That time my neighbor shot a man.
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
United States
January 21, 2020 7:08am CST
I never imagined that my neighbor could be capable of this. Yeah, sure, I had been the one to call the cops, but I thought the worst the man could do was yell at the police officer. I wasn't prepared to watch as the man took a gun and shot the cop point blank.
The poor officer didn't even have time to react. I watched as the officer clutched at his stomach, looking up at my neighbor before falling to the ground. I could hear faint grunting noises, but I didn't dare look at the cop. My neighbor was staring straight at my front door, almost as if he knew that I was currently standing behind it, surreptitiously watching the scene unfold.
I shivered, the intense look in the man's eyes unnerving me. I was too afraid to move, too afraid to do anything even as I watched the man walk back into his home and shut the door.
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Then I woke up (but not before a lot more stuff happened both before and after this scene).
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24 responses
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
In the dream, I was the man's current girlfriend, though his wife still lived with him. It was terrifying.
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@snowy22315 (180840)
• United States
21 Jan 20
Does anything ever happen to you,,,that isn't a dream? lol. I am beginning to wonder..
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@snowy22315 (180840)
• United States
22 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum 
I think we all feel that way sometimes.
I think we all feel that way sometimes.1 person likes this
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
22 Jan 20
@snowy22315 I'm sure you are right.
I'm sure you are right.1 person likes this
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
Sure, but my real life is boring! 
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@akalinus (43209)
• United States
22 Jan 20
I was riveted to this story until I found out that it was a dream. Wow! It would be horrible if it really happened. A while back, the cops shot a man down the street from me. There was a big news conference on the corner, three houses from me. There were helicopters flying over and yellow tape everywhere.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
22 Jan 20
I bet that created a bit of an excitement for the neighborhood during that time.
I am glad that this was just a dream.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
22 Jan 20
@akalinus I know that time wasn't a dream. I was referring to my own dream, and being glad that it was just a dream.
There was a night club not too far from here. I heard the shots one night, and my friend who worked basically right behind it, heard it too. I texted her immediately to ask if she was okay because I didn't know where it had come from.
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@akalinus (43209)
• United States
22 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum That time was not a dream. I heard the shotgun blasts and missed the pistol shots. I hope nothing like that ever happens again here.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
I know my neighbors pretty well, but then again there are some new people living with one of my neighbors that I've known for years...
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
@Bensen32 I don't blame you for being weary of people.
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@Bensen32 (27610)
• United States
21 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yea, good to know those around you, but I still don't trust people.
@EleonorRigby (96)
• Mexico
22 Jan 20
What a story! So glad it was just a dream :) In many places this is a cruel reality. I unfortunately have seen someone get shot. I felt devastated.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
22 Jan 20
Yes, unfortunately these things happen and far too frequently. I am sorry you had to witness someone getting shot. I am sure it is something that never leaves you, the fear and the sorrow that you felt during that time.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
22 Jan 20
@EleonorRigby Oh so you knew the man a little bit? That is terrible! Did they catch the person who did it?
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@EleonorRigby (96)
• Mexico
22 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum The guy who got shot was a neighbor. It was sad to see him die. I had never seen such scene even when in Mexico and in my state in particular, violence has reached an unimaginable level. I did cry a lot that night.
@Tina30219 (81948)
• Onaway, Michigan
21 Jan 20
What a stupid man I hope the police officer lived after that.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
@Tina30219 I used to live right next to a cop, and in this dream it was as if I was living there again... That would have made the man who shot the cop, a cop himself...
@msdivkar (23359)
• India
21 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Hope we can see it soon.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
@msdivkar More of the dream?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
Nope, this wasn't even the end of the dream, it was somewhere in the middle. I just wrote one scene from it.
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@RebeccasFarm (89873)
• Arvada, Colorado
21 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum I had a dream like that last night..well nightmare..quite scary.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
@RebeccasFarm I'm sorry to hear that. I hate the feeling of waking up from a nightmare.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
You would think so, wouldn't you? I wasn't really scared in the dream, more winded. I was constantly running in this dream.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
There was a lot involved in it. It was crazy.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
22 Jan 20
There was so much more to it that was just as scary, if not scarier. I am so glad it was just a dream. The place that I was at in my dreamland reminded me of a place I actually did live at one time. Except my neighbor was a cop.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
21 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum
I thought I had bad neighbors but that is really something what your neighbor did. What a nightmare that was for you.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
@Hannihar Heh, yeah, most of what I write here are things I have dreamed.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
21 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum
I got that feeling at the end of your post.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
@CarolDM Ah, I must not have seen it. Yes, we have been waking up with lows in the 20s here too. Of course, the same artic blast that's impacting you is impacting me so...
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
One that I am so glad was just a dream.
How is the weather there today? It's in the 30's and chilly with the wind!
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
21 Jan 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum I wrote about it, 20s earlier but sunshine.
@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
21 Jan 20
What a bad dream. Next time when you dream, you will be standing on the witness stand to tell the truth and nothing by the truth to give justice to the victim, the police officer.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
I doubt that I will dream about this again. Sometimes I do, but the dream was mostly concluded before I woke up.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
@Nakitakona Yes, I suppose it's possible.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
Oh, there was a lot more to it than this. It didn't even really frighten me either, but throughout the dream I felt very winded. I was constantly running.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
I am not really sure. I have not read or watched anything with violent scenes in it.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
Yes, very weird. I'm not sure what made me dream it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
I am glad it was just a dream.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
21 Jan 20
Thank you very much. Yes, a very weird dream.
