The Mop Lady
While sitting in my surveillance vehicle on a country road in a very rural area in Upper Michigan I observed my subject (3/4 of a mile away) exiting her house carrying two large bags of empty pop cans/bottles and a mop. She proceeded to open up the trunk of her Ford Escort and tossed the bags and mop inside. She got behind the wheel (She supposedly was so injured she couldn’t walk without assistant never mine driving a vehicle) and started driving towards my vehicle. I immediately went into hibernation mode and couldn’t be seen with my tinted/shaded windows. I watched as she exited her vehicle in front of mine and went to her trunk. Even though I knew she couldn’t see me inside (I even had a note on the outside of my windshield that stated I was broken down and would return later on) I had crotched down to the floor. All of a sudden I heard this horrendous banging and felt my vehicle shaking. Peeking above my dashboard I observed this lady who looked just like Momma from “Throw Momma from a Train Movie” beating my hood with her mop, while hearing her shout out “I know you insurance people are in there and you won’t get any dirt on me”.
Once a PI is approached (it happens even to the best of us) by the subject the corrective action to take is to leave the scene without exchanging in any conversation. I started up my vehicle and split the scene.
I returned to my office, documented my findings and forwarded the report and video to my client. The insurance company had paid for 24/7 assistant care for this lady who claimed she couldn’t walk, drive or mop on her own. The case by the subject was dropped shortly afterwards.
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