By SexxiKitty - 19/12/2015 22:45 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I mistook a tree in my back yard as an intruder and called the police. FML
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Hey everyone! OP here hoping to give you all some clarity! First off, I wasn't high but I was tired and I wasn't wearing my glasses. I live on a farm in the middle of bumble-**** nowhere and we have a small tree, about 5'6" tall, a little ways off our back porch. It was about 2:00 a.m. and my young daughter had gotten sick on her sheets so I was running to put them in the washing machine (which is in the barn) so that they wouldn't stain. I heard a rustling sound and I thought I saw a person moving out of the corner of my eye. Without my glasses and the fact that it was really dark mixed with my overall anxiety because my husband wasn't home caused me to drop the sheets and run back into the house to protect my kids. I know it's stupid and really horrible that I wasted precious resources on something so trivial but I was terrified. My husband is the head of a very small drug task force and even though we live in a pretty sleepy town, he still gets threats now and again. Furthermore we recently moved from Sacramento because I was almost kidnapped about 2 years ago while I was walking home from the park with my kids and I didn't want to take ANY chances. I was treated with respect by the great officers who came out and my husband was immediately notified. He wasn't able to come home right away but one of his off duty officers came by and stayed on the couch the rest of the night. Thank you all for the well wishes and I appreciate all the great puns!! :)

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You should've called the tree removal company. Police aren't properly trained in that.

Better safe than sorry. You'd be in a much worse situation if it were an intruder and you assumed it was a tree. I'm sure the police get these kind of calls all the time, so no worries.

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If it makes you feel better, I once mistook my own reflection in the mirror for another person. I even said "hello?" to myself before realising. I can't even give the half-asleep excuse because it was in the afternoon.

Why wood you think that? You were being a real pine in the ass for the police.

Ever heard of storming outside with a 12 gauge

tut tut wasting police time over a tree

bad eyesight, huh? don't worry, I have bad eye sight too so you're not alone :(

Did they take you to jail for not using 911 correctly?

woah. I hope the tree didn't hurt you. Trees can be really aggressive sometimes.