So we were hiking at Sheldon Lake State park yesterday (Houston) with our 3 small kids, when a (kinda) scary situation happened. The park was basically empty when we showed up. If you've never been there, there is a 6-story observation tower you can climb. As we were climbing the tower (no way out) 4 male teenagers walked out of the woods behind us. They looked out of place. We couldn't figure out why 'tattooed-up' teenagers would want to hang out at an empty park. Could just be that since I've started carrying my alert level is always higher...I guess I follow the advice, "Be cordial, but always have a plan to kill anyone you meet." (That's a joke...sort of.)
My wife felt it too. She looked at me and asked, "Did you come prepared?" I nodded and I could see her relief.
We climbed the tower and observed for a while and they just hung out at the bottom of the stairs. (Suspicious) It would have been a clear disparity of force situation.
We decided to leave and passed by them without incident. I don't know if they had bad intentions, but we made sure to address them and maintain eye contact. I think a lot of not being a victim is not looking or acting like one.
Oh, and my wife has agreed to get her CHL. Since I only have one EDC, I guess I have to buy another!
Scary moment.
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Re: Scary moment.
oh no....gun shopping
while I tend to doubt they were out for a Sunday hike....they probably were just wanting to go up for a quiet place for a smoke of the "funny" stuff.
while I tend to doubt they were out for a Sunday hike....they probably were just wanting to go up for a quiet place for a smoke of the "funny" stuff.
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i'd bet they were looking for a quick "high"... the sad part is nowadays you dont know if that "high" involves smoking a little wacky backy or shooting people because they were bored....
good news is another member in the club and hopefully a new kind of shopping spree will begin.....you may hear " honey I need a different gun to match each pari of my shoes"
good news is another member in the club and hopefully a new kind of shopping spree will begin.....you may hear " honey I need a different gun to match each pari of my shoes"
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Re: Scary moment.
Maybe they were tending to their garden.MikeStone wrote: As we were climbing the tower (no way out) 4 male teenagers walked out of the woods behind us. They looked out of place. We couldn't figure out why 'tattooed-up' teenagers would want to hang out at an empty park.
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