If You Ever Find A Rubber Band On Your Front Door
We all want to assume that we’re safe inside our homes.
But the truth is that criminals can and do go everywhere, and there’s no telling if your home is next on their list.
Recently, a highly disturbing new trend in home invasion has reared its ugly head…
and it could start spreading fast.
This Facebook post by Kim Fleming Cernigliaro
of Texas recently went viral.
The post reads: “Two weeks ago, during the day, a hard knock was at my front door, not a regular knock but almost pounding…and
I DO NOT answer the door when I am here by myself.” When the person finally left, she went to investigate and noticed something strange on the handle: a rubber band holding the door latch open.
When she told her local sheriff, he told her that this wasn’t the first time someone had reported something like this. “The Sheriff came by yesterday and said this is happening all of a sudden, as soon as you unlatch the door, they do not wait for you to turn the knob, they can bust in on you.”
Kim recommended to “NOT answer doors without knowing who is on the other side.”
One thing that you could do to prevent burglary is to remove any litter outside your home. Properties full of trash can give the impression that you’re not home often, or that you’ve been away for a while. There are some burglars who use litter to signal how many people live in the house, when they’re away, and other markers.
Don’t make your home a target!
Here’s a tip that will actually save you some time and effort: don’t make your bed in the morning. Many burglars, when looking for places to rob from, check the beds. An unmade bed could give the impression that someone is still home.
Obviously, a home security system is ideal to prevent crime, but if you can’t afford it, just getting a sign or sticker indicating that your home is protected could still deter criminals.
Experienced burglars may call you on your bluff, but this should be enough to scare most criminals away.
You should also consider investing in some motion-sensitive lights. Remember, criminals can still get nervous! If a light suddenly shines on them, they might get the impression that they’ve been caught and flee the scene.
It may seem obvious to hide your valuables in your sock drawer or a lock box, but that’s exactly why you should consider moving them some place sneakier. Who would think to look for your jewelry in your child’s bedroom?
People don’t just kick down doors in action movies. Burglars do it all the time. Be sure to reinforce your door, either with more wood or by investing in a steel door.
You should know that there is some dispute as to whether or not criminals are actually putting rubber bands around doors for this reason, but regardless, these tips are guaranteed to help keep you and your family safe!
Share this important information with your friends and family below. People need to know this!
Is the front door a barn from the 50′s?
Storm doors or latched screen doors are a cheap alarm. When you hear someone trying to open that door it’s a sure thing that no friend is going to try to bust your door to get to the second door and knock. It will give you time to take appropriate action. Also a gate across the drive way, even if it’s a linked chain will stop a intruder. THey usually look for easy access in and out. Perimeter rosebushes or any thorny tree or bush around one property stops a lot of trespassers.
~ ”YEA PROVIDING THAT NOTHING IS ON IN YOUR HOME THAT IS MAKING ANY SOUND LIKE YOU KNOW THE RADIO OR TV, SO I JUST SIT IN SILENT WAITING FOR NOISE AT MY FRONT DOOR + A LATCHED SCREEN DOOR IS NOTHING, & OPENING WOULD NOT MAKE A SOUND, IF THE ROBBER HAS A KNIFE OR A RAZOR BLADE WITH THEM = CUT THE SCREEN NEAR THE DOORS’ LATCH, REACH IN & UNLOCK IT = NO NOISE HAS BEEN MADE” ~
MAN I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO START THINKING, BEFORE THEY EVER EVEN BEGIN TO OPEN THEIR TRAP, & TRY TO GIVE ANYONE ANY ADVICE…
Properties with full trash cans overflowing, looks like owner/renter not paying their garbage bill. Whay the hell do they have that anyone would want?
Dude. That is the creepy old guy with $100,000 in his mattress.
…and a freshly welded rocket stove in his closet.
not everyone has that type of door….
Sounds like a debt collector.
A Remington 870 loaded with #000 buck under the bed might be in order. No need to actually fire it – that chunk-chunk sound of the pump is enough to send any invader the other direction.
So will a simple laser pointer
Here’s a tip: move to inland Alaska…
poor fools. you got all that stuff and you can’t even enjoy it.
Just arm yourself and quit being so scared of everything.
I have a little sticker on my doors that state, “It’s much easier to get in than it is to get out”. I will shoot and I won’t hesitate and I won’t be looking to injure only. If I wind up getting arrested it will be much easier for me if that jerk I wasted isn’t here to tell his lying side of the story!
If you ever find a rubber on your front door, ask you wife who she let down.