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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SexxiKitty 20

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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BiGTiMeNeRD 29

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

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littlekellilee 45

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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Oppression_fml 19

Sue the tree you'll probably win the case

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HeadlessSparrow 20

911: State your emergency. OP: yeah, hello. there's a tree in the backyard. can you help?

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everton99 16

Trees are some shady looking characters.

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TheAnon1313 28

It's way better to be safe than to be sorry. if I was alone, and thought there was a strange man in my backyard, I would 100% call the police, as well as my family and neighbors, both to warn, in case, and to find a safer place to be.

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smw83 21

At least you got to the root of the problem OP

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gobiteme2 34

Halt or I will send in the dog.

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messiersm 3

That must have been one shady looking tree...

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Badkarma4u 17

I don't get it. If I thought there was someone in my yard I'd be yelling at them to get out. Turning on lights and shining a flashlight on them. Most people that are breaking in will run because the whole neigborhood would see and hear. Next time investigate. If it was a bad person you would have the element of surprise on your side and the ability to scream bloody murder or fire!

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willard3663 20

And I bet this wasn't the weirdest call of the night for the cops.

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GhostFox 33

They were probably happy to get a relatively normal call. No yelling, no weapons, no blood, no having to wrestle down naked people while hoping that you don't get a echoing to the face.... Seriously, I think spending 10-30 minutes on deciding "yep, that's a tree" was a relief.

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