March 15, 2009
Twitterer catches home invader with his pants down
When a stranger broke into Silicon Valley executive David Prager's house yesterday, he did not call police or reach for a gun - he logged on to Twitter and set up a live video stream. The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Prager, co-founder of internet TV start-up Revision3, tweeted at 3am that a "random dude just walked into my bathroom and I can't believe I haven't freaked out".
He wrote that he suspected the man was in his 20s and was either homeless, drunk or sleepwalking - or all three. The smell of body odour confirmed Prager's suspicions.
Prager wrote 15 Twitter posts over about an hour before finally deciding to confront the man. He put on his shoes and picked up a weapon. "Debating calling cops but just feel it's not needed for some reason," he wrote.
In true geeky web 2.0 style, Prager set up a live video stream via Ustream.tv and his followers watched while he dragged the man - who had passed out - from his bathroom.
The video, which has now been published on YouTube in two parts (aprt one, part twp), shows Prager escorting the man, who by then was not wearing pants, out of his apartment. But before they reached the door the man collapsed on Prager's bed.
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