When you’re taking a shower, the last thing you might expect is for the ground beneath you to start shaking violently.
But that’s exactly what Taylor Parker, a resident of Spring Hill, Tennessee, experienced in what can only be described as a scene straight out of a movie.
Out of nowhere, a bulldozer crashed through his home, turning his peaceful morning into a nightmare of destruction and disbelief.
Parker, still in shock, described the whole ordeal as something out of a dream.
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It all started when the dad was in the shower.
He heard a deafening noise that sounded like a helicopter hovering too close, and then his house began to shake, mimicking the tremors of an earthquake.
Parker, recounting the chaos, told The News,
“In the shower, wife’s gone, and my dog just runs in the shower freaking out, and my house basically is shaking.”
Little did he know, this was just the beginning of an incredibly strange day.
In a rush, Parker wrapped himself in a towel and ran outside, only to be greeted by the unbelievable sight of a bulldozer tearing through his yard and into his house.
Acting on instinct, he confronted the bulldozer operator.
Parker vividly remembers the encounter, telling News Channel 5:
“I flagged the guy to stop, jumped in front, basically yanked him out.”
Fortunately, Parker’s family wasn’t home when this bizarre incident occurred.
He shared his relief, saying,
“Luckily the kids weren’t home, so they’re not shaken up.”
The man behind the bulldozer was supposed to be working on another property nearby but, for reasons unknown, ended up targeting Parker’s home instead.
When Parker demanded an explanation from him, the response was utterly confusing.
“When I asked him what he was doing, he didn’t really answer,” Parker told The News.
“I said, ‘you just put a hole through my house,’ and he said, ‘I didn’t hit your house.’ I think he was on some kind of drugs, because he didn’t know what he did.”
Parker somehow convinced the guy to step away from the bulldozer, giving him a chance to call the authorities.
As he was explaining the situation over the phone, the man’s boss showed up, furious about the havoc caused.
The police arrived shortly after and took him into custody.
In a surprising twist, tests for drugs and alcohol came back negative.
The reason behind the driver’s reckless act was a total a mystery.
At the time, Officer Whitwell expressed his confusion:
“We have no explanation of [why] the guy [went] to that residence and drove the bulldozer through the house. There were several explanations he tried to give us, but none of them were consistent, so we are still going to do our due diligence in regards to the investigation. As of right now, we have no idea [why] he went to the house — there’s no relation between him and the people that reside there.”
The driver faced charges for reckless endangerment.
Now, the family has the craziest story to share.
Although it was going to be a big project to fix the house, Parker was just happy that everyone was safe, and that they didn’t need to relocate.
He was determined to pick up the pieces and restore his home.
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