Elisa and Thomas from North Carolina were watching a movie at 12:30 am when they heard noises coming from downstairs.
They immediately contacted the police only for officers to discover what was really causing the disturbing sounds.
When they heard noises while watching a film, Mr. Milam quickly grabbed a weapon as he told his wife to call the police and go to a safe area.
He waited for officers to arrive but there was no intruder at all.
Mr. Milam wrote in a Facebook post how embarrassed he was when they realized that they called police officers in the middle of the night for a cleaning device, but he also said that the police were all ‘such good sports’ about the incident.
Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office even shared his hilarious and dramatic post on their Facebook page.
“Elisa and I were watching a movie, it was about 1230 after midnight, we heard a noise downstairs. We both were alarmed, we paused the movie and I had Elisa go to a safe place,” the post reads.
“I immediately grabbed my gun, went to Elisa and we stayed there silently waiting to see if we heard more noises. We did, and in fact they were loud. Someone was definitely downstairs rummaging through things, and it sounded close to us.
“I had Elisa call 911, they dispatched the police almost immediately, the operator asked if I was armed, we told her yes that we were armed and our location in the house.
“As we were talking, we heard more noises downstairs and were increasingly alarmed. All my military training came back to me, I started analysing the path the intruder would take, their line of fire if they entered the room in certain ways, and where we should be to decrease our risk of getting hurt.
“All I kept thinking about and listening for was my little two-year-old next door to us, alone, and sound asleep. I was ready to do whatever I needed to do if I heard her door open.”
It added: “The police arrived within a minute of the call, excellent, and as soon as they pulled up we heard a loud sound downstairs, which seemed that the burglar was in a panic. I was ready to do whatever I needed to do to keep my family safe.
“With my gun pointed at the door, we waited for instructions. The police came in and started shouting “Sheriff’s office!” There were several police in our house by this point, we heard them downstairs, and the 911 dispatcher told us to set my gun down and come to talk with the police.
“I opened our bedroom door, the police all had their lights shining up the stairs, I put my hands so they could see me, I was only in my boxers, lovely…I know.point 243 |
They all started holstering their weapons and said ‘Sir, I have one question…’ Me with adrenaline flowing rapidly, ‘Sure.point 127 | ’ Police, ‘Is this ROOMBA yours?’point 173 | 1
“My heart sank, Elisa and I had purchased a ROBOT VACUUM cleaner and it arrived two days earlier and had somehow turned itself on and was vacuuming our house without us having scheduled it!! It had gotten stuck in the hallway below our stairs which is close to our room, and it kept bumping into our walls which explained the noises we kept hearing.
“I was so embarrassed, here I stood in my underwear, about four police officers got body cam footage of an almost nude and ashamed home owner.
“They asked how long we had it, I said two days and they all started laughing. They were such good sports about it and said believe it or not this kind of thing happens often, especially around this time of year.
“Merry Christmas everyone, make sure you turn off your robot vacuums before they rob you blind.”
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