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Shady dude walking through the yard next door

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flot

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Here's my oddball story of the night.

There has been this cat that keeps showing up in my carport, sleeping in my jeep, crapping in my yard, crapping on my jeep, etc. So tonight I happened to be in and out of my back door a few times and saw the cat every time.

So I decided to do a little cat stakeout. I turned my garden hose on full blast and was standing out in my backyard in the dark waiting for the thing to walk by so I could get some revenge.

As I'm standing there, this shady looking bald dude starts walking through the yard of the house next to mine. :Q I ducked behind the corner of my house and he didn't seem to see me, he kept walking towards the back of their yard... so I opened the back door and under my breath started whisper-yelling for the dog... (the dog knows that people outside who aren't in cars = bad people, lol) The dog comes trotting out, makes it halfway through the yard, sees the dude and just starts barking up a storm.

So the whole time I'm playing it like I just let the dog out to take a leak, so I start yelling for her to stop barking, etc, but eventually go out there and sort of peer over, don't see anyone over there....

So, actually pondered what to do for a while, but eventually got fed up with myself and called the police, they came out, wandered through his yard a bit, didn't find anything, left.

So I guess the moral of the story is - I didn't post on ATOT, I actually did the right thing first and THEN posted on ATOT. 🙂

 
Well, the thing I was REALLY wrestling with was whether I should just hose the guy down or not. The problem is, the house next door is vacant and for rent - but every few days I'll see someone there working on the house or whatnot, but there is NEVER a car in the driveway. As far as I know, maybe it's the owners son or something who is there just working on the place. (not the case, apparently)

Anyway, I'm standing there, in my pajamas, loaded garden hose in hand, and I'm like... CRAP... this is not the situation I was expecting...
 
Originally posted by: notfred
You sound like a huge pussy. Hiding in your own backyard because a neighbor/homeless guy/whatever might see you?
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Coulda been a burglar with a gun
 
Originally posted by: notfred
You sound like a huge pussy. Hiding in your own backyard because a neighbor/homeless guy/whatever might see you?
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1) Not a huge pussy, but thanks for the vote of confidence

2) It's 11:30 at night, and I'm standing in the dark wearing flannel pants and holding a hose. What exactly would you like me to do? I also have motion lights in MY yard, but nothing in theirs, so it's a little awkward. (there are lots of trees/plants and a fence seperating us but you can see through in certain spots)

3) Most of my problem was that I didn't KNOW who I was dealing with, except that the dude looked kind of like the bad guy from The Mummy. So I let the dog out - figured if it was a new neighbor or something they'd react in some sort of neighborly way, even if it was to tell the dog to shut up. As it was, the dog went berzerk but I didn't hear *anything* from the yard next door - which was odd, because the dog _kept_ looking over and barking.
 
This is why people carry guns on them ALL the time.
Yes, I've talked to people who SHOWER with a pistol within arms reach. You never know WHEN your going to need it.
granted, you didnt need one tonight, but you may have.

Anyways, you did good by getting the dog anyways. Should have done a sneek n peek over and watched what he was up to after quietly phoning the police. When you say vacant, you mean no one lives there? Might want to let the owner of the house know about the trespassing, they may put up motion lights.
 
Originally posted by: Specop 007
granted, you didnt need one tonight, but you may have.

Anyways, you did good by getting the dog anyways. Should have done a sneek n peek over and watched what he was up to after quietly phoning the police. When you say vacant, you mean no one lives there? Might want to let the owner of the house know about the trespassing, they may put up motion lights.
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If I owned a gun I'd probably shoot a lot more people than would be good for me. I actually let the dog out the back then ran to the front window to see if somebody was taking off down the street or anything, but no sign of him.

The house was sold about 3 weeks ago, and now has a big for rent sign in the front yard... will definitely call them tomorrow am and tell them what's up. Their yard is fenced and gated, but by the time the police arrived, both the gate on my side and the gate on the opposite side were swinging wide open. I've been working from 9am->7pm for the last 2 weeks, so it would have been entirely possible that someone had moved in and I just didn't know about it... but after looking around their yard / in their windows, no sign of anyone actually living there.
 
Originally posted by: Nitemare
Originally posted by: Amol1
Originally posted by: notfred
You sound like a huge pussy. Hiding in your own backyard because a neighbor/homeless guy/whatever might see you?
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Coulda been a burglar with a gun
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Or Syringer with a spider
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Oh Jeezers Give it a Fing break will ya??? Enough with the spider crap its is overly repetitive and dead. The horse is friggin dead get a clue.
 
Originally posted by: gutharius
Originally posted by: Nitemare
Originally posted by: Amol1
Originally posted by: notfred
You sound like a huge pussy. Hiding in your own backyard because a neighbor/homeless guy/whatever might see you?
Click to expand...

Coulda been a burglar with a gun
Click to expand...

Or Syringer with a spider
Click to expand...

Oh Jeezers Give it a Fing break will ya??? Enough with the spider crap its is overly repetitive and dead. The horse is friggin dead get a clue.
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Hell no
 
Originally posted by: gutharius
Originally posted by: Nitemare
Originally posted by: Amol1
Originally posted by: notfred
You sound like a huge pussy. Hiding in your own backyard because a neighbor/homeless guy/whatever might see you?
Click to expand...

Coulda been a burglar with a gun
Click to expand...

Or Syringer with a spider
Click to expand...

Oh Jeezers Give it a Fing break will ya??? Enough with the spider crap its is overly repetitive and dead. The horse is friggin dead get a clue.
Click to expand...

You have to make sure the horse STAYS dead though, so its important to kick it about 5 times a day......
 
Originally posted by: flot
Originally posted by: notfred
You sound like a huge pussy. Hiding in your own backyard because a neighbor/homeless guy/whatever might see you?
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1) Not a huge pussy, but thanks for the vote of confidence

2) It's 11:30 at night, and I'm standing in the dark wearing flannel pants and holding a hose. What exactly would you like me to do? I also have motion lights in MY yard, but nothing in theirs, so it's a little awkward. (there are lots of trees/plants and a fence seperating us but you can see through in certain spots)

3) Most of my problem was that I didn't KNOW who I was dealing with, except that the dude looked kind of like the bad guy from The Mummy. So I let the dog out - figured if it was a new neighbor or something they'd react in some sort of neighborly way, even if it was to tell the dog to shut up. As it was, the dog went berzerk but I didn't hear *anything* from the yard next door - which was odd, because the dog _kept_ looking over and barking.
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You did the right thing. Congrats. You should let the owners of the house know someone was trying to house squat. It will save them lots of agony trying to evict the person legally.
 
Originally posted by: Specop 007
Originally posted by: gutharius
Oh Jeezers Give it a Fing break will ya??? Enough with the spider crap its is overly repetitive and dead. The horse is friggin dead get a clue.
Click to expand...

You have to make sure the horse STAYS dead though, so its important to kick it about 5 times a day......
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:disgust:
 
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