Potential threat of snipers

Does anyone else always close curtains/blinds before turning on lights in a dark room just in case there's a sniper lurking outside

No, because I’m not mad.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the last few generations of dalek can get up stairs, they kind of float.

Spare a thought for those of us living in bungalows....we're doomed.

Sorry to hear this story. Sounds a good solution.

Does the shepherd have to be German? Bit worried about post-Brexit visa restrictions.

Will sleep more soundly tonight remembering this.😀

And some sights you just can't unsee can you stealth not envy

Agree.

Also, if you are going to raid the fridge in the middle of the night, please either close the kitchen blinds or put a dressing gown on. I've seen too many naked people illuminated by the light from inside an open fridge when walking my dog through housing estates.

I know it is polite to look away, but it takes a few stunned seconds when you suddenly see a big pink moon shining at you through a kitchen window.

No wife of mine would be left alone overnight without a proper chastity belt.

I have never worried about snipers, but we do jot leave far away from doctor who paraphernalia where he appeared from not so long ago. Just scared a dalek will come out of there one day 😖

Daleks are only a problem if you live in a bungalow. They can't do stairs.

<Eyes up walk-in cupboard in the kitchen with a view to turning it into a panic room>

You've obviously never been confronted by a dalek in real life have you?

But surely the garlic keeps them away? Or have I been doing personal protection wrong for years?

So true!Hedges are lethal. My hubs came home from work early one day to find a man in the hedge watching me while I gardened. Man told husband he was just resting before legging it down the road.

True story and I often wonder what would have happened if my husband hadn’t come home early.

That was when we got our first German Shepard. No more strange men in hedges.

I remember a story about a woman who was a broken into and she ran downstairs naked and roared wildly and they ran away!!!😂

Now I think the reverse, the baddies in this world deserve all the horrors in their lives and catching a look of me starkers would be high on that list. I dread ever moving, at the moment my bedroom window is not overlooked, maybe a mile away, so I'm fairly cavalier about walking round.
When we lived with the military we were always told never to sit in a brightly lit room with the curtains open.

Noosmummy12 its cryptids for me, too. I'm not worried about snipers but I do worry about Mothman being drawn in by the light so I always shut the curtains first.

I also assume when I let the dog in at night that big foot will follow the dog into the house, so I have to close the door as fast as I can when he comes in

I once had a spider (and his willy I assume?) above my bed. Every time I turned the light on he ran back up to the ceiling so I couldn’t reach him to put him elsewhere (bottom of a shoe etc) but as soon as the light was off and I was in darkness he’d crawl back down to get me and wipe his willy on my face. He had a plan, a cunning plan.

On another note, I always wonder if a sniper could get me if I hid underneath the kitchen window and would I have time to get round the other side of the house to run away or would said sniper be able to run super fast or would he just be able to shoot me through the house.

nope we are open and flaunt ourselves to the neighbours god help them!

You are very wise!

It's a distinct possibility!

Zombies, I'm convinced, will deffo be a thing one day! We already have spice heads which look pretty close. I lock my car doors so zombies can't get in and run up my drive when I get out of the car or put the bins out, also because of zombies 😄

Someone dies with a gun every 3 hours in California.

The odd thing is I felt like this when I lived in California. I was scared of guns all the time - because my landlord had told me who had them (he saw it as reassurance). What I actually hate are all the bright outdoor lights because to me it makes it so much easier for the 'bad guys' to see you and to hide in the shadows.

I do this. DH also smiles nicely at the camera on the self checkout at Aldi just in case he gets abducted on the way home so they have a nice photo of him to put on the news.