Story of a Recent Non-Crime

I recently moved into a new home in Woodsboro, well, new to me. One morning I awoke, and heard a noise outside my bedroom window, then a figure moved from underneath it. I of course was a little frightened and wondered who was looking in at me. I waited a few minutes, then got up and looked outside, and sure enough, a set of footprints in the snow came across my yard and straight to my window. I got ready for the day and went outside to investigate. I followed the footprints across the yard to my neighbor's house, thinking that I would confront them, when to my surprise the footprints continued along the front of their house, then across the street to another, and so on, until I lost then in a parking lot.
I returned to my home and followed them in the other direction and again they continued to my neighbor's home. I began to think that someone was out casing the neighborhood for a possible future crime. I decided to get breakfast and find the non-emergency police number, but while on the way I saw a man walking with a similar gate to the snowy footprints. I pulled over and asked him if he had been going from house to house.
He looked at me and responded "yes." It was then that I noticed his Allegheny Power shirt and handheld meter reading device. I felt a little goofy, but I figure it is better to be safe than sorry.

This story has a funny ending, but remember to stay vigilant and look out for one another.