[quote=Tampa Bay Times][b]Just before 1 a.m. Tuesday, he woke to the sound of a heated argument, the shattering of glass then gunshots in his living room.[/b]
Alan Benz, 62, grabbed his cell phone and pulled his revolver out of his night stand.
[b]He got on the floor behind his bed and dialed 911. Still grasping his gun, he waited for deputies to arrive while the sounds of destruction and assault riffles rattled on.[/b]
"Trash the whole place!" one man yelled.
Benz feared the worst.
[b]Moments later, a team of deputies arrived and surrounded his Beacon Woods home on Wildflower Row. Deputies ordered Benz to put the gun down and step away. He did. They secured every room and found nothing.
The gun battle was on Benz's television.
Earlier that night Benz had been watching a whale documentary, he thinks on the Discovery or History Channel. He left the living room TV on when he went to sleep in his bedroom.[/b]
He said he didn't know what program came on afterward. But it was much louder and sounded real on his surround-sound system.
"I've never been so scared," he told the Times.
Standing in the doorway of his home Thursday afternoon, Benz said he thinks he handled the situation in the best way.
"I wasn't no hero," he said. "I wasn't just going to go out there and start shooting."
But he feels bad about calling the deputies out on a false alarm, especially knowing how the deputies must have felt, believing they were responding to a home being trashed by gunmen. He sent an email later Tuesday morning though the sheriff's website commending the deputies for their performance.
"I would like to compliment each deputy on their professional manner and they worked great as a team clearing my house," Benz wrote.
He noted the deputies could've had a good chuckle at his expense, but they didn't. They secured his home, handed Benz his gun and left.[/quote]
[url]http://www.tampabay.com/news/bizarre/fictitious-gunfight-draws-real-pasco-deputies/1212539[/url]
Oh wow. Must have been embarrassing for the home owner.
The dangers of surround sound... :v:
[QUOTE=aliendrone123;34407001]Oh wow. Must have been embarrassing for the home owner.[/QUOTE]
Could be worse, they could have called S.W.A.T.
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;34407101]The dangers of surround sound... :v:[/QUOTE]You don't know true terror until you're half asleep and it sounds like you're being run over by a 737.
Shit happens man, i wouldn't feel so bad. At least he is ok.
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;34407201]You don't know true terror until you're half asleep and it sounds like you're being run over by a 737.[/QUOTE]
Similar situation, only it was with some john carpenter movie and his fucked up sound effects.
I've never seen an article better represent Tampa. In my county too.
[QUOTE=Abrown516;34408751]I've never seen an article better represent Tampa. In my county too.[/QUOTE]
Fist bump bro. I live pretty close to Pasco.
[QUOTE=Bones85;34408851]Fist bump bro. I live pretty close to Pasco.[/QUOTE]
I haven't been to Hudson though, all I know is that the west part including New Port Richey is pretty... unordinary. I remember reading in the paper a man who would rob banks with a sticky note that read how he was armed and wanted cash, but looked and acted like a regular bank goer.
[QUOTE=Haywood;34408307][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMqfBlMjU0A[/media][/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVxFPs9--ew[/media]
I was looking for the Pizza scene but I found this parody...what the hell?
Pasco county reppin'
Strange that he didn't realize it was the TV when the shooting stopped and they tried to sell him car insurance
reminds me of when SWAT was called over CoD
CoD gun sounds aren't even [b]that[/b] realistic.
[QUOTE=trotskygrad;34409271]reminds me of when SWAT was called over CoD
CoD gun sounds aren't even [b]that[/b] realistic.[/QUOTE]
haha, what
please give me a link to the article, I want to read that
[QUOTE=Mystery Penguin;34409455]haha, what
please give me a link to the article, I want to read that[/QUOTE]
pfff fuck
can't find it.
Was in europe somewhere
[QUOTE=trotskygrad;34409271]reminds me of when SWAT was called over CoD
CoD gun sounds aren't even [b]that[/b] realistic.[/QUOTE]
In other CoD related happenings, when MW3 came out they closed off a garage at my university because someone overheard someone talking about RC car bombs. I couldn't leave for 2 hours while they searched the whole thing. I was pissed.
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