Pheace: This part in itself was already a completely different world for me. That's what I see in movies, not what my life is like. Kudos on your actions and good to hear you all got through relatively well.

MadalinStroe: Jesus! Those weren't what I'd call regular robbers.

Barefoot_Monkey: So in the end we all made it out alive, with no real injuries and nothing stolen. But... wow.

Barefoot_Monkey: I came home from work this evening. After checking that the road was empty and well-illuminated I opened my gate and drove my car in. As I was entering I saw headlights at the top of the road so I quickly stopped my car inside and ran to lock the gate, just in case the arriving car contained criminals. It did, and they had sprinted toward the gate and arrived just as I had closed it, so I decided there was no time to lock it and turned and ran around the house, shouting. The front door is always locked. I passed the glass patio door, which thankfully was clearly closed with the trellidoor clearly shut.

I ran around the house into an old broken sauna at the back which we used as a storeroom, because it seemed like the perfect place to toss away my housekeys - my family is inside the house so my top priority was keeping my keys from the robbers. Three of them - one with a loaded gun - cornered me in there and tried to overpower me together; fortunately they couldn't. Every time they threatened me or told me to do something or tried to assault me I resisted, stayed exactly where I was, and simply said "Please leave" as loudly as I could. Eventually they demanded my keys and I told them I'd already thrown them in the garden. They got nervous - probably because of all the time that had already passed since the commotion started - and ran off. I hoped that everyone in the house had heard the noise and were safely locked inside, and I hopped onto the roof and waited there (the only thing I could think of to do at that point).

Unfortunately they hadn't realised what was going on, and my father (70) had wandered out onto the driveway. The fleeing robbers tried to attack him from behind, but he fought them off without taking any injuries and they ran out the gate. One fired two shots at him. He dived for cover, and one bullet went straight through his trousers, barely grazing the inside of his thigh.

So in the end we all made it out alive, with no real injuries and nothing stolen. But... wow.

CSPVG: I'm very sorry to hear about your experience, but commend you for your quick thinking and bravery, Barefoot.

My family and I were in an armed robbery in 2006, and it's not something I'd wish on anyone.

AnimalMother117: Good to hear you're safe, that's pretty scary stuff. Good to know there are some people out there who don't believe the "Just do what they say," BS.