It's been some time ago but I just noticed something interesting. It was winter and we where woke up by an extremely loud boom and then the alarm went off. The alarm is monitored and they came over the intercom immediately. We gathered all the family in a central location and I went to check the perimeter. Looking back I should have let the cops do that. Everything was fine so we told the alarm company all is well and disconnected. This is where it gets strange, I recently noticed that the gutter downspout on the same side of the house had been smashed flat with what looks like a baseball bat. Was it some test to see if there was an alarm, or if someone is home? It's had my brain rolling since I noticed it.