I was standing in the kitchen last week, when I heard a faint cry coming from the basement.
I knew my kids played down there, and I wondered if they hadn’t let the dog or cat locked in.
I opened the door, but no animal bounded out at me. I heard the sound again, but this time it wasn’t nearly as quiet. I was going to close the door, but I heard the sound. It was louder this time, and it sounded human. I walked downstairs and looked around. I realized there was a foot sticking out from behind the furnace. I looked at the foot and hissed. I picked up the phone and called EMS. I told them I needed help and there was someone stuck behind the furnace. When EMS arrived, I took them to the basement and showed him where the person was. There was a man stuck behind the furnace, but he was out of reach from everyone. The only way they could get possibly get him out, was to pulled hard on his leg. Three men stood back and held on tight, trying to dislodge the man, but it wasn’t working. Eventually, the EMS technicians were able to get the man from behind my furnace. He was mumbling about never trying to break into a house through the basement, ever again. He couldn’t believe he had fallen behind the furnace and become stuck. I think my house reformed a potential burglar. Either he would be a reformed burglar, or he would become a HVAC technician now that he had personal knowledge of the furnace.