I'll go through in chronological order, just to put it in perspective.
I get home at 7pm to find my door jimmy'd all up. I open the door and see my whole apartment turned upside down. For one, my black glass dinner table is blocking the hallway to the living room and I see a bunch of DVDs and mangas from my old roommates suitcase all over the living room floor. The back balcony door is also wide open and the emergency exit door is open. Something very fishy is going on...
The first thing I notice is that my modded Xbox, decked-out PS2 (HD + FFXI, Network Adapter, 1 8MB Memory Card, PS1 Memory Card, DVD remote, 2 controllers), and my modded GameCube ... gone. To make matters worse, my Xbox had a brand-new copy of Halo 2 in it and my GameCube had Paper Mario 2 in it.
I immediately rushed to my bedroom to make sure my computer was still there. Thank god it was. Relieved, I called my oldest friend in Montreal to give me advice on what to do. After about 30 minutes, he showed up at my apartment and we went looking for police stations with his girlfriend for a good 45 minutes. (How ironic that we couldn't find a cop or a police station when you need one!)
Finally, after we found a police station, we were told from a very nice officer of the law that I would need to call a certain non-emergency number from my house to report the burglary. So we rushed back over to my place and I called the cops and reported it. I asked them how long it would take for an officer to arrive and the operator told me about an hour. I even asked him if it would be feasable to get a bite to eat, so as long as I was close by. He said he think it would be OK, so that's what we did next.
Luckily, there is a pizzeria right next to my building so we chilled and ate pizza and shat the shit for a good 30 minutes. After we finished, we said our farewells and thanks and I went up to my apartment.... only to find...
Someone's back was facing me! Then I noticed some sounds and then saw some dude running across my living room! I knew it was the fucking robber. He turned back, totally stunned, and I stood there for a second, with a smirk on my face and crossing my arms ready to pounce on the fucker. And then he did something I thought I'd NEVER see in my lifetime...
HE DOVE OUT OF THE BALCONY, SUPERMAN STYLE! That's right, he fucking dove out of my balcony, like it was a hollywood movie. That's not an easy task when you're 2 stories up and have a backpack full of my PS2 and Xbox games... no sir, it ain't! Something broke his fall because when I got to the balcony, he was long gone. What the fuck.
I turn around and I notice the very PC I'm typing on right now was wrapped up in my bedsheet. I also notice ALL of my PS2 and Xbox games are gone, sans MGS2. A lot of my movie DVDs are also missing. I really start to freak out because I just bought a nice flat screen LCD monitor and I didn't see that in my bedroom. Thankfully I also noticed my suitcase near the front door with a ton of GameCube games and my LCD. Whew.
What a crazy night. The officer came only 10 minutes after Superman arrived. She couldn't believe what she heard... She suggested that he lived nearby because he knew that I left when I went out.
Now I've had a few hours to think about this and I've talked with a few friends about it and we all agree on one thing. The guy who robbed me knew who I was. He knew what I looked like and he knew what to steal. Now, I don't have my blinds open a lot. So I don't think someone was watching me play games one day through my balcony door and decided they were gonna raid my place.
No, no, it's much more fucked up than that, I think. I believe that the person went on my Web site, which contains a list of every entertainment product I own (games, movies, anime, etc.), and probably looked my address via phone book or whois query. Everything this guy stole was game related. Everything. Another reason why I think that this is the case is because the guy was MY age, or at least he looked like it. If the robber was older, I would see otherwise.
I have no insurance and my building has NEVER had a burglary in it. All of my PS2 games, Xbox games, and a few GameCube games are gone. Some movies are, too. And, of course my Xbox, GC, and PS2 are long gone. Never to be seen again.
So there you have it. I just needed to get this off my chest and get some feedback to give me perspective. GAF OT is the best place to do this, me thinks.
I get home at 7pm to find my door jimmy'd all up. I open the door and see my whole apartment turned upside down. For one, my black glass dinner table is blocking the hallway to the living room and I see a bunch of DVDs and mangas from my old roommates suitcase all over the living room floor. The back balcony door is also wide open and the emergency exit door is open. Something very fishy is going on...
The first thing I notice is that my modded Xbox, decked-out PS2 (HD + FFXI, Network Adapter, 1 8MB Memory Card, PS1 Memory Card, DVD remote, 2 controllers), and my modded GameCube ... gone. To make matters worse, my Xbox had a brand-new copy of Halo 2 in it and my GameCube had Paper Mario 2 in it.
I immediately rushed to my bedroom to make sure my computer was still there. Thank god it was. Relieved, I called my oldest friend in Montreal to give me advice on what to do. After about 30 minutes, he showed up at my apartment and we went looking for police stations with his girlfriend for a good 45 minutes. (How ironic that we couldn't find a cop or a police station when you need one!)
Finally, after we found a police station, we were told from a very nice officer of the law that I would need to call a certain non-emergency number from my house to report the burglary. So we rushed back over to my place and I called the cops and reported it. I asked them how long it would take for an officer to arrive and the operator told me about an hour. I even asked him if it would be feasable to get a bite to eat, so as long as I was close by. He said he think it would be OK, so that's what we did next.
Luckily, there is a pizzeria right next to my building so we chilled and ate pizza and shat the shit for a good 30 minutes. After we finished, we said our farewells and thanks and I went up to my apartment.... only to find...
Someone's back was facing me! Then I noticed some sounds and then saw some dude running across my living room! I knew it was the fucking robber. He turned back, totally stunned, and I stood there for a second, with a smirk on my face and crossing my arms ready to pounce on the fucker. And then he did something I thought I'd NEVER see in my lifetime...
HE DOVE OUT OF THE BALCONY, SUPERMAN STYLE! That's right, he fucking dove out of my balcony, like it was a hollywood movie. That's not an easy task when you're 2 stories up and have a backpack full of my PS2 and Xbox games... no sir, it ain't! Something broke his fall because when I got to the balcony, he was long gone. What the fuck.
I turn around and I notice the very PC I'm typing on right now was wrapped up in my bedsheet. I also notice ALL of my PS2 and Xbox games are gone, sans MGS2. A lot of my movie DVDs are also missing. I really start to freak out because I just bought a nice flat screen LCD monitor and I didn't see that in my bedroom. Thankfully I also noticed my suitcase near the front door with a ton of GameCube games and my LCD. Whew.
What a crazy night. The officer came only 10 minutes after Superman arrived. She couldn't believe what she heard... She suggested that he lived nearby because he knew that I left when I went out.
Now I've had a few hours to think about this and I've talked with a few friends about it and we all agree on one thing. The guy who robbed me knew who I was. He knew what I looked like and he knew what to steal. Now, I don't have my blinds open a lot. So I don't think someone was watching me play games one day through my balcony door and decided they were gonna raid my place.
No, no, it's much more fucked up than that, I think. I believe that the person went on my Web site, which contains a list of every entertainment product I own (games, movies, anime, etc.), and probably looked my address via phone book or whois query. Everything this guy stole was game related. Everything. Another reason why I think that this is the case is because the guy was MY age, or at least he looked like it. If the robber was older, I would see otherwise.
I have no insurance and my building has NEVER had a burglary in it. All of my PS2 games, Xbox games, and a few GameCube games are gone. Some movies are, too. And, of course my Xbox, GC, and PS2 are long gone. Never to be seen again.
So there you have it. I just needed to get this off my chest and get some feedback to give me perspective. GAF OT is the best place to do this, me thinks.
