# What do you do if you hear someone in your house at night? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-you-hear-someone-in-your-house-at-night/1000225 "2024-04-13T08:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-you-hear-someone-in-your-house-at-night/1000225/81 "2024-04-16T01:28:50Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > As they entered I took the hot iron and threatened to burn them if they didn’t turn around and leave. They were shocked and at a loss and tried to make some excuse that they just entered the wrong house. > > At 1 Am in the morning? In all fairness, 1am is about the only time I would expect someone to accidently enter the wrong house (presumably because they are drunk and confused). ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-you-hear-someone-in-your-house-at-night/1000225/82 "2024-04-16T01:38:47Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > In all fairness, 1am is about the only time I would expect someone to accidently enter the wrong house (presumably because they are drunk and confused). My ex-wife’s bestie has done that more than once when trying get to our house after the bar. She totally home invaded the same poor people at like 2am a few times thinking it was our house. They called the police each time, and as much as I hate Burbank police for being pricks, they actually just shuttled her to our house a few blocks away instead of arresting her. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-you-hear-someone-in-your-house-at-night/1000225/83 "2024-04-16T18:36:11Z")
Legally speaking, I can’t confirm or deny that I have a phone app that locks all the doors from the outside sealing everyone in while activating a series of traps, pyrotechnics, lights and stagecraft that I can only describe as a more deadly cross between Kevin McCallister’s Home Alone house and Scaramanga’s island where he hunted Bond with his Golden Gun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-you-hear-someone-in-your-house-at-night/1000225.md?page=4)