<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I awoke to the sound that never fails to send the hair on my neck straight up-- a dog softly growling in the dark.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">It was Conley. His crate is next to my bed and he was facing the window and growling and then I heard another growl and realised that Cooper was standing next to the crate (I couldn't see him in the dark) also facing the window and growling quietly. At night they do not sound loud alarms, at least not at first.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I got up and looked and saw a car parked next door in the street, and a man I did not recognize would get out and walk down the street and back, get in the car, wait a few, then repeat. I could not see the plate.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I watched for about 5 minutes and was getting ready to call the Cops when this guy who lives across the street and on the corner flipped on all his spots and stepped out of his house with what looked from the light like a maglite and yelled something.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">This set off every dog in the house and several neighbor dogs. The guy immediately got into his car and left.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">The guy across the street used to be a window washer. The scaffolding failed and in falling it ripped his hands to pieces, so he is on disability, and he is a big, bitter, angry guy who drinks a lot. I don't like him but boy, I was glad to see him out there.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">John got up then and wanted to know why everyone was barking. Nothing dear, go back to bed.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">(Next time I just call the cops right away.)</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Everyone got a treat and we went back to bed and I left the front light on. Just for fun.</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">MomPerson with Nigel, Llewis, Guard Dog Conley and I-May-Be-Missing-A-Leg-But-I'm-Still-Here Cooper.</font></font></div>
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