fully expect there to be at least a brief instant for the guy under the bed (who wouldn’t be caught off guard) to make whatever move he was going to make, which should probably start with “get the hell out from under the bed”.
Huh. Ok. Every bed I’m familiar with that has any room under them is on what is refered to a ‘Hollywood’ frame. Maybe 8"s off the floor.
Oh god yes. We are moving in a few months, and getting the bed out will be one of our first jobs.
Most beds in my house could fit most adults underneath; as well as most other beds I’ve seen in my life. (Not standing or sitting, of course; lying down.)
This, too.
Now that kid who was worried about the “monster under the bed” only to be proven right is going to be really afraid. I wonder if their parents should remove the bedframe and put the kid’s mattress directly on the floor. Perhaps that will help them understand that there’s no place a monster can hide?
Closets. There’s always another closet. :eek: !!
As maybe a 4yo I recall being fearful that come creepy crawly thing lived under the covers down near where my feet went. When getting into bed I couldn’t see all the way down into there. Like sticking your arm into a crevice in some coral, you just know some bity eel or something is waiting in there to attack your approaching hand. Or in my case approaching feet.
Well, perhaps remove the closet door as well?
What was it… The movie Aliens. Newt asked Ripley why adults tell kids there are no monsters, when in fact, there are.
Sleep tight.
My coverlet is full of eels
My toes explode in delight!
Mo-ommmmmm!!! He’s teasing me. Make him stopppp!
Give 'em a bat instead.
