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I keep a large knife under the bed, although I live in a small, safe town and I'm not too worried about intruders here.

I did have a few scary experiences in the past. My first apartment was a second-floor flat in a bad neighbourhood, and we had a home invasion in broad daylight. The front door was unlocked, and 5 guys came up the stairs with ski masks and baseball bats- I guess they thought we had something worth taking! My then-bf and his friend were playing video games on the couch, and the guys surrounded them. I was in the kitchen cutting up apples- they didn't notice me until I came out of the kitchen with two big knives and started screaming like a banshee for them to get out. One guy told his friend to hit me with his bat, and the friend hesitated, not wanting to hit a girl. In the confusion, my ex-bf and his buddy jumped up and each grabbed a bat away from the dudes and we managed to chase them out. A week or two later, my ex-bf recognised one of the guys in the street, and started chasing him. The guy ran to a nearby car, turned around with a gun, and started chasing my ex- he ended up shooting him in the butt cheek (he survived- no permanent damage)! THAT was quite an experience.

Another weird experience was when I lived in Montreal as a student in a basement flat. One morning I tried to leave the flat, and couldn't get the door to open. Upon closer inspection, I realised that someone had screwed my door shut, from the outside, with massive huge screws that went right through the door and it's frame. It was very freaky- I had to call the fire department to free me. To this day, I haven't the foggiest idea who could have done that and why. And how they did it without waking me up- these were monster screws through a metal door!

Oops, that turned into a novel, sorry. Point is, there are lots of weirdos out there- arm yourselves, people!