Possible late night encounter outside a home near Pinckard witnessed in Dale County, Alabama

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It was April of 2011. My son, daughter-in-law, wife and I had been over at my in-laws having dinner. My son and his wife and their infant son had recently moved in with us. We were in the process of adding a new laundry room and garage on the back side of our house. When we came in from next door my son and his family were ahead of my wife and me by a minute or two. I noticed the lights to the new addition were on and figured that one of them had gone out to retrieve their laundry. I opened the back door and said is anyone out there. I didn't yell so I thought they might not have heard me. I stepped out on the patio and started walking toward the garage that didn't have a door hung yet. As I did I saw a dark figure at the back of our SUV. It scared me that there was 'someone' in, or had just passed through our garage. Without saying another word I ran back into the house to get my 410 shotgun and let me son know to join me outside. This only took 30 seconds or less. I went back out...