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Potential threat of snipers

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CompulsiveNameChanges · 02/05/2024 21:55

Does anyone else always close curtains/blinds before turning on lights in a dark room just in case there's a sniper lurking outside? I'm not a woman who's likely to have a hit on me, but I feel like it's a sensible thing to do nonetheless.

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SmellsLikeTeenSpirits · 02/05/2024 23:37

No 😆 but I won’t put my hand out of the window to close it at night for fear of the (incredibly patient) murderer waiting to grab me (even though he could have just climbed in). And obviously I don’t flush the loo late at night for fear of summoning the ghouls.

ApocalypseNowt · 02/05/2024 23:32

TTPD · 02/05/2024 22:07

A sniper??

If this is a concern, isn't it also a concern every time you leave the house and go into a public area?
Or anytime you are visible through a window in daylight..?

Well yes of course. That's why I run everywhere in a zigzag.

ATerrorofLeftovers · 02/05/2024 23:26

Nah, it’s not snipers you need to worry about. Too far-fetched. No, it’s so the serial killer lurking in the garden can’t see in to stake you out before he breaks in. I’ve seen Manhunter. I know the score.

TinkerTiger · 02/05/2024 23:16

OliveWah · 02/05/2024 22:55

If it's Richard Ramirez risen from the dead you're worried about, you definitely should not watch season 9 of American Horror Story (Camp Redwood)...

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I’ve seen it! Wouldn’t mind the actor outside my window though 🙈

Jamazon1 · 02/05/2024 23:08

EnglishBluebell · 02/05/2024 22:38

I witnessed a drive by shooting in Birmingham Alabama when I was staying in a Motel there (alone, at age 19...having travelled there from the UK. No idea why my parents allowed this but that's a different discussion). It was a pedestrian that it was aimed at but I was walking also and froze in pure terror. Ran back to my room and called home.

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WHAT

paristotokyo · 02/05/2024 23:06

I read this as potential threat of spiders and was about to start to panic imagining an army of spiders making their way over here lead by Aragog Blush snipers you say? That's fine comparered to that alternative!

BoudiccaOfSuburbia · 02/05/2024 23:03

I point all my IKEA directional and task lighting out of the window to dazzle them.

minerva7 · 02/05/2024 22:59

"walking my dog" ... 🤔

You're a sniper, aren't you?
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Hateam · 02/05/2024 22:58

CadyEastman · 02/05/2024 22:12

I was busy worrying about Spider's Willies.

Adds snipers to the list.

What is it about snipers' willies that should scare me?

EarringsandLipstick · 02/05/2024 22:56

TheTartfulLodger · 02/05/2024 21:57

Depends if I'm naked. There's some things even a sniper can never un-see 🤣

God MN is on fire tonight! Another brilliant thread.

😂😂😂

Hateam · 02/05/2024 22:56

No. That would be silly.

I do rely on on my duvet to protect against chainsaws though.

OliveWah · 02/05/2024 22:55

TinkerTiger · 02/05/2024 22:07

Don't be silly.

It's Richard Ramirez risen from the dead that I'm afraid of.

I watch too much true crime docs.

If it's Richard Ramirez risen from the dead you're worried about, you definitely should not watch season 9 of American Horror Story (Camp Redwood)...

MsMuffinWalloper · 02/05/2024 22:55

I do it because the man over the road has his desk by the window, lights on and never draws the curtains. I am sure he is watching me and not looking at his screen. I keep the curtains closed in my bedroom most days because of this.

A sniper might be preferable tbh, I've lived here 7 years!

SwanRonsen · 02/05/2024 22:55

StrongasSixpence · 02/05/2024 22:14

I don't draw my downstairs curtains ever as I am surrounded by hedges which deter the murderers. I do try and remember to do the bedroom blind however as it looks over an alleyway and DP always reminds me not to show the neighborhood hoodlums who vape in the alley before school my morning nakeds. Putting my dressing gown on sorts the problem.

Oh man, you're so wrong, the murderers LOVE the hedges! That's what they duck down beside when you turn and glance in their direction! Get those curtains closed quick.

MysweetAudrina · 02/05/2024 22:55

I'm still trying to avoid the triffids, not overly concerned with snipers or murderers.

HauntedBungalow · 02/05/2024 22:54

greengreyblue · 02/05/2024 22:48

When walking my dog I’m always amazed at the amount of people with curtains wide open , big light on and everything on show. Your eyes are drawn in. I always close my blinds before putting lights on.

"walking my dog" ... 🤔

You're a sniper, aren't you?

WonderingWanda · 02/05/2024 22:53

No, the cat really likes chasing their laser sight around the room!

Needapadlockonmyfridge · 02/05/2024 22:50

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 02/05/2024 22:16

I never keep my head still. That one weird trick that snipers HATE.

But what if they aren't going for a head shot?!

OP... since you are here to post your question, your tactics are clearly working. Wise words, yes, sensible.

BrioNotBiro · 02/05/2024 22:49

Zigzag across the sitting room when you go out to put the kettle on - that will confound them.

greengreyblue · 02/05/2024 22:48

When walking my dog I’m always amazed at the amount of people with curtains wide open , big light on and everything on show. Your eyes are drawn in. I always close my blinds before putting lights on.

HauntedBungalow · 02/05/2024 22:45

The fast smart zombies, not the slow dumb ones.

Zoombies. Yes, they are a worry.

HauntedBungalow · 02/05/2024 22:44

Only when I'm in my holiday home in Dorking. But the ex SAS security detail provided there is spot on.

CremeBruleeLove · 02/05/2024 22:43

😂😂😂🙄

EliflurtleAndTheInfiniteMadness · 02/05/2024 22:43

CadyEastman · 02/05/2024 22:12

I was busy worrying about Spider's Willies.

Adds snipers to the list.

Dont forget your laundry being darked on. I can't stop thinking about spider's willies and laundry being darked on when it's not dry enough to take in by sunset.

Personally I'm more worried about zombies and werewolfs then snipers. The fast smart type of zombies, not the slow dumb types in older movies. At least with a sniper if they're good it'll be quick and there's no trying to run away and failing while terrified. Im overweight and very sick and literally couldn't run to save my life.

EnglishBluebell · 02/05/2024 22:38

JamieJ93 · 02/05/2024 22:02

No but, when I'm driving and somebody pulls up besides me I have an irrational fear I'm gonna be taken out by a drive-by shooting 😬

I witnessed a drive by shooting in Birmingham Alabama when I was staying in a Motel there (alone, at age 19...having travelled there from the UK. No idea why my parents allowed this but that's a different discussion). It was a pedestrian that it was aimed at but I was walking also and froze in pure terror. Ran back to my room and called home.