If you THINK you're safe at a state park....Don't......
On September 17th, 2016, at about 11:00pm EST, my wife and I experienced an extreme threat while visiting Ken Lake State Park facilities.
We were staying in the 1 room Cottages on Marina Drive , Cottage 286.
As we had prepared for bed that night, I heard a knock at the door, and went to the door to see who was there. No one responded, when I asked who was there, so I left it alone. A few minutes later, someone was pounding on the door. This time, I opened the door, and told the guy he had the wrong cabin, and he needed to leave.
At this point, he attempted to force his way into the Cabin. Fortunately, I'm much bigger. I had my wife call 911, while I held back the intruder who was AGGRESSIVELY attempting to get into our cabin. All the while, he's screaming that he is going to kill me and my wife. VERY CLEARLY, and I heard what I heard, he was screaming he's going to kill us both.
After calling 911 and them hanging up on us numerous times, I had my wife, continue calling 911 and also call on my cell phone to your front office. While the front office person, Katie, or Kathy, or something of the such was helpful, she informed me there was pretty much nothing she could do except call 911, which I believe she did.
For a full 20-25 minutes, I held this Intruder back from getting into the cabin. He attempted multiple times to kick the door in. I think my sheer size, and the fact that I effectively blocked it from the inside is the only thing that kept him out.
After 20 minutes or so, a property maintenance supervisor showed, up and was able to diffuse the situation.
Police showed up about 10 minutes later.
My wife and I were shaken to the core, and packed up and left.........
Takeaways:
* If you think you're safe, don't.
* I didn't have a gun, or any other protection. That will NEVER happen again.....NEVER.
* I would have not shot him, but it would have been nice to have had the option.
* There is ZERO security at the State Parks, and their response was laughable
* Good ole boy networks that don't arrest people who threaten the lives of others.....****.
* I really miss staying at my go to place. I just might have to buy the **** place to be safe.
Oh well.
George you need to buy a gun and get a carry permit like me
George I'm glad you are OK and didn't get hurt. I would highly recommend getting a carry pistol and take a couple of NRA type classes in concealed carry and basic handgun.
I had a similar experience may years ago while up in Ontario Canada at the Finn & Feather Fishing Camp. Some of the local Indians that lived near the cabins we rented were drinking one night and one got drunk and starting beating on his two kids. The kids ran to our cabin and banged on our door at 2 am. Dad opened the door and the kids bolted into the cabin and wanted us to hide them from their drunk father. The Beer up there has a higher alcohol content and he was seen earlier that afternoon carrying a entire case of beer back to his home. He walked right in front of our cabin with that case of beer. Before that we saw him carrying a empty case of beer bottles back to the store before he bought the new case. Anyway we were scared that their father would try to bust into our cabin and shoot us. The two Indian kids said he was going to shoot them with his gun which is why they ran away and hid in our cabin. I guess he never saw where the kids went and he never showed up at our cabin. But we were hiding under the beds without any weapons and with no telephone or cell phones to call for help. It was a long night.
I always owned a rifle and a shotgun from the time I was about 8 years old and old enough to hunt squirrels in the woods by myself. Before that I owned a BB gun air rifle. I hunted rabbits and birds with the BB gun. So I learned to shoot at a young age. All the boys in my neighborhood grew up hunting and fishing. My dad fished but he didn't hunt. The other dads were all hunters and they took me under their wing and taught me how to shoot a shotgun etc.
When I got older I sold my shotgun and got married. I didn't hunt for a long time while I was married. We went camping and water skiing all the time but I only got to fish a little. Fished for trout in the Smokey Mountains.
Well about two or three years ago I thought I'd get back into hunting and purchased an AR15 for hunting and shooting at the rifle range. That was a lot of fun until I decided to by a pistol. I did a lot of research and looked at a lot of different types of pistols. I read where the local sheriff of Vanderburgh County decided to arm all his men with 9 mm pistols instead of the 40 or 45 cal. He said it was cheaper to train with 9 mm and that the FBI did a study that concluded that overall for police work the 9 mm was the best cal when you consider both costs and lethality of the ammo. Todays 9 mm ammo is much better and more lethal than those of the past. Hornady Critical Duty is good stuff and very lethal too. They train with cheaper ammo on a weekly basis. So going to the 9 mm help them hold down the ammo cost.
So I decided to buy a 9 mm pistol. I then needed to find the right pistol. I ended up buying a Walther's PPQ M2 9mm 4" barrel. I'm so glad that I bought this gun. It turns out that it's a great pistol. Now there are a lot of other great handguns out there. So you will hear from many others. I started carrying this new Walthers PPQ with to the rifle ranges and back but could not carry it legally until I got my IN carry permit. It cost about $150 plus another $509 at the local County Sheriffs Office to get my Permit and it only took me two weeks to get it in the mail. The best thing I ever did was get a hand gun and a permit to carry it with me every where I go.
The PPQ is a medium sized hand gun and it holds about 15 to 17 rounds in a double stack magazine. I got an Alien Gear Inside the Waist Belt Holster ( Cloak Tuck 2 and the Cloak OWB Holster a leather/Kydex hybrid holster as a two for one package). I like many others tried a few other types of carry holsters for my PPQ.
I then thought I would buy a smaller pistol for every day carry. I did the research and added a Ruger LC9S Pro to my collection. I carried that pistol with me every where I went. It's a great little pistol and easy to hide. I wore it with my Alien Gear Cloak Slide OWB Hybrid Holster. This holster is leather backing with two loops that your belt goes though and it has a custom made Kydex holder for your gun. And the Kydex is replaceable for almost any type of gun. Check out the:
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I got to thinking that I might need more ammo so I got some extra magazine holders to clip onto my belt. I carry two extra magazine of ammo with me now. The little Ruger only holds 7 rounds so I went back to carrying the PPQ which holds 17 rounds with one in the chamber.
I got a new Stealthgear FLEX OWB holster for my PPQ.
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They didn't have one for the Ruger LC9S Pro gun that I have. So I went back to carrying my PPQ again. The new holster is much better than the Alien Gear Cloak Slide OWB Holster as it's much more comfortable and it breaths better than the leather/kydex holster from Alien Gear. The Alien Gear holster is very comfortable with the little Ruger in it. The Ruger has a 3" long barrel and it more easily concealed in the summer time. But the PPQ shoots a lot better.
I practice shooting at 25 yards and have gone though over a thousand rounds in the last two years now.
You are lucky that you were able to keep the bad guy out of your cabin. I would have shot the SOB myself if he tried to harm my family or broke into my house.
I'm not sure what the laws are in KY but here in IN we can shoot someone if they break into our home. Better to be safe than sorry or dead yourself.
Every day I read in the local news papers where someone is shot or attacked by someone with a gun. So now I sleep with my PPQ next to me in my bed. It's loaded and ready to go. And if that won't stop the AR15 is fully loaded with M855 5.56 rounds in a couple of 30 round Magpul magazines. I use to also have a tactical Remington 870 Twelve Gage Shotgun loaded with 5 rounds of lead slugs.
Do some research and take some NRA approved shooting classes and buy yourself a gun.
PS: stop making people on the internet mad at you. LOL J/K
So what did the police do with that gun?
[QUOTE=GeoFisher;557729]On September 17th, 2016, at about 11:00pm EST, my wife and I experienced an extreme threat while visiting Ken Lake State Park facilities.
We were staying in the 1 room Cottages on Marina Drive , Cottage 286.
As we had prepared for bed that night, I heard a knock at the door, and went to the door to see who was there. No one responded, when I asked who was there, so I left it alone. A few minutes later, someone was pounding on the door. This time, I opened the door, and told the guy he had the wrong cabin, and he needed to leave.
At this point, he attempted to force his way into the Cabin. Fortunately, I'm much bigger. I had my wife call 911, while I held back the intruder who was AGGRESSIVELY attempting to get into our cabin. All the while, he's screaming that he is going to kill me and my wife. VERY CLEARLY, and I heard what I heard, he was screaming he's going to kill us both.
After calling 911 and them hanging up on us numerous times, I had my wife, continue calling 911 and also call on my cell phone to your front office. While the front office person, Katie, or Kathy, or something of the such was helpful, she informed me there was pretty much nothing she could do except call 911, which I believe she did.
For a full 20-25 minutes, I held this Intruder back from getting into the cabin. He attempted multiple times to kick the door in. I think my sheer size, and the fact that I effectively blocked it from the inside is the only thing that kept him out.
After 20 minutes or so, a property maintenance supervisor showed, up and was able to diffuse the situation.
Police showed up about 10 minutes later.
My wife and I were shaken to the core, and packed up and left.........
Takeaways:
* If you think you're safe, don't.
* I didn't have a gun, or any other protection. That will NEVER happen again.....NEVER.
* I would have not shot him, but it would have been nice to have had the option.
* There is ZERO security at the State Parks, and their response was laughable
* Good ole boy networks that don't arrest people who threaten the lives of others.....****.
* I really miss staying at my go to place. I just might have to buy the **** place to be safe.
Oh well.[/QUOTE]
where was the park ranger
They have cut back on security.KY passed a bill to make many services private concerns.A large part of barren river park are closed to the public now. Maybe it's for the better, the last time we ate at barren, the food was barely acceptable. We used to meet at a state park for a family gathering, last year we rented a chalet at barren, and it wasn't cheap. Ky is the last southern state that isn't privately run, that will change soon.When we first moved here in 93 you could launch at at any marina for free, try it now. I'll bet soon you will need to buy an annual permit to use the parks.
A Sword with a cane is a good idea. A good up close weapon
And it would be reasonable to use such a weapon if you felt threatened by a bad guy. But my weapon of choice is not a 9 mm semi automatic pistol with at least 17 rounds of P+ 135 gr lead ammo.