with cat-like thump

[extemporanea]

Gah. Likewise, phooey. Had another Great South African Experience yesterday, wandered home after work to find the house ransacked and mysterious thumping noises in the Evil Landlord's bedroom. Stood on the patio for approximately three hours, although in hindsight it might actually only have been ten minutes, feebly pressing my handy-dandy key-ring

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[strawberryfrog]

oh no!

[bumpycat]

Nooes! I'm glad things weren't worse ... :(

:(

[tngr_spacecadet]

I am glad that YOU are safe and sound.

Re: :(

[extemporanea]

Me too, oddly :>. It could have been a lot worse, and I'm very glad I exhibited the requisite chicken behaviour and didn't try to go into the house and root out the bastards.

[bend_gules]

Geezus, that sounds miserable and scary. I'm so sorry to hear it.

Bit worrying that the thieves could identify an unalarmed house so quickly.

And where were the cats while all this was going on? sheesh.

[extemporanea]

Actually, I should have known something was wrong when there were no cats in the living room when I arrived. They all wandered in about an hour after the police had left, looking nonchalant and slightly traumatised.

I have also been wondering how often potential burglars wander past the house and check if the alarm's on, for them to hit the one day we left it off with such pin-point accuracy. Bastards.

[veratiny]

I am so sorry to hear that...but luckily they didn't take the personals!

Reagarding hitting the place ont eh one day teh alarm is off,
possibly they get a list from the alarm company?

Or is that just way to suspicious on my part.

How complacent I have become: My father wants to buy me a burglar alarm as a house warming gift... (in a place in which there is no requirement for such things) I would prefer a Jamie Oliver pot set or a washing machine much more pleasurable to be sure!

Cat burglars

[first_fallen]

Yes, that was my first thought as well. When we got burgled a few years back, my first question when my landlady called to tell me was "is my cat alright?".

In the end it's only stuff, people/pets are irreplaceable.

[kadekraan]

Shame, poor thing! :-( Glad you're fine and it's only possessions that suffered.