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Chilling doorbell footage captures trio in Halloween masks threaten to kill widow, family
NY Post ^ | 10/17/25 | Richard Pollina

Posted on 10/17/2025 1:01:53 PM PDT by Libloather

Halloween mask–wearing creeps terrorized a widow in Virginia as chilling doorbell footage showed the trio trying to break into her home and threatening to kill the occupants inside.

The three suspects showed up at the Alexandria home — about eight miles from Washington, DC — around 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to the homeowner’s daughter, Shayla, WUSA9 reported.

“At first I thought it was just a Halloween joke, a little prank,” Shayla said. “So I said, ‘Happy Halloween.’”

But when the masked intruders refused to leave, she warned them she’d call the police — a threat that failed to scare them off.

“They kept, like, knocking on the door,” she recalled. “The knocks would get harder and harder.”

The family’s doorbell video captured three figures — one dressed as horror villain Michael Myers from the “Halloween” movie franchise, another as a clown, and a third as a sinister-looking nun — pounding on the door and demanding entry into the home.

“It’s either you coming out or we coming in,” one of them shouted. “Open the door!”

According to Fox 5, Shayla’s younger brother and family dog were also present inside the home during the late-night scare.

They also made threatening gestures before moving to the back of the home.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: doorbell; halloween; isitthemyogi; masks; widow

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Not a big Halloween fan.
1 posted on 10/17/2025 1:01:53 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

It was a cute holiday back in a more innocent time. Not so much now that the spirit of the antichrist (see “communists, ferals, and muslims”) is running free.


2 posted on 10/17/2025 1:04:53 PM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Libloather

The three doing this are lucky to be alive.


3 posted on 10/17/2025 1:05:27 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: Libloather

“But when the masked intruders refused to leave, she warned them she’d call the police — a threat that failed to scare them off.”
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Nowadays it never ceases to amaze me how stupid people are.


4 posted on 10/17/2025 1:07:40 PM PDT by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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To: Libloather

It’s not Halloween yet.

Note that the police did not respond in time to catch these people.


5 posted on 10/17/2025 1:08:33 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: EastTexasTraveler

I’m thinking you could kill them all in self-defense, with that video from the front door, once they went to your back door, too.


6 posted on 10/17/2025 1:14:15 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Libloather

At that point, it’s a 12 gauge right through the door.


7 posted on 10/17/2025 1:14:17 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Libloather; Sirius Lee

Yep. Seems like now it’s an excuse for adults to have a party and get drunk, for women to dress in scantily clad outfits and for kids that are way too old, to get free candy.

When the males started coming to the door with voices deeper than mine I called it quits.


8 posted on 10/17/2025 1:14:25 PM PDT by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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To: ConservativeMind

Depends on the law in Va....if VA. has a stand your ground law then yes.

Having said that, #9 shot would be plenty, and not necessarily lethal.


9 posted on 10/17/2025 1:17:32 PM PDT by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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To: V_TWIN

Lady friend and I just go to a private party even farther out into the boondocks than I already live. No costumes, just a fire pit, a grill, some tunes, good friends, and a couple of drinks. Nobody uninvited comes up that dirt road.


10 posted on 10/17/2025 1:18:57 PM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: V_TWIN

But if they are dead, they can’t file a civil suit.


11 posted on 10/17/2025 1:22:58 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Libloather
Wow, this is a real tough call. Fearing for your life, do you shoot thru door? Major legal consequences.

Open the door to see who is there and they threaten you and you shoot them?

Nobody wants to shoot anyone in their life.

Call the cops, let them beat on the door till they leave........

12 posted on 10/17/2025 1:30:03 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: NFHale
At that point, it’s a 12 gauge right through the door.

Very bad advice. Until they are legally a deadly threat you can not do this in Texas. Once they break the door kill them. Killing just one entering the door will have any others evaluating their life expectancy and making sound decisions. I live out in the countryside. The cops are at least 10 to 15 minutes away. One must be his own defender. I had what I think was an attempt. It was late at night and there was a knock on my door about 11pm. A very pretty young woman was in front of two young men. I answered the door with a Glock in hand with a green laser on. She rapidly said they were at the wrong address. If no one had answered they door I suspect they would have broken it down. If that was the case, that young woman would be dead along with her companions.

This is Texas and it is legal. I love Texas!

13 posted on 10/17/2025 1:35:24 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, MAGA)
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To: Sirius Lee

Sounds like a good option.

Since we live in a development of over 300 homes we just turn off all the lights, hold up in the bedroom and wait it out.....it’s usually over by about 8 or 9 o’clock.

This year it’s on Friday so it might take a little longer.


14 posted on 10/17/2025 1:39:25 PM PDT by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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To: V_TWIN

I’m thinking steel shot should be the norm. When they get to the hospital just run them thru that big magnet thingy. Would shorten the time the police have to wait around in the waiting room.


15 posted on 10/17/2025 1:42:22 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Cold Heart

I figure smaller shot means you could probably get all 3 of those jsckasses at one time.....just a few pellets apiece would get the message across.


16 posted on 10/17/2025 1:45:59 PM PDT by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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To: cpdiii

Re bad advice:

Im old and don’t take chances.

A threat of violence IN MY OWN HOME is enough in PA.


17 posted on 10/17/2025 1:55:03 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: V_TWIN

It’s not the shot size that determines the pattern, it’s the choke or lack there of. I have seen reference to a special operations choke that spreads the shot horizontally. Don’t know if that ever made it past experimental.

On the magnetic extraction of the pellets, make sure they are facing the direction of the shot entry so they go out the entry holes & not the other way.


18 posted on 10/17/2025 2:06:44 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Libloather

if this is true- I hope they get caught- I hope they get the book thrown at them.
who raises these kids today?


19 posted on 10/17/2025 2:08:39 PM PDT by ronniesgal ( so is it okay that I said that??? GO TRUMP GO!!!!)
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To: Williams

When seconds count, police are minutes away...


20 posted on 10/17/2025 2:38:04 PM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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