alone, taking a burglar on and winning. it appears that the thief was watching her home, once he saw one of her parent s leave, he slipped inside but little did he know, hey, the place wasn t empty, christine persickety from our fox affiliate has the story. i got really scared, because i heard a noise and didn t know what it was. but nine-year-old rachel simon didn t act scared when she came face to face with the burglar. i saw the guy standing there, i m like i don t know that guy. rachel was home sick yesterday, it of the middle of the afternoon, her mom left, her dad was on his way. cops say the burglar got in through this unlocked basement entrance, the fourth grader approached him and he ran off. he had a black hat on, a backpack. she gave a phenomenal description of the guy, which led officers to get him within five minutes. even mom wendy admits she wouldn t have handled it so