Buena Vista Home Invastion

Where did this happen, in Baja or NOB??????????

Close?

wow Dave - that sucks!

are there "gangs" there like MS 13 etc?
i would think it's too expensive an area for gang bangers.
bad sign for sure.
i hate those effing punk a$$es with hats on 1/4 turn and pants on the ground.
bunch of losers.
round 'em up and put them in the hoosegow!!
there's a pretty crappy prison just south of Sta Rosalia with NO ac... they ought to end up there and get some luvin' up their wazzzups..

Gee. And one of the things i liked most about you was your ability to think outside the box. Que paso?

hey D

have us down for a stay and i promise to make that punk kiss your toes before we leave.

it's all about changing their perceptions, and i mean their perception of reality..... it's quite simple, really!

Then it will be time for action as done by that fictional character "The Preacher" portrayed by Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider and what Buford Pusser the McNairy County Sheriff did to clean up his county.

Au contrair, mon ami, we then escalate to this. You can pick them up down there easy!




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[Edited on 7-17-2010 by ELINVESTIG8R]

Must agree, and will bs following your advice and made up some "welcome spray"... plus have a "24" cattle prod" that I keep right next to the front door.. guns.. I'm SOL... but, if with a knife and/or a some kind of pig sticker.. think I have a fighting chance.. plus have installed "security system" which by pressing one button, I can get either: hospital, fire or the police.. and have the added benifit of a Courtyard wall about 15' tall with broken bottles embedded in concrete.. surrounds two sides of the lot, off the back, 20' vertical drop, with walkway over the wall, the last access side of the lot, 15' drop to the road, with walkway over the wall.. pretty secure.. but, if one wants to get in.. know there are ways...

Hope I never am placed into the situation to implement .. as I'm slower than grass growing ... anymore.. 40 or more years ago..
might have been a bit different story .. but, now days must rely on others for help.. just the way it is... plus doing some serious planning too..

Thanks for the idea, had forgotten it .. used it with ammonia when a paper boy years ago with "dogs" that liked to try and eat my legs... go them once ... they quit attacking me.. there owner was going to sue me, for hurting his dogs.. this was around 1955..



[Edited on 7-17-2010 by wessongroup]

About a year ago I was awakened at 2:00 AM to my doorbell ringing. I looked down from a second story window and could not see anyone as my front door was blocked by part of my roof. I told whoever rang my doorbell to step into the light so I could see them. The man did step into the light and asked if he could use my telephone saying, "We" are broken down." I could see a car on the street in front of my home. I told him no and to give me a number of who he was trying to reach and I would call them for him on my cell phone. The man gave me the number which I called and the number was disconnected. I asked if he had another number and he said no. I said that is all I can do for you as I racked a OO Buck round into the chamber of my 12 GA. Shotgun. The man walked back to his car and a few minutes later drove off. I could see other people in the car when he got in. I think he was up to no good. My goodness the sound of a shotgun shell being racked into the chamber has a nice psychological effect on people.

As Bill Collector said, this is a serious subject & not an appropriate time nor topic for jokes.

I sympathize with the victims of this attack & am sincerely glad that they weren't injured any worse than they were. They both have to be extremely traumatized.

dtbushpilot, it is a tough decision to make in turning someone away during the night. Within the past year, my dogs went ballistic between 10-11 PM & I finally heard someone yelling intermittently out front. I turned the front porch light on & there was a woman standing in front of my car gates. I walked out to my man-gate to see what she wanted. In a nutshell, she was asking me to sleep in my casa for the night. She said she was from somewhere on mainland & was taking a bus back to mainland the next morning. I realized she was pregnant & while my head felt guilty, my gut was screaming NO!! She was at my gate for 10-15 minutes total & frequently looked down past my car gates & beyond my perimeter wall as though there was someone else with her outside of my line of sight. I has such a hard time understanding her & getting her to understand my Spanish, I finally ran back into my casa & got my cell phone & called a friend who speak fluent Espanol....despite the hour. I'd actually understood more of what the gal said in person than my friend could over the phone....she couldn't understand the majority of what the gal said; the final analysis was that she was not speaking a local dialect of Espanol, nor was she answering direct questions with direct answers.

Bottom line is I told her I was sorry, but no she couldn't sleep in my home & that I was sorry that I couldn't help her. I sensed she wasn't alone & I wasn't opening my gate to let her in nor for me to go out. There was simply too much that didn't make sense....she said she's been working in La Paz....I'm 10 miles outside of La Paz, approx 1/4 mile off the highway. There are no street lights, it's damn dark up here!! I had no visible lights showing from the front of my home when she came. If she walked up the hill, she had to have passed by several locals homes, I pointed out a couple Mexican households in line of sight & told her they'd speak Espanol there. She begged me to let her sleep in my casa & kept glancing back down towards the road. I couldn't hear anyone but all my internal warning systems were blaring!!

It's so dark up here that I couldn't see what direction she went or if indeed she did leave my property; my dogs continued to run between the front door & out in my back road-side yard barking non-stop for at least 10 minutes after I came back into my casa. Their reaction told me they could still hear something (conversation?/movement?) out there that I couldn't & I was damned if I was going outside my gates to check!!

Needless to say, I immediately closed & latched every window & door in my place & they stayed that way the entire night!

Yes, I felt guilty for turning a pregnant girl away, but my gut was speaking louder than my guilt. Given all the circumstances, I still feel I made the wisest decision that night.

i dont know if u are kidding,but this post made me laff super hard

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My goodness the sound of a shotgun shell being racked into the chamber has a nice psychological effect on people.

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Originally posted by woody with a view Quote: My goodness the sound of a shotgun shell being racked into the chamber has a nice psychological effect on people. what he said!

Maybe we came record that sound in the states and replay it in baja when the time comes

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Originally posted by fishabductor Quote: Originally posted by woody with a view Quote: My goodness the sound of a shotgun shell being racked into the chamber has a nice psychological effect on people. what he said! Maybe we came record that sound in the states and replay it in baja when the time comes

Does anyone know how the victims are doing after this terrible experience?

Longlegsinlapaz,

I understand what you are saying about turning a pregnant woman away, but I sure think your instincts were correct and glad you followed your instincts.

Has any tryed this?

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Originally posted by fishabductor Quote: Originally posted by woody with a view Quote: My goodness the sound of a shotgun shell being racked into the chamber has a nice psychological effect on people. what he said! Maybe we came record that sound in the states and replay it in baja when the time comes

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Originally posted by ELINVESTIG8R About a year ago I was awakened at 2:00 AM to my doorbell ringing. I looked down from a second story window and could not see anyone as my front door was blocked by part of my roof. I told whoever rang my doorbell to step into the light so I could see them. The man did step into the light and asked if he could use my telephone saying, "We" are broken down." I could see a car on the street in front of my home. I told him no and to give me a number of who he was trying to reach and I would call them for him on my cell phone. The man gave me the number which I called and the number was disconnected. I asked if he had another number and he said no. I said that is all I can do for you as I racked a OO Buck round into the chamber of my 12 GA. Shotgun. The man walked back to his car and a few minutes later drove off. I could see other people in the car when he got in. I think he was up to no good. My goodness the sound of a shotgun shell being racked into the chamber has a nice psychological effect on people.

"Lose a tool to a friend or employee, that's wrongful conversion."

And all these years.. I just thought my realitives and friends(s) were just worthless when it came to them "borrowing" tools from my garage...

Hmmmmm,
I wonder how long he had been out of jail

Great Family Values.... a Sarah Palin kind of guy

This is all a shame. A shame that you have to go to such extremes to protect yourself, family and property. Makes one think twice about moving south now.

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Originally posted by jureal This is all a shame. A shame that you have to go to such extremes to protect yourself, family and property. Makes one think twice about moving south now.

My heart goes out to the victims on the East Cape. It didn't use to be that way and I hope life returns to normal there.

I have to say...The Orchard, along the Mulege River in Mulege, is a very safe place. We do have security. In fact, we don't hear of any crime whatsoever along the south side of the river. I don't even lock my door at night. If any resident who lives in Mulege, and especially along the river, can refute this let's hear it. I want to hear it because I think we all need to be aware, if there is any danger.

There were some break-ins in houses directly on the river about three years ago, but we all know who the perps were. They were identified and run out of town. We party with the construction workers. I play Mariachi trumpet and congas with some of them who play guitar and sing. There is even one of these events on UTube. Everybody knows each other.

In spite of what Mano Negra says on the Turtle String, I am not aware of any drug related crime, or much crime at all, in all of Mulege. A couple of years ago some kids were breaking into some houses in The Oasis, but they were caught.

I have heard that some local kids are on Meth, but can't confirm that. You don't hear of any meth related crime around town.

Mulege is pretty mellow. Women can walk alone and not be bothered. The locals are a tight knit,conservative community, and are mostly related. They are Catholic and between the church and the extended family, everybody knows everybody else's personal business. The kids can't get away with much and are kept in line.

Most gringos are older and with gray hair. They may be prey in other areas, but not in Mulege. I attend the boxing matches when held in Mulege, next to the plaza. The last one I attended featured a boxer from Tijuana. He was fairly highly ranked and he won. There were some pretty scary looking groups (gangs?) standing around in the plaza afterward. Many were from TJ. I walked right through them, but I walked as though I had a purpose and a destination...didn't make much eye contact. Nobody said anything to me and nobody followed me to my vehicle. There was a good police presence.

Speaking of Police: There appears to be a hands off policy with gringos, unless one is really drunk, obnoxious and causing trouble. There is NO mordida, no traffic stops or harassment, and no parking tickets, unless you are really obstructing traffic. Then they try to find you and ask you to move it. Usually they look in Scotty's first. The police are talkative, helpful and treat us like locals. I am sure this manner is ordered from the top. They even patrol the neighborhoods, including The Orchard.

Our big threat seems to be Mother Nature. She has sent us three Hurricane driven floods in four years. It's always something, isn't it? We deal with it and continue onward.

Let's see if we haven't broken that weather pattern this year. We should know in about a month. Hopefully we will enter another cycle without devastating flooding that will last for years. This has been very hard on the town's locals too. They could really use a break!

Mulege is not a big development. It is a beautiful place that is a wonderful place to live. Great fishing and world class restaurants, too! Sign me up as a representative with the Chamber of Commerce.

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Originally posted by DENNIS Quote: Originally posted by jureal This is all a shame. A shame that you have to go to such extremes to protect yourself, family and property. Makes one think twice about moving south now. It wouldn't be such a rush for hardware if we were allowed firearms. These guys are so brazen because they know we don't have them.

Had them on the first house we rented .... and like them very much.. know all about the fired hazard... but, when I was staying by myself and the wife was up north with the dogs.. felt very secure in my little place with the all locked up...

Yeah, if one wants in.. throw a logging chain on it and lock on to a hitch and off they come.. but, that would be a bit "visual" and "noisy" so... would not worry about it too much..

Don't have them on the new place.. it has a "security system" electronic which is linked to a private company that takes care of all responses to the appropriate agency's.. if there is any loss of signal for more than x.. it starts the drill.. plus the owner put up a Klaxon which will wake the dead...

I don't go out side the walls at night without the dogs... and carrying some typed of protection, if I can remember to take one.. Bajaguy gave me a good recommendation for one.. and I continue to forget it.. and it is right on my night stand.. along with a cattle prod... too..

I'm not paranoid, rather just like to be prepared... which includes a 6 months supply of food and 20 gallons of water at all times.. an emergency kit which can be put into the Bronco which has shelter (a 6 man Himalayan Hotel tent) plus a lot of other things which should help us get by, in the event of some really major stuff happening ... with only one thing lacking... a weapon with real stopping ability ... have them on NOB.. but, will play it the way they want it.... while down here..

Think Dr Glock is pretty good one.. Its' a keeper in my book