Elderly Humptulips couple attacked with crossbow, hatchet

King 5 TV ^ | November 7, 2011 | DREW MIKKELSEN

[gettinolder]

Rural area, not far from where I was raised.

Good reason for packing at all times, even on your own property.

My folks were home one day, they are also rural, when a jeep came driving across their bridge right past their house and up the hill, rolling over at the top. Occupants had stolen the vehicle and were evading local law enforcement. Heavy wooded area behind them the perps ran into, Dad armed himself and mom called 911, soon the place was swarming with LEO. Bad guys were caught later.

Prayers up for Mrs. Aldrich.

[driftdiver]

Very sad

[cripplecreek]

Crazy story about a crazy person.

We had a nutjob in a dress kill a woman with a hammer and take her head home a few weeks back. He said she was emanating “rays” at him.

[EagleUSA]

Good reason for packing at all times, even on your own property.

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There is no safe place anymore. The streets of Oakland, our border areas, you name it. As this poor couple experienced, you cannot be too safe about safety....even at your own home.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Meth.

It's always meth.

[MrEdd]

There is no safe place anymore.

There never was.

[The SISU kid]

Wow...my neckk of the woods so to speak & this is the first I’ve heard of this....

[choctaw man]

Hang the perp at sunrise tomorrow. Final solution.

[Army Air Corps]

Just your friendly neighbourhood tweakers.

[Army Air Corps]

Chain a rock to his legs and dump him in a river. A deep river.

[eyedigress]

Good Lord! I have dense woods running along my lot line but their is no way out, a big river blocks that outlet 500ft in. I keep .40 .22 and .223 loaded at all times but when mowing the lawn, I don’t carry.

[gettinolder]

I think most of us men sleep fairly "light" just due to the fact we are the one line of defense between criminals with evil intent and our families.

Pleased to say my wife is a great shot with her Smith & Wesson .357. She put Crimson Trace grips on it some time ago and when I'm out of town for work or hunting I know she can defend herself. Having a couple of outside dogs help too.

A trust that God will cover the bases I may have left out...

[Shadowstrike]

And I’d supply the rope.

[Last Dakotan]

A trust that God will cover the bases I may have left out...

We all do... we all do.

[Secret Agent Man]

Sounds like the guy is obsessed with “The Walking Dead”. Obsessed to Manson-like levels.

[Secret Agent Man]

Really it only has to be an inch above his head.

[Army Air Corps]

Hey, the scavengers need food, too.

[RedMDer]

[Jeff Chandler]

Dad armed himself and mom called 911

1911 and 911--a good combination.

[Jeff Chandler]

Pleased to say my wife is a great shot with her Smith & Wesson .357

Gotta love a pistol packin' mama.

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Having a couple of outside dogs help too.

My Dad's theory was big dog/little dog. A Boston Terrier for early warning--nothing evades their attention, and a German Shepherd mix for enforcement. As an additional backup there was the semi-auto he brought back from the war, and if worse came to worst, he himself, at 6-4 with experience as a WWII commando, as a post WWII judo instructor, and as a pre-/post WWII street thug.