Another one for the "You Can't Make This Up" file

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Today, on Nextdoor, in my community    It was accompanied by a close-up photo of the described items, clearly showing the poster was trespassing on the neighbor's property.  


"Strange drop off. Just watched a car pull up to a neighbors house and leave a blue plastic bag under one of their bushes. Inside was a coconut filled with some kind of slime, headband wrapped around it and a cigar attached. Any idea what this is?"

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And one of the better replies, better being used VERY loosely!

"We have found vodon paper curses in the yard and fabric strips tied onto the small trees near the concrete "bunkers" on Bellaire. All some sort of alternative curse relgions."

[Artemis Windsong]

Wow that sounds like a fringe religion. Maybe voodoo.

Stranger yet, you looked at it.

Edit:  Photo on neighbors property.  Were they selling the neighbors stuff?

[NancysSummerSip]

Crap. When I saw the header on this post, I thought that our beloved TLoony was back for a visit. Well, darn.

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Sorry, no Tloony.  Just a person two blocks over from me.  Which is why I have motion detector cameras.  Not for the bad guys, just for the neighbors.  This is apparently a middle-age'ish neighbor based on her profile photo.  She just posted this "The scary part was the coconut shell looked like a small baby skull and that is what scared me the most. We have had people leave animal carcasses and bags of fish bones from hunting trips. But with the state of the world, we can’t be too surprised by what we find when we are dealing with humans sadly."

For a frame of reference, we've lived two block away from the OP's address for 25 years and have had zero animals carcasses and fish bones.  Yes, mattresses and other furniture tossed off the back of a truck at 4 a.m. by a former neighbor because he blames us for his eviction from the house next door.  Which we were responsible for after his drug-fueled insanity burned down our fence and almost our house, and his harboring of a convicted child sex-offender, crossed a line with me.  

If this woman has found animal carcasses and fish bones in her yard, she has a problem with her neighbors.  Or her medications.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Out Nextdoor is f#$&8ng crazy.  I only go into read it if I need to exercise my eyeball rolling.  

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And, for the record, I miss TLoony 

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Hmmm..... DBF wants me to stay off the Nextdoor app for our neighborhood because he thinks it will make me worry. There are a lot of posts about cars being broken into, and intruders, but those aren’t actually in our neighborhood, but in nearby neighborhoods in the same suburb.

People in our neighborhood post about critters, the kinds that have them warning people not to leave their cats or small dogs outside alone. And snakes, poisonous and non poisonous, and poisonous spiders. And those posts do creep me out lol. Ours is a pretty big neighborhood and people are also upset about people speeding on the main roads that run through the neighborhood.

Someone in one of the other neighborhoods did post a picture their Ring camera caught of someone on their front porch. The next morning, they said they found an Ace of Spades on their porch. Which apparently is some kind of threat or warning. But I would think something like that wouldn’t be random, it’s something intended for a specific someone, for a specific reason. But that’s just me guessing.

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Jun 13, 2020 20:18:05 GMT -5 @pinkcshmere said:

Hmmm..... DBF wants me to stay off the Nextdoor app for our neighborhood because he thinks it will make me worry. There are a lot of posts about cars being broken into, and intruders, but those aren’t actually in our neighborhood, but in nearby neighborhoods in the same suburb.

People in our neighborhood post about critters, the kinds that have them warning people not to leave their cats or small dogs outside alone. And snakes, poisonous and non poisonous, and poisonous spiders. And those posts do creep me out lol. Ours is a pretty big neighborhood and people are also upset about people speeding on the main roads that run through the neighborhood.

Someone in one of the other neighborhoods did post a picture their Ring camera caught of someone on their front porch. The next morning, they said they found an Ace of Spades on their porch. Which apparently is some kind of threat or warning. But I would think something like that wouldn’t be random, it’s something intended for a specific someone, for a specific reason. But that’s just me guessing.

Yeah, that's part of the problem here.  My subdivision has over 6800 homes so sure we have crime, but most of the zip-code based reports are from the multi-family apartments around us.  And, sadly, within our subdivision, most of the extremely rare violent crimes are family-related, aka one family member going after another whether it's rape, assault, murder, etc.  But that is anecdotal which I can't share publicly. Our #1 problem is theft from unsecured homes and vehicles, open garages and unlocked cars.  Surprise, if you leave your garage door open, your mountain bike will vanish.  Ditto your lawn mower/edger/blower on your front lawn when you go inside to pee or get a glass of ice tea.  And probably the rims off your high-end pickup truck in the driveway.  I don't like it, but it's the price we pay for living in a huge city. 

On the critter side of things, we have hawks, owls, and coyotes.  Cats and small dogs are definitely at risk even during the daylight hours.  Folks, including the amazing people working with TNR colonies of feral cats, add to the problem by feeding outdoors.  Feed a feral cat, draw an owl or coyote-it's that simple although sad.  

[Tennesseer]

Jun 13, 2020 20:18:05 GMT -5 @pinkcshmere said:

Hmmm..... DBF wants me to stay off the Nextdoor app for our neighborhood because he thinks it will make me worry. There are a lot of posts about cars being broken into, and intruders, but those aren’t actually in our neighborhood, but in nearby neighborhoods in the same suburb.

People in our neighborhood post about critters, the kinds that have them warning people not to leave their cats or small dogs outside alone. And snakes, poisonous and non poisonous, and poisonous spiders. And those posts do creep me out lol. Ours is a pretty big neighborhood and people are also upset about people speeding on the main roads that run through the neighborhood.

Someone in one of the other neighborhoods did post a picture their Ring camera caught of someone on their front porch. The next morning, they said they found an Ace of Spades on their porch. Which apparently is some kind of threat or warning. But I would think something like that wouldn’t be random, it’s something intended for a specific someone, for a specific reason. But that’s just me guessing.

Some interesting posts in the Memphis Nextdoor.

[NastyWoman]

Jun 13, 2020 20:06:50 GMT -5 @donethat said:

And, for the record, I miss TLoony 

I truly miss she who shall not be named. After 3 months of varying degrees of SIP (pretty darn  strict here. Other places less so) we need her to throw a complicated financial problem at us. Then we can come up with 79,833 solutions which will all be rejected for highly entertaining reasons 

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We don't have much for snakes here in the 'hood except for the occasional garter snake and the occasional ball python released by a stupid owner.  All of which the private security patrol brings to me and I turn over to the local snake rescuer.  He releases native snakes into surrounding wild areas and finds good homes for non-natives like pythons.  Serving on our HOA board means hands-on with whatever comes our way.  Last night one of our security officers found a dog abandoned at a rental house when the tenant moved.  I spent a few hours coordinating with local rescuers to insure the pup was seen by a vet and adequately housed.  I'm not saying that for a thank-you; we are a very animal-friendly neighborhood. Most of us on the Board have animal crates and cages to loan for the rescues that inevitably happen, whether it's poultry, reptile or whatever.  

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Jun 13, 2020 20:42:10 GMT -5 @donethat said:

Jun 13, 2020 20:18:05 GMT -5 @pinkcshmere said:

Hmmm..... DBF wants me to stay off the Nextdoor app for our neighborhood because he thinks it will make me worry. There are a lot of posts about cars being broken into, and intruders, but those aren’t actually in our neighborhood, but in nearby neighborhoods in the same suburb.

People in our neighborhood post about critters, the kinds that have them warning people not to leave their cats or small dogs outside alone. And snakes, poisonous and non poisonous, and poisonous spiders. And those posts do creep me out lol. Ours is a pretty big neighborhood and people are also upset about people speeding on the main roads that run through the neighborhood.

Someone in one of the other neighborhoods did post a picture their Ring camera caught of someone on their front porch. The next morning, they said they found an Ace of Spades on their porch. Which apparently is some kind of threat or warning. But I would think something like that wouldn’t be random, it’s something intended for a specific someone, for a specific reason. But that’s just me guessing.

Yeah, that's part of the problem here.  My subdivision has over 6800 homes so sure we have crime, but most of the zip-code based reports are from the multi-family apartments around us.  And, sadly, within our subdivision, most of the extremely rare violent crimes are family-related, aka one family member going after another whether it's rape, assault, murder, etc.  But that is anecdotal which I can't share publicly. Our #1 problem is theft from unsecured homes and vehicles, open garages and unlocked cars.  Surprise, if you leave your garage door open, your mountain bike will vanish.  Ditto your lawn mower/edger/blower on your front lawn when you go inside to pee or get a glass of ice tea.  And probably the rims off your high-end pickup truck in the driveway.  I don't like it, but it's the price we pay for living in a huge city. 

On the critter side of things, we have hawks, owls, and coyotes.  Cats and small dogs are definitely at risk even during the daylight hours.  Folks, including the amazing people working with TNR colonies of feral cats, add to the problem by feeding outdoors.  Feed a feral cat, draw an owl or coyote-it's that simple although sad.  

DBF doesn’t seem to understand why I close the garage door when he’s mowing the yard and moves from the front yard to the back, where he can’t see the garage. Or why I insist that neither of the cars that are programmed to open the garage door sits in the driveway without manually locking the garage door. His old car lives in the driveway, but it’s not programmed to open the garage door.

And lawd ha’mercy if someone stole one of our bikes. He has 1, I have 2. All are Treks, so not inexpensive. Not only am I kind of emotionally attached to my bikes (don’t laugh!) but my road bike cost over $2k. I’d have a meltdown if someone stole one of my bikes.

I think I’m probably more cautious because I’m a woman and lived on my own in the city with my kids for over 20 years before I met him. I wasn’t exactly paranoid, I felt like my house was in a decently safe area, but I also believed in not inviting trouble. I feel like the quiet little cove I live in now is reasonably safe, but I don’t want to make things easy for anyone that’s up to no good. 

The same critters you mentioned are in my neighborhood. Luckily, DBF’s dog is medium size and raises a fuss if she sees or smells anything unusual, so we do let her outside by herself.

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Jun 13, 2020 20:45:59 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jun 13, 2020 20:18:05 GMT -5 @pinkcshmere said:

Hmmm..... DBF wants me to stay off the Nextdoor app for our neighborhood because he thinks it will make me worry. There are a lot of posts about cars being broken into, and intruders, but those aren’t actually in our neighborhood, but in nearby neighborhoods in the same suburb.

People in our neighborhood post about critters, the kinds that have them warning people not to leave their cats or small dogs outside alone. And snakes, poisonous and non poisonous, and poisonous spiders. And those posts do creep me out lol. Ours is a pretty big neighborhood and people are also upset about people speeding on the main roads that run through the neighborhood.

Someone in one of the other neighborhoods did post a picture their Ring camera caught of someone on their front porch. The next morning, they said they found an Ace of Spades on their porch. Which apparently is some kind of threat or warning. But I would think something like that wouldn’t be random, it’s something intended for a specific someone, for a specific reason. But that’s just me guessing.

Some interesting posts in the Memphis Nextdoor.

I bet. I never used Nextdoor when I lived in the city limits. Probably a good thing, just watching the news was more than enough.

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Jun 13, 2020 21:29:16 GMT -5 @pinkcshmere said:

Jun 13, 2020 20:42:10 GMT -5 @donethat said:

Yeah, that's part of the problem here.  My subdivision has over 6800 homes so sure we have crime, but most of the zip-code based reports are from the multi-family apartments around us.  And, sadly, within our subdivision, most of the extremely rare violent crimes are family-related, aka one family member going after another whether it's rape, assault, murder, etc.  But that is anecdotal which I can't share publicly. Our #1 problem is theft from unsecured homes and vehicles, open garages and unlocked cars.  Surprise, if you leave your garage door open, your mountain bike will vanish.  Ditto your lawn mower/edger/blower on your front lawn when you go inside to pee or get a glass of ice tea.  And probably the rims off your high-end pickup truck in the driveway.  I don't like it, but it's the price we pay for living in a huge city. 

On the critter side of things, we have hawks, owls, and coyotes.  Cats and small dogs are definitely at risk even during the daylight hours.  Folks, including the amazing people working with TNR colonies of feral cats, add to the problem by feeding outdoors.  Feed a feral cat, draw an owl or coyote-it's that simple although sad.  

DBF doesn’t seem to understand why I close the garage door when he’s mowing the yard and moves from the front yard to the back, where he can’t see the garage. Or why I insist that neither of the cars that are programmed to open the garage door sits in the driveway without manually locking the garage door. His old car lives in the driveway, but it’s not programmed to open the garage door.

And lawd ha’mercy if someone stole one of our bikes. He has 1, I have 2. All are Treks, so not inexpensive. Not only am I kind of emotionally attached to my bikes (don’t laugh!) but my road bike cost over $2k. I’d have a meltdown if someone stole one of my bikes.

I think I’m probably more cautious because I’m a woman and lived on my own in the city with my kids for over 20 years before I met him. I wasn’t exactly paranoid, I felt like my house was in a decently safe area, but I also believed in not inviting trouble. I feel like the quiet little cove I live in now is reasonably safe, but I don’t want to make things easy for anyone that’s up to no good. 

The same critters you mentioned are in my neighborhood. Luckily, DBF’s dog is medium size and raises a fuss if she sees or smells anything unusual, so we do let her outside by herself.

Your approach aka "I don't want to make thing easy for any that's up to no good" is exactly what I do.  I recognize I don't live in Mayberry, so no garage door opener in the car in the driveway.  Is that inconvenient?  Sure, but a lot less inconvenient than a burglary when someone gets the clicker from the car, opens the garage door and BINGO, is in the house.  I've lived in small towns with rattlesnakes on the porch and in big cities with 2 and 4-legged critters.  For me, the big city is the right choice.  Either way you have to be smart about the risks and enjoy the rewards.  

[GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl]

Jun 13, 2020 20:42:10 GMT -5 @donethat said:

Jun 13, 2020 20:18:05 GMT -5 @pinkcshmere said:

Hmmm..... DBF wants me to stay off the Nextdoor app for our neighborhood because he thinks it will make me worry. There are a lot of posts about cars being broken into, and intruders, but those aren’t actually in our neighborhood, but in nearby neighborhoods in the same suburb.

People in our neighborhood post about critters, the kinds that have them warning people not to leave their cats or small dogs outside alone. And snakes, poisonous and non poisonous, and poisonous spiders. And those posts do creep me out lol. Ours is a pretty big neighborhood and people are also upset about people speeding on the main roads that run through the neighborhood.

Someone in one of the other neighborhoods did post a picture their Ring camera caught of someone on their front porch. The next morning, they said they found an Ace of Spades on their porch. Which apparently is some kind of threat or warning. But I would think something like that wouldn’t be random, it’s something intended for a specific someone, for a specific reason. But that’s just me guessing.

Yeah, that's part of the problem here.  My subdivision has over 6800 homes so sure we have crime, but most of the zip-code based reports are from the multi-family apartments around us.  And, sadly, within our subdivision, most of the extremely rare violent crimes are family-related, aka one family member going after another whether it's rape, assault, murder, etc.  But that is anecdotal which I can't share publicly. Our #1 problem is theft from unsecured homes and vehicles, open garages and unlocked cars.  Surprise, if you leave your garage door open, your mountain bike will vanish.  Ditto your lawn mower/edger/blower on your front lawn when you go inside to pee or get a glass of ice tea.  And probably the rims off your high-end pickup truck in the driveway.  I don't like it, but it's the price we pay for living in a huge city. 

On the critter side of things, we have hawks, owls, and coyotes.  Cats and small dogs are definitely at risk even during the daylight hours.  Folks, including the amazing people working with TNR colonies of feral cats, add to the problem by feeding outdoors.  Feed a feral cat, draw an owl or coyote-it's that simple although sad.  

I cannot imagine a SUBDIVISION with 6,800 homes. Yowza!!

[countrygirl2]

We don't have any neighbors. And we seldom lock the doors. Hubs does want me to close the garage door, especially if I'm gone, he said its just an invitation.  I generally lock the house door at night, but sometimes forget.  I try to shut the garage door if I'm gone as DD might be here and would not want someone to come in on her. We don't have much crime here, other then some petty stuff. Seems like the same people are always complaining. Likely someone that knows them and has a drug problem, that's pretty common.

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Jun 13, 2020 22:01:33 GMT -5 GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl said:

Jun 13, 2020 20:42:10 GMT -5 @donethat said:

Yeah, that's part of the problem here.  My subdivision has over 6800 homes so sure we have crime, but most of the zip-code based reports are from the multi-family apartments around us.  And, sadly, within our subdivision, most of the extremely rare violent crimes are family-related, aka one family member going after another whether it's rape, assault, murder, etc.  But that is anecdotal which I can't share publicly. Our #1 problem is theft from unsecured homes and vehicles, open garages and unlocked cars.  Surprise, if you leave your garage door open, your mountain bike will vanish.  Ditto your lawn mower/edger/blower on your front lawn when you go inside to pee or get a glass of ice tea.  And probably the rims off your high-end pickup truck in the driveway.  I don't like it, but it's the price we pay for living in a huge city. 

On the critter side of things, we have hawks, owls, and coyotes.  Cats and small dogs are definitely at risk even during the daylight hours.  Folks, including the amazing people working with TNR colonies of feral cats, add to the problem by feeding outdoors.  Feed a feral cat, draw an owl or coyote-it's that simple although sad.  

I cannot imagine a SUBDIVISION with 6,800 homes. Yowza!!

Yes we are huge.  Two zip codes, three police command centers, approximately 25,000 residents speaking some 40 languages.  Most days I wouldn't trade it for the world; some days I'm ready to run.  This is why serving on our HOA board is sort of like serving on a city council in many areas, but without pay.  

[TheOtherMe]

My small town is about 2000 people!  We have a City Council and one police officer.  

I would imagine being on the HOA Board is a lot of work.

[stillmovingforward]

My town is smaller then DS1's first apartment complex. About 800 people. We can't even get mail delivered!

[TheOtherMe]

I only get mail delivery, rather than a PO box, because my subdivision used to be on a rural route and the USPS kept it that way when the houses were built.

[Lizard Queen]

My city is only 4000 people, but that is in one square mile between other cities. My mailing address uses the bigger of those 2 cities names.

And we have a city council that pays it's members something like $50 per meeting, and a very small police department that harasses people for exceeding the 25 mph speed limit.

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Jun 15, 2020 6:26:19 GMT -5 TheOtherMe said:

I only get mail delivery, rather than a PO box, because my subdivision used to be on a rural route and the USPS kept it that way when the houses were built.

We are a route that our mail carriers HATE because it's individual mailboxes, one per house, with miles of walking.  Plus a ton of bites from loose dogs.  

[TheOtherMe]

Since I am on the rural route, we have shared mailboxes.  Ours has two sets of 16 locking mail boxes.  Luckily for me, it's just across the street from my house.

[Lizard Queen]

Our mailboxes are right on our houses next to the front door. I love it-- I'm so lazy! 😆

[tskeeter]

Jun 13, 2020 21:29:16 GMT -5 @pinkcshmere said:

Jun 13, 2020 20:42:10 GMT -5 @donethat said:

Yeah, that's part of the problem here.  My subdivision has over 6800 homes so sure we have crime, but most of the zip-code based reports are from the multi-family apartments around us.  And, sadly, within our subdivision, most of the extremely rare violent crimes are family-related, aka one family member going after another whether it's rape, assault, murder, etc.  But that is anecdotal which I can't share publicly. Our #1 problem is theft from unsecured homes and vehicles, open garages and unlocked cars.  Surprise, if you leave your garage door open, your mountain bike will vanish.  Ditto your lawn mower/edger/blower on your front lawn when you go inside to pee or get a glass of ice tea.  And probably the rims off your high-end pickup truck in the driveway.  I don't like it, but it's the price we pay for living in a huge city. 

On the critter side of things, we have hawks, owls, and coyotes.  Cats and small dogs are definitely at risk even during the daylight hours.  Folks, including the amazing people working with TNR colonies of feral cats, add to the problem by feeding outdoors.  Feed a feral cat, draw an owl or coyote-it's that simple although sad.  

DBF doesn’t seem to understand why I close the garage door when he’s mowing the yard and moves from the front yard to the back, where he can’t see the garage. Or why I insist that neither of the cars that are programmed to open the garage door sits in the driveway without manually locking the garage door. His old car lives in the driveway, but it’s not programmed to open the garage door.

And lawd ha’mercy if someone stole one of our bikes. He has 1, I have 2. All are Treks, so not inexpensive. Not only am I kind of emotionally attached to my bikes (don’t laugh!) but my road bike cost over $2k. I’d have a meltdown if someone stole one of my bikes.

I think I’m probably more cautious because I’m a woman and lived on my own in the city with my kids for over 20 years before I met him. I wasn’t exactly paranoid, I felt like my house was in a decently safe area, but I also believed in not inviting trouble. I feel like the quiet little cove I live in now is reasonably safe, but I don’t want to make things easy for anyone that’s up to no good. 

The same critters you mentioned are in my neighborhood. Luckily, DBF’s dog is medium size and raises a fuss if she sees or smells anything unusual, so we do let her outside by herself.

Good practices, Pink.

Why leave the garage door open and advertise that you’ve got a garage full of stuff worth stealing?

Very good point about the controllers for the garage door.  For one of our neighbors, the ability to open the garage door from a car parked in the driveway almost cost then their lives.  The door opener facilitated a burglary of the garage and an arson fire set by a pyromaniac member of the burglary crew.  Only ammunition exploding in the garage woke the neighbors before they were overcome by smoke.  According to the fire investigator, a few minutes delay would have been fatal.

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Jun 16, 2020 11:40:49 GMT -5 tskeeter said:

Jun 13, 2020 21:29:16 GMT -5 @pinkcshmere said:

DBF doesn’t seem to understand why I close the garage door when he’s mowing the yard and moves from the front yard to the back, where he can’t see the garage. Or why I insist that neither of the cars that are programmed to open the garage door sits in the driveway without manually locking the garage door. His old car lives in the driveway, but it’s not programmed to open the garage door.

And lawd ha’mercy if someone stole one of our bikes. He has 1, I have 2. All are Treks, so not inexpensive. Not only am I kind of emotionally attached to my bikes (don’t laugh!) but my road bike cost over $2k. I’d have a meltdown if someone stole one of my bikes.

I think I’m probably more cautious because I’m a woman and lived on my own in the city with my kids for over 20 years before I met him. I wasn’t exactly paranoid, I felt like my house was in a decently safe area, but I also believed in not inviting trouble. I feel like the quiet little cove I live in now is reasonably safe, but I don’t want to make things easy for anyone that’s up to no good. 

The same critters you mentioned are in my neighborhood. Luckily, DBF’s dog is medium size and raises a fuss if she sees or smells anything unusual, so we do let her outside by herself.

Good practices, Pink.

Why leave the garage door open and advertise that you’ve got a garage full of stuff worth stealing?

Very good point about the controllers for the garage door.  For one of our neighbors, the ability to open the garage door from a car parked in the driveway almost cost then their lives.  The door opener facilitated a burglary of the garage and an arson fire set by a pyromaniac member of the burglary crew.  Only ammunition exploding in the garage woke the neighbors before they were overcome by smoke.  According to the fire investigator, a few minutes delay would have been fatal.

Oh no, that’s horrible. I’m glad your neighbors were able to get out safely.

To be fair to DBF, he may not be as concerned about the garage door being up because you can’t see it from the street, and we live in a cove, so you have to come all the way down our driveway to be able to see it. But in my mind, there’s always the possibility that someone would be that bold. I admit to being somewhat of a worry wart.