# Should I call the FBI? Seriously. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 18, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-call-the-fbi-seriously/94094 "2001-11-18T20:59:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-call-the-fbi-seriously/94094/21 "2001-11-19T16:37:03Z")
hm… “This person is doing something we don’t understand. I think we should fear it.” ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-call-the-fbi-seriously/94094/22 "2001-11-19T16:49:37Z")
Mr. Athena witnessed a similiar incident about a month ago, and, after thinking about it for a few days, he called the police. The police told him he did the absolutely right thing, and thanked him for calling. Basically, Mr. Athena was at his gym, and saw a man come in carrying a bucket filled with rags. He approached the receptionist, and proceeded to have a discussion with her. The receptionist appeared flustered, and finally led the man to a back door that opened into a shared hallway between the gym and the brewpub next door. Mr. Athena spoke to the receptionist, who told him the guys said he was there to clean the swamp cooler, but she knew nothing about it. She also said that she had a hard time understanding him because he didn’t speak English well. Mr. Athena asked if he spoke Spanish, since hispanics are the most common minority in our area. She said no, she thought he was “Middle-Eastern or something”! Mr. Athena called the police, they checked up on it, and it was all OK - the man was Lithuanian, and the owner of the gym had forgotten to tell the receptionist he was coming. The police also told him that this was exactly the kinds of stuff that everyone needed to be vigilant about - if the receptionist was not expecting the swamp cooler to be cleaned, she should not have allowed this man access to the non-public parts of the building. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-call-the-fbi-seriously/94094/23 "2001-11-19T18:05:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Agent0069 \* > \*\*::Hell yeahyou should call the FBI! There have apparently been other reports of “video tapings” of different landmarks (ie:Sears Tower, Rockefeller Center, and other airports). The FBI would rather you call them and report this, let them investigate and have it turn out to be nothing, than to have something happen at the airport, and you had information that could have helped prevent it. > > Sorry, but I work right by the Pentagon, and live by Dulles Airport, so I think I’d like to have the FBI checking out everything!!! \*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-call-the-fbi-seriously/94094.md?page=1)