Socorro!

Something happened a few minutes ago that was equally hilarious and scary. I was outside on our balcony looking at the views when I spotted an older woman coming out onto her balcony on a house nearby. Now, to give you some background information:
When I'm home during the day I sometimes spy on the neighbors. I don't have binoculars or anything but when I'm out on the terrace reading or enjoying the scenery I might happen to watch my neighbors from time to time which is completely normal.

Back to the situation. The older woman coming out onto her balcony, I had never seen her before. To my knowledge a couple lives there, in their 40s or 50s, both well dressed and they have a small dog, what looks to be a poodle of somesort. Anyway, this olderwoman had to be in her 80s. She started yelling, "Socorro!" "Socorro!" not in any particular tone, just somewhat loud. She yelled this as she leaned on the balcony and tapped her fingers on the edge. I went inside and Joan was on the computer and I chuckled and said, "I think some old woman lost her dog or something..she's yelling for Socorro..." "What?" Joan asked, "Where?" "Oh, uh...outside on her balcony" "He rushed to our terrace, the woman had stopped and was making her way back inside. "What's going on Joan?" "Socorro means help" he said. "Oh."

We watched the old woman sit down in her chair. No other lights were on in the house at the time. Then, a small window lit up in what looked to be a kitchen. The older man then came into the older womans room, opened the door to the balcony and let out the poodle. He didn't act as if anything was wrong, just looked up at us on our balcony,called for the dog and went back inside.

What just happend? Is she senile? Are the well dressed man and woman holding an old woman hostage for her fortune? Did they kidnap her because they wanted a grandmother?

I'll never know.

However, I'm glad I learned the word for help today.