Strangers Knocked Door at 4.30am

LLtran on 10/10/2020 - 20:40
Last edited 10/10/2020 - 23:36

I’m living alone in a Sydney Eastern suburb. Someone knocked my door at 4.30am this morning. At first I thought something urgent or it may be police, so I opened the door, but still had the safety door locked while answering. A strange young Middle east guy said he & his friend were drunk and mobile out of battery. He asked for help or lend him a charger and I said no. Then he asked can your husband help, I told him to go to petrol station.

I’m now so regret to open the door and answer, and should tell him to call police at that time. My sister said they may suspect me living alone and may come back to break in my house in future. Others say they knocked to see if anyone is home to break in.

This is my second year in Australia and this is the first time encounter this situation. I’m very worried now. What should I do?

P/s:
1. The guy knocked door first and I didn’t answer, then he rang the door bell. The front porch connects to 2 bedrooms’ doors. I think he came around the porch and knocked on bedroom glass door, not the front door.
2. He was conscious and seems like not very drunk.
3. He hid from the camera’s sight (quite far from the door bell, behind the post) and wore hoodies covering his head
4. My house is far from the pubs, and down the road there are a pub and a servo open 24/7 where they can ask for help
5. My house was broke in before I moved in
6. Unfortunately my cameras’ cloud subscription expired and didn’t have any footage stored.

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Comments

  • jackinyourbox on 11/10/2020 - 20:11
    +1

    Sounds dodgy but you could put more details in :

    How long did you wait before you opened the door ?

    Was there a car running outside ?

    Do you have a car and was it parked in sight ?

    Is your house entry points visible from the street?

    What you should do now is update your home contents insurance.

    Report in as much detail as you can to the police station.

    If any further door bell rings in word hours portable floodlight/high brightness torch outside window scouting. Do not answer door. Call police. Do not verbally communicate at all with door knockers. Do not let them see you

  • lgacb08 on 11/10/2020 - 20:45

    you did the right thing, don't ignore it. This guy's behaviour clearly showed his intention to break in if no one answered the door. My neighbour had this happened a while ago and she was too scared to answered, so the guy broke in and stole a few thing. She was too scared and sneaked out when the guy was inside searching for stuff. It's not the material lost that matter but the mental impact on everyone involved, especially when young kids involved.

  • Ken1977 on 11/10/2020 - 21:58
    +8

    My wife and I were awakened at 4:30 in the morning by a loud pounding on the door. I got up and went to the door where there is a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, and is asking for a push.

    "Not a chance," I said, "it is 4:30 in the morning!" I slammed the door and went back to bed.

    "Who was that?" asked my wife. "Just some drunk guy asking for a push," I answered. "Did you help him?" she asked,"No, I did not, it is 4:30 in the morning and it is pouring out!"

    "Well, you have a short memory," my wife said,"Can't you remember about three months ago when we broke down and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him, or you should be ashamed of yourself."

    So I do as he I'm told, get dressed, and go out into the pouring rain. I call out into the dark, "Hello, are you still there?"

    "Yes," comes back the answer.

    "Do you still need a push?" I call out.

    "Yes, please!" comes the reply from the dark.

    "Where are you?" I asked.

    "Over here on the swing!" replies the drunk.

    • papachris on 12/10/2020 - 02:01
      +1

      Thank you, Ronnie Corbett…

  • petry on 12/10/2020 - 02:19

    I remember being woken in the early hours by 2 young women wearing very little asking to use my toilet… it was a difficult situation.

    • HelpMeiCantSee on 13/10/2020 - 09:07

      Same answer, nope. Go away. They’re probably just really dumb or bait. Either way you don’t want a part of it.

  • try2bhelpful on 12/10/2020 - 16:25
    +1

    I would get a door bell with a recording camera and an intercom. I wouldn’t be opening the door at 4:30 in the morning unless it was the police.

    Make sure everything is securely locked.

    We have a courtyard garden and our neighbour told us he’d been robbed. We made sure our internal doors were locked, after that. We came home a few days later to find footprints everywhere and our ladder had been moved so someone could climb out. Fortunately they hadn’t been able to get into the house but the cats were spooked.

    It might be nothing but you can’t dismiss it out of hand. Best of luck.

  • Shaunf on 13/10/2020 - 10:33

    Suggest you speak to crime stoppers. If you get along with your neighbours get thier phone number

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