A woman shared her story on facebook so if you have a rubber band around the knob call 911.
Rubberband on her door handle.
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.
If you see a rubber band on your door handle call the police here s what it means november 22 2017 baxter dmitry news us 3 a texas woman has shared a disturbing incident that happened to her several days ago in the hopes that her warning will help others avoid being victimized by a serious crime.
Loop a rubber band around a doorknob so it makes an x that presses the latch open.
Facebook the woman heard a knock on her front door the person wasn t knocking nice it was as if they were pounding on the door.
A warning to watch out for rubber band burglaries that went viral in april 2016 told the story of a woman who heard a strange man pounding on her door and later found that he d placed a rubber band on her door latch to prevent it from locking if she would have opened it.
By olivia romero.
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.
She waited for the knocking to stop before investigating who it might have been.
She pulls a rubber band over a door handle the reason is pure genius.
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.