Scary Phone Calls

This morning at 2:30 A.M., the phone rang. I answered: nothing but breathing. I hung up. 5 minutes later: ring, ring.
I answer. heavy breathing, then "What are you wearing?" in a raspy voice.
I hang up. 5 minutes later: ring, ring.

I answer: heavy breathing, then, "I'm coming to f you."

I do the *69 thing, since I do not have Caller ID.

"The number that last called your line cannot be given out. If you wish to dial this number, enter 1." I do it.
"This number cannot be reached by this method. Please hang up now."

I do, and I immediately call the police. An officer comes over. Before he gets there, though, there is another phone call. This time, I say nothing when I answer, but stay on the line until I can hand it to the policeman,who answers. The caller hangs up when the police officer soeaks.
The officer asks me if I know who might be playing games. I don't. My number is unlisted.
He says it is probably someone who randomly dialed a number and is redialing. They are also probably doing the *68 ot *67 before they dial me to block their number.
I ask to file a police report.
While the officer is at my house, the phone rings again. This time, the officer answers, "This is Officer Jones with the Police Department," and the caller hangs up.

The officer tells me that he is on duty until 8 A.M. and will be checking off and on.

What do you think?

I had no more calls. YIKES!

Whoa, I hope it is just teenagers playing pranks. Could you have pissed someone off that led them to doing this?

Please keep yourself safe - is there a friend who can stay with you to make sure you are not alone?????

well i can say that that is a pretty freeky situation.....I know that you might be able to get a tap on your phone through your phone company...it may be worth your time to give them a call and check this out........eeek that is so creepy.....but just becareful...It is probably just a some creep playing a sick joke, but you can never be too careful, always keep your doors and windows locked, keep the phone by your bed, and when you go out leave lights on so it looks like people are home..............and never hesitate to call the cops...even if they say they can not do anything...its there job to make you feel safe..its what you pay taxes for....lol

GRRR..... That really makes my blood boil to no end when people do that.... I know how you feel because me and my housemate has gotten a lot of crank phone calls with people calling and hanging up when you answer. But I am glad that there was a police man there and there were no more calls.

grrrrr this makes me mad also!!! This happened to me occassionally when I was a young girl - some people are just idiots.
I bet your frantic - I know I would be
It probably was just teenagers but thankfully you had the police there and that should stop the calls coming in - please stay safe though - if it happens again is there anyone you can stay with?

I have friends and neighbors, but what about my cats??

I think it will be ok. I hope so, anyhow. I am getting the guy next door (a big burly black man) to do my greeting so that stangers might think a man is there.
My number is unlisted, so it had to be a random call. I hope so, anyhow.

Ugh! It's good to be safe and careful, of course! I'm glad you called the police, so they know about the problem. But try not to let it bother you too much - jerks who do that sort of thing get their jollies by frightening people, so if you deny them that they'll probably give up.

Do you have an answering machine? You could get a digital one & keep the digital voice on it (so no one who calls & doesn't know you can tell you're a woman) & use it to screen your calls, or get a male friend to just state 'you've reached XXX-XXXX, please leave a message' on your answering tape. And then if the jerk leaves an obscene message anyways, you'll have it on tape for the police.

I'm a slow poster - you've already found a solution!

This happened with my mother. She was getting these truly vile phone calls, really upsetting to her. Well, my Dad figured out who it was, and intercepted a call when she wasn't home. Dad called the kid BY NAME and had the kid in tears by the end of the phone call (he's a Marine, and while he's a great man I sure wouldn't want to cross him!). Sad thing was it was a kid that my mother worked with regularly with the youth group at church. Dad never told Mom who it was, he knew it was easier for her to think it was random. But after that conversation the phone calls stopped.

The whole situation sounds really scary. I would not have been as brave. Good for you for calling the police. Stay safe okay-I don't want anything to happen to you. I hope its just a prank.....

A friend told me to get the guy to spesk in black dialect, too. He has a really deep voice, so that would scare who-ever. I like the idea of the digital voice, too.
My usual message is me, saying, "Hi, this is Bobbie. Shenandoah and Humble and I can't come to the phone,......."

Originally Posted by batgirl2good

I think it will be ok. I hope so, anyhow. I am getting the guy next door (a big burly black man) to do my greeting so that stangers might think a man is there.

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great idea!!!

You did such a brave thing and so fast!!!! The best thing possible was the Officer answering the phone. I wish we could dispatch Eric to you! Otherwise, check with your phone company, but here in the Seattle metro area, *57 instantly puts it into a computer bank that the phone company uses to trace calls down. It's recorded to your number and then given to the police so they can find people that way. Good for you! Stay strong, stay vigiliant, and tell a lot of people you know so that if something is amiss they will know....

I can be an absolute b***h, and the best solution I've found is to get a really shrill whistle, and break the **** caller's eardrums.

Originally Posted by jcat

I can be an absolute b***h, and the best solution I've found is to get a really shrill whistle, and break the **** caller's eardrums.

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I like your solution!!!

I am, and I like the whistle idea! ***hugs***

Originally Posted by jcat

I can be an absolute b***h, and the best solution I've found is to get a really shrill whistle, and break the **** caller's eardrums.

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I like that idea.

My mom got a bunch of 'heavy breather' crank calls when I was little. One day when she answered the phone our English Bulldog just happened to be standing under her, so she dangled the receiver in front of his face, and he obligingly slobbered & breathed all over it in true Bulldog fashion. No more crank calls!

LOL about the bulldog and the whistle!

BG2G- I hope you get no more! Stay safe.

Seriously though, I don't think they're going make good of their threats.
Just a little prank by some punkass kid