Burglars place a rubber band around the door knob allowing them to barge into the house as soon as the home owner unlatches the door without having to wait for the home owner to actually turn the knob.
She found a rubberband on her door handle.
Kim waited about 30 minutes before making a move to ensure that her unexpected visitor was long gone.
According to kim s local sheriff this is becoming more commonly seen in burglaries.
When she finally opened her front door she found a rubber band wrapped around her doorknob.
Not knowing what this could be she called the police to see if they knew anything about it or if similar occurrences had happened in the area.
After she has convinced herself that the unknown man was gone she opened the door and found a rubber band wrapped around the door knob.
What she found on the other side confused her it was a rubber band fastened around her door handle.
By olivia romero.
Kim waited about 30 minutes before making a move to ensure that her unexpected visitor was long gone.
She pulls a rubber band over a door handle the reason is pure genius.
She s a midwest gal who.
When she finally opened her front door she found a rubber band wrapped around her doorknob.
Kim waited about 30 minutes before making a move to ensure that her unexpected visitor was long gone.
She elaborates on facebook saying the sheriff came by yesterday and said this is happening all of a sudden as soon as you unlatch the door they do not wait for you to turn the knob they can.
They put a rubber band around the knob which allows them to enter in homes the moment a person unlatches the door.
Thirty minutes after he left she walked outside thinking the person had left a brochure but instead she found a rubber band around the knob.
What happens is as soon as you unlatch the door the person can bust in.
That was when she noticed something strange on her door handle it was an ordinary rubber band the same kind that you could easily purchase at any office supply store and it was wrapped around the door latch.
As the local sheriff explains this practice is becoming more and more popular among burglars.
It might not have sounded threatening but kim knew it was suspicious.
When the cops heard her story they immediately sent an officer over to her house.