Dallas-area creeps in masks caught ringing doorbells

The city of Mesquite, just east of Dallas, appears to be dealing with creeps in black masks ringing area doorbells for kicks. The city of Mesquite, just east of Dallas, appears to be dealing with creeps in black masks ringing area doorbells for kicks. Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Dallas-area creeps in masks caught ringing doorbells 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

Police in the Mesquite area are investigating incidents of people in strange black masks casing homes in the city, just east of Dallas.

According to the Dallas Morning News’ crime blog, police are looking into reports of one or more people knocking on doors and ringing doorbells in Mesquite late in the evening.

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That wouldn’t be a big problem (annoying, yes) except the person captured on at least one home security camera was wearing a strange black mask to obscure his or her face and had gloves on.

It’s not glove weather in the Dallas area, or even mask weather if such a thing exists.

Either these people are big fans of Stanley Kubrick’s final film “Eyes Wide Shut” or they are casing homes for burglary.

These incidents, though, do make a great argument for home security cameras at the front door since Mesquite police think the would-be suspects were spooked by the cameras.