So, I awoke circa 04:30 this morning from some strange sounds out in
the street. They were strange clunking sounds along with shuffling
footsteps. I went out there and saw a guy try the door on my
neighbor's car. In just my pajama bottoms (at roughly 55 F, by the
way), I follow the guy for 2 or 3 blocks watching him try several of
the car doors and even walking up to some houses (that had porch
lights on).
It's not clear what I would have done were he to find an unlocked car
while I was following him... being nearly nude and all ... without a
weapon. But, luckily he didn't. In fact, I did make some noise and I
suspect he finally figured out he was being followed. He outpaced me
(I was barefoot, you see) and after I'd lost him, as I was heading
back to my place, I saw what I suspect was him on the porch of a house
talking (or pretending to talk) to someone else. The porch was pitch
black; so I couldn't see his baseball cap or duffel bag, which I
presume he was using to carry any recently aquired loot.
Anyway, he probably doesn't know that I have a webcam aimed at the
road, which caught him in the act. Unfortunately, I don't suppose
flipping the handles on parked cars is actually a crime. ;-) So,
technically, he didn't do anything wrong the entire time I followed
him.
Oh! And over the weekend, we made the trek down to Albany and picked
up some of that killer Chili Beer brewed by Calapooia
Brewing. It is an awesome beer.