Almost. The other night I went to bed nice and early (ok, it was almost 11pm lol.. that IS early for me!) only to be woken up at 330am by the most god awful racket. Rap music, at a volume that I am pretty sure was able to be heard over a block away...and our blocks are not small.
I wandered out and realized hubby was home, but had his headset on and hadn't heard it. When he pulled them off he stepped outside to see where it was coming from... and it was our neighbors' house... which was really unusual as they have been pretty quiet for the 8 months we have lived here. So, in attempt to be neighborly hubby got the guys attention on the balcony and hollered up asking if he could turn it down. I feel compelled to point out I never wanted him to speak to anyone, just determine where it was coming from so I could contact the police! I wish he had listed, because the neighbor flew down the stairs hurling abuse and threats at the top of his lungs. Hubby came back to the house and I locked the door before the guy got to it. He was clearly strung out and/or drunk (which was confirmed when his poor mortified mother came over with flowers & chocolate and the MOST profuse apologies for his behavior)
Eventually the police did come take him away, as his mother had called them on him as well when she heard him threatening my husband. He will be starting drug treatment, and I get the impression he has a psychiatric illness as well, that is not fully under control. *sigh* While I don't FEAR for our safety really, I have done the mundane things... I have his mothers numbers, both mobile and work, in case he goes off during the day. I have the police number programmed into my phone as well, just in case. And obviously, if this occurs again, we will just be calling the police straight away and not stepping out the door at all. Now, I'm doing a few bits of protective magic to hopefully discourage him from directing his behaviour THIS way the next time he is using!
I am in the process of making a witch bottle to bury beside our front steps... inside it will be a small piece of carnelian (for physical protection), clear quartz (for protection of our home), and malachite (for protection of my children)...also some rosemary and basil from my garden... and some thorns from a certain VERY prickly monster weed that has sprung up in a spot behind our garage.
I'm also stitching up a little red protective charm bag to hang inside both the front & back doors, to deflect negative mojo. And I'll be taking cuttings of the aforementioned very thorny weed (which went unnoticed and now thinks it is a tree lol) and laying them along the boundary between our two properties underneath the hibiscus shrubs that grow there. I'll be making sure to walk the border and occasionally 'recharge' this with the short verse I'll use when laying them.
Should that, plus the mundane fact that now this neighbor has MET us and put a face to us (he came over to apologize, possibly at his mothers urging), fail... I will possibly do a mirror spell for home protection (I'll tweak one I've got on my spiffy 'spell book' app... there truly is an app for everything lol... so that it fits my needs) But I am sincerely hopeful that there will be enough 'unseen cues' to make this person less likely to direct his rage at us if he has another lapse.
Since this incident, all has been quiet, and hopefully all MY work, plus the counseling the young man will be receiving, will keep it so!
Goddess bless, now I best get 'crafting'!
Caz