Well about 4 am this morning I woke to hear someone tip toeing around the lounge room, (as my partner went in to our daughters bed at about 2am as she had a nightmare and fell asleep with her in her bed), so I thought it was just her trying to be quiet.

I was lying there and sort of drifting in and out of sleep for a couple of minutes but then I got to thinking, thats weird why is she doing that and why wouldn't she just come back to bed???
So I got up and walked out into the lounge area( we have a open living plan and the area is quite large).
Anyway I look through a division wall we have(sort of a wooden lattace type thing which obscures your line of sight.
So I just stand there and look and the padio light is on and the ranch slider and security screen is wide open and I think what the hell.(burglar done this)
Then I see this black figure ski mask black clothes the works, so I yell "hoy" And sprint for the prick , and he turns the padio light off 1st?? then bolts out the back and round the side of the house, and jumps the fence into the neighbours with me following but didn't see where he went, so ran back home as my family are unaware and my daughters are there, so I thought **** what if there's 2 of them and someones still in the house with everybody!!!
Anyway there wasn't so I woke my partner told her then we're looking through the front window as I'm telling her what happened and getting dressed she goes , check this van out and I look out the window and this old looking van is driving with it's lights off slowly around the street???
So it looks real sussed so I boot it too the car grab my phone and follow the guy to check him out.

So I follow and he's driving with his lights off, and up on the kerb etc??
I'm sure something sussed is on,and I've caught the dog, so I go up beside the van and he starts speeding up, I yell hey mate pull over!!!, anyway he starts driving nutts so I just follow, sure I've got my man.

I Call the cops on my mobile tell them the whole story , and turn my sat nav on as they are coming to intercept us!! and they stay on the line and tell me to keep following him, but keep at a distance, anyway he drives all over the place I follow.

So I thought if this guy is not the dude why is he driving nuts and not stopping , unless he figures I'm some nut job??
So I say this to the police(still on my mobile) they say well yea thats a possibility but keep tailing him.
So after 30 minutes of this the cops arrive block him lights etc.
Now get this he says he's a paper delivery guy,
I'm like looking like a right spanner now!, so the cops search his van and question him, everything by the book.
So it turns out he seems legit, gives me a paper I do my apologies to him and the police, but I am still wondering why he was driving without his lights on for 5 minutes before he knew I was following him, so I ask him, turns out he forgot as he sometimes turns them off when he pulls up to certain houses.
Yea I know a real balls up on my part, but I was pretty spun out by the whole course of events.
Now I get home and the actual burgler entered the house through the main bathroom window by jimming off the fly screen sliding the window back jumping into the bathroom walking through the hall way(while my family slept!!) , and started removing items and placing them near the fence, I know this becaue after the dust fell the stuff is all there neatly placed by the fence ready too take, all the while we were oblivious to him as he was that quiet and while our whole family slept throught the whole even until I stirred and heard the footsteps.
So you ask why I share this maybe?, well I do it to let you all know to always.. always... be on your guard and lock up at night these people are so ballsey and have some unreal nerve!!!!
Just wondering how we're all going to sleep soundly from now on, and we live in a good area in Perth as well!!!!??(we haven't told the kids about it yet either)
Lock up cause these pricks are everywhere.
Anyway off to read the paper the dude gave me as a kind gesture