OMG, I barely want to type this. But my neighbor seriously fired his gun last night. In his bedroom. Out his window. Did you read that right?? He actually used his gun. Thank goodness he only has blanks and only left a hole in his screen. His daughter has taken his gun. Scott and his daughter and son-in-law were all over there tonight arguing with him about whether someone was out there. At one point he even told his daughter not to come back but then they were able to smooth things over. He still claims he can feel when people are near him although Scott walked up on him the other day and scared him when he turned around. Scott found out he is taking at least four pills at night and they are thinking he seriously thinks he is seeing someone because he is hallucinating. This is crazy though. All I can say is I’m so happy someone took the gun away.
That is just nuts.
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No kidding. I still can’t believe it. But Scott saw the two holes in his screen.
Can you not talk to the daughter and see if they can get better help for him? Obviously he has issues and needs to see a doctor before he does something harmful to an actual person as opposed to an imaginary one. What if your girls had been in the backyard and in the man’s panic he shot at THEM (blanks or no blanks, I don’t want guns aimed at my children). I think it’s time to have a serious talk with the daughter (since she’s the only one that sounds like she has any sense) and tell her you are starting to fear for your OWN safety.
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Scott is on the phone with his daughter AT LEAST twice a day. They swap stories to see who is getting what information and talk about next steps. It’s a thin line they are walking since they don’t want to lose trust because then he won’t tell anyone anything and won’t listen to any advice. Right now, he highly trusts and respects what Scott has to say. The big showdown last night was a result of the gun fiasco. He was really mad last night. She is thinking of talking to his doctor about all this. I heard them yesterday in the yard saying something about getting an evaluation done. But getting a stubborn elderly man to do something when he thinks he knows what he is talking about to his very core is harder than it sounds. I’ve often thought it is harder to take care of elderly parents than young babies and toddlers.
Is his wife continuing to agree that she “sees” their night time visitors as well? It may be more difficult for his daughter to get him the help he needs if someone is confirming his hallucinations. I can only imagine how worried you must be.
It’s clear (and his daughter confirmed) that his wife is lying for him. She says she’s seeing them but he told Scott the other day that she hasn’t seen them. His daughter said her mom is worried they will take him and put him in a home. Which at this point could be valid. Knowing that she’s covering for him makes it harder. However, she is the one that hid the rifle and also hid the real bullets and forced him to use blanks. So in that way, she’s helpful. I guess that’s what makes this harder…she seems to be on his side, not ours. Which, I guess in some ways it’s supposed to be like that. At the same time, if there’s a chance he could harm someone, to me it’s over the line. I don’t know. Right now, all I know is I feel no physical threat since I know the firearms are put up. At this point, it’s just the fact he’s worrying himself and his family to death.