I was awakened in the early morning hours by what I can only describe as a gunshot. It sounded like a small caliber handgun was fired a single time in my bedroom or close to it.

It was startling. Coming from a deep sleep I wasn’t sure what was happening. I thought of my own gun, a .45 automatic, and realized it was in the living room in a drawer. Too far to help me. As I lay there I tried to understand what was going on. There was no one in my bedroom. What else could make a gunshot sound?

I was annoyed that I had to figure something out while I was in a sleep fog. I stayed in bed and tried to think of what could make such a loud popping sound, loud enough to wake me up. Did one of my bullets in the bullet box in the closet go off by itself? Did a power outlet short out?

I didn’t smell any smoke or anything else strange so I drifted back to sleep. As I write this, I still don’t know what made the gunshot sound. A quick scan of the area didn’t reveal anything obvious. Batteries and capacitors can short out and pop loudly but I saw no sign of that in the devices I looked at. I don’t know what happened. It’s as if a ghost stepped into the bedroom and fired a ghostly .22 revolver and then disappeared. I’ll continue to look around and maybe I’ll eventually find a logical solution but as of now it’s a mystery.

Terry