I feel ridiculous writing this because if it was anyone else I'd be saying phone the police!
Here's what happened.....my partner had left to take dd to school. He's been away and this was the first day in a long time that I didn't take her. I am out 7:45-8:15am guaranteed, every day. We live in a bungalow and I was in the room furthest from the front door. Around 8am my dogs started going crazy, not excited barking but real, threatening growls. There's some left over chicken on the side so I assumed they were growling at the cats as they normally do if they think they're going to steal food. It went on for a minute or so and then I very distinctly heard someone say "Shhh". At that point, I leapt up, petrified. I didn't know whether to stay put, jump out of the window in the room or try and dash to the next room where there are patio doors. I just froze. I opened the window to get out but it was too difficult, I mainly just stood stock still on the spot. I heard further footsteps in the corridor but nothing other else. I tried to phone my DP but he'd left his phone at home. He got back around 5 mins after that and has been sweet and slightly concerned but basically wasn't worried and just said to lock all of the doors. There are four separate doors to the outside. I've only just stopped trembling! I can't remember the last time I was so scared. The thing that's bothering me the most is the timing. They came when they thought they knew that the house was empty. The dogs clearly didn't know them. Nothing has been taken or re-arranged as far as I can tell. If it wasn't for the dogs I'd almost swear I'd hallucinated the whole thing.
It seems a bit overkill to call the police (non-emergency number). I thought about calling them when I was trapped in the room but the danger seemed too immediate, I didn't think I had the time. And I knew DP would be back any minute.
So, lovely mumsnetters, WWYD??