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Last weekend I was in Ocean City, MD for their twice a year car cruise, staying at a hotel with the family. I was out until 0300 Sunday morning cruising the strip (wife and kids had already turned in). Parked in the hotel garage, started rummaging around the hatch of my car chasing down a woofer problem when I look up and see three Hispanic gentlemen walking slowly past my car. They walk past and stop a few stalls down and start talking amongst themselves in Spanish. I continue to rummage around the hatch and drivers side of the car when the three walk back about 5' from the front of my car. I then started eyeballing them as they talked amongst themselves. Two of them were about 5' nothing and the third was about 6'/medium build. One of the 5' nothings walked up directly in front of my car and then backed off. At this point I was on full alert as the second 5' nothing started walking towards the drivers side of the car where I was. It was then I put my keys between my fingers and opened the car door full on between me and the 5' nothing walking towards me. He saw my fist full of keys and backed off. I then said, "May I help you?" 6' guy replied "How's it going?" I said, "Fine for now. What are you doing in front of my car?" 6' guy replied as they started backing off, "We're just checking parking." I said, "I would suggest you do that somewhere else." They walked to the elevator without looking back and were gone.
At this point I was a little thrown off because they were all wearing the same white/designed t-shirts. I figured maybe the hotel paid them a few dollars to walk around the garage during the late hours... I ask in the lobby if they have people walking the parking garage and they state they only have one security person on duty. I told them of the three and the security person ran out to check it out. Never heard a thing after that. It's a shame MD does not honor CCW's...
If it was indeed an attempt, thank Christ and car keys for keeping me safe.
At this point I was a little thrown off because they were all wearing the same white/designed t-shirts. I figured maybe the hotel paid them a few dollars to walk around the garage during the late hours... I ask in the lobby if they have people walking the parking garage and they state they only have one security person on duty. I told them of the three and the security person ran out to check it out. Never heard a thing after that. It's a shame MD does not honor CCW's...
If it was indeed an attempt, thank Christ and car keys for keeping me safe.
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