Woof! And A Strange Story

  

 I get a text on my phone, saying that our dog has been barking all night for a week. They ask me (politely) to Do Something About It.

     First:  we have dogS. Not just one.

     Second:  they haven't been barking in the night -- or we would wake up, too.  (Bo and Tiger sleep inside, in a kennel. Granddog Freya sleeps on a pad by my side of the bed.)

Freya and Bo, patrolling while Tiger investigates elsewhere. 

Yes, Bo's grown!

     Thirdly:  we live out in the boonies. Our nearest neighbor is about 1/4 mile away. Their dogs bark a lot more than ours do, anyways. 

     I text back:  "Since we live in southern Colorado, I'm pretty sure it's not our dogs that are keeping you up at night in Houston."

     Now here's the weird part. 

     The caller apologizes profusely, says the complex gave him the wrong number, things like that. But then he starts asking all sorts of questions about where we live, what's it like, do I want to be a 'penpal,' sort of, etc etc. Friendly-like...but strangely disturbing. 

     I immediately block him, but wonder:  was this a scam in the making, if I'd continued to respond?

     Probably a bit nervous, since I had a very friendly Nigerian ask me to appraise a handful of perfectly normal U.S. coins -- then, when I politely refused, start up a "you're so cute, we should be friends" conversation. The Brick and I have both had 'wrong number' texts trying this same approach. 

    P.S. They all got blocked, too. But creepy, nonetheless.