Did Somebody Call 911?

So this is another oldie but a goodie.

December 2009

We had just moved into our new place, we had only met a few of our neighbours, we hadn't even unpacked.

Caelan made the decision that she wanted to direct and star in her own zombie film.
Her daddy makes all kinds of scary props, masks and does a lot of FX makeup so she had everything at her disposal and full creative control.

He took her outside, ready to film.

In the back yard Caelan hunched over a pile of latex arms and legs covered in cinema blood and acted as the best little zombie I have ever seen.
She directed her cameraman to follow her because now she was going to run, grunting, into the house where her older sister was waiting to play her part.
The idea was that dad was going to video tape like he was running away from her, like she was trying to get him, he would run into the house followed by zombie Caelan and then she would see her sister sitting on the couch and attack her, Claudia would scream and the movie would be over.

It was a family affair.

After about 20 minutes, Caelan got tired of being a zombie and wanted to take a bath and get washed off.

What we didn't know was that one of our neighbours was watching out of his window, saw Caelan covered in blood and a pile of...of something on the patio covered in blood and thought she was in trouble and called 911.

While Caelan was warm and sudsy in her bath an ambulance was pulling up to our door.

A paramedic knocked.

"What's that in your yard?"

"Uhhh, those are props."

"Ok, well the police have also been called so you can expect them along shortly."

The police never came.