Didn’t Bilbo say something similar — It’s dangerous going out your door...or something...? I’d have to get the book. Which is about six feet away from me in all of three directions, but I’m still trying to wake up.
Heck, you don’t have to go as far as your door to find danger. You should have seen the spider that wanted to be my bed-partner.
I put in in a jar but nobody else wanted to look at it. So I put it outside where it could wreak its malevolence according to its nature.