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Found a phone in my garden - isolated property - shit scared

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ScarredBunny · 24/04/2020 19:12

Name changed for this - Sorry if this seem trivial, I know people are dealing with far bigger things at the moment.

I found a phone lying on the ground, about 5 yards from my house.

We live in an isolated property about a mile away from the first road. We have not have any visitors , maintenance people for many weeks (obviously). Delivery drivers, yes, but they would not have any reason to go to this part of the garden/couldn't access it during daytime without us seeing something.
At first I assumed it belonged to one of us, but no! Confused
Phoned the police, have a ref./case number, etc. but they're busy and will get back to us when they can.
The police said to take the phone indoors and wait for their call/visit.

I am worried that the next visit is going to be from whomever the phone belongs to.
The phone is dead as a dodo but I assume it still can be found?

What should do?

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JKScot4 · 28/04/2020 22:00

@DanFmDorking
Could there be one with a long winding road with the garden at end or a gsd at end of the road?

DanFmDorking · 28/04/2020 21:58
  • sigh -
Actually that's a good idea
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justilou1 · 28/04/2020 21:58

I think we need a t-shirt with big, tough-guy bunnies with scars and tatts and some piercings as well. Matching tea towels. Ooooh and mugs and snow globes. Love snow globes.

Branster · 28/04/2020 21:49

DanFmDorking it’s got to be a phone cover

JKScot4 · 28/04/2020 21:47

@DanFmDorking
*scarred bunny’s garden & tearoom

DanFmDorking · 28/04/2020 21:36

I'd like to submit this design Smile
Do I get commission?

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Branster · 28/04/2020 21:35

I cannot believe how gripped I’ve been by this thread. Just read all of it and, in parts, is very amusing.
OP I would have been scared on finding an unknown phone like this.
However, you will take care of security lights, alarms, the lot. So if it was a potential burglar, you’ll be much better protected. So a useful warning all around.
We had a break in through the garden which served as a serious warning in terms of security and we were very lucky to learn it that way without serious consequences. The dog was the one that raised the alarm. We did improve the security afterwards and feel much safer now.
Are there many burglaries nowadays, seeing that most people are at home all the time because of the lockdown?
I second the foxes idea. I saw them come right up to the garden door looking in to the house so they can be quite brave. Every now and then I see a pair of eyes in the dark on a wall, and I still get scared but that’s always been a fox. They once took flip flops I forgot in the garden overnight into my neighbour’s garden- they would have had to climb over the walls to get out., DH’s walking boots sometimes are strewn around if we forget to close the garage door before it gets dark, regularly moving my dog’s toys. So they do get up to a lot.
An inverted story here, a visitor to our house mislaid/lost her phone very late in the evening in our garden. Didn’t realise until next morning. Nobody took it, we looked everywhere for a whole week, turned absolutely everything over, checked the outside perimeter, if it was still there, we would have found the phone. We even looked in the house although it could not have been in the house. Only conclusion was that a fox found it over night and took it away. No proof but no other possible explanation.
I love your lilac tree!

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ScarredBunny · 28/04/2020 21:21

P E R F E C T ! @JKScot4 You're a marketing genius too.
I'll start with the teeshirt, there are websites for that Grin
If this take off I'll buy some garden furniture, and chain it down of course.

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JKScot4 · 28/04/2020 21:04

Don’t forget the tea towels, possibly with a print of a phone/GSD/ police car on them 😉

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ScarredBunny · 28/04/2020 21:01

@SirVixofVixHall - severe pruning, my specialty, last Summer; never seen this strong before. I prefer white lilac but I'll put up with this one!

@LilacTree1 - You're welcome.

@AppleJane - Thank you for saying that Flowers It's been quite surreal at times, right?
Yep onwards and upwards Grin

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ScarredBunny · 28/04/2020 20:52

@GnomeDePlume - I love it all! It's genius.
The compact & bijou holiday cottage will wash its own face from day one; the suckers, I mean, guests will be the security!
So, it's a yes to merch?
You do have an eye for business, you must be doing ever so well in life.

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AppleJane · 28/04/2020 20:47

I've just read the whole thread - some replies on here are even more bizarre than finding a phone in your remote garden.

OP you've got this!

Regardless of why it happened, hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Lights, CCTV, beautiful new dog, whatever it takes to get your mojo back Thanks

LilacTree1 · 28/04/2020 20:42

Thanks for the pic OP!

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ScarredBunny · 28/04/2020 20:38

@Summerofloaf - Grin I don't know what you are picturing but it's not exactly the grounds of Blenheim Palace; you can't actually take a drive through the garden! Grin there's a gate at one end a gate at the other end. They drove from one gate to the other and turned back. Kicking myself now for not charging admission!Grin

Ya'll gave me an idea for a themed tour:
--- 'Hello and welcome to ScarredBunny Den! Please step in and watch your step, as you'll find many ScarredBunnies' shoes scattered along our route;
Imagine what these ancient walls have seen and with me, wonder: what the bloody point of that is, if can't tell us?
Let's proceed to the very spot where it all began, one fine morning, in the Spring of 2020...'

Should I have merchandise?Hmm

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SirVixofVixHall · 28/04/2020 20:20

How lovely ! What an amazing colour.

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ScarredBunny · 28/04/2020 19:44

@Lilac tree - A little bit of countryside for you

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GnomeDePlume · 28/04/2020 19:35

You are so missing a trick here:

  • artisinal tea room (salmon paste, stale bread and ropey old jam)
  • gift shop (tea towels & tea cosies from the back of the cupboard under the stairs)
  • compact & bijou holiday cottage (shed)
  • ghost (local phone dropping ne'er do well)

You'll soon be on the tourist trail

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ScarredBunny · 28/04/2020 17:29

@BMW6 - YES! GrinGrinGrin I like that!

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BMW6 · 28/04/2020 17:26

You could try setting up a picnic table and guiding your visitors to your gift shop (any random tat you want shot of) and national truss artisanal tea rooms (stale bread and old jars of jam with the labels torn off).

LOL

Or if you really don't want the bother get a sign made and put up prominently at your garden entrance

"Entrance £20 per car, £10 per person, children free"

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ScarredBunny · 28/04/2020 17:19

@GnomeDePlume GrinGrinGrin Absolutely brilliant!!!

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ScreamingKid · 28/04/2020 16:54

How old are your DCS? Could they have had a late night visitor you didn't know about?

Summerofloaf · 28/04/2020 14:40

drive up very slowly through the garden,

You can drive through your garden?!?! Fml Envy

SirVixofVixHall · 28/04/2020 14:00

Yes I agree OP. We know some people who moved here (rural Wales) and then were outraged that a local farmer came and told them off for setting up a rope swing for their children on her land. She told them it was her land and garden, they seemed baffled and annoyed, as to them It was somehow public space !

LilacTree1 · 28/04/2020 13:12

I can imagine there's a lot more people drifting around because there's nothing to do. I myself would kill for a countryside walk but no car so can't get there.

GnomeDePlume · 28/04/2020 13:04

Them: 'Oh no, thank you, we're just having a look around'

You could try setting up a picnic table and guiding your visitors to your gift shop (any random tat you want shot of) and national truss artisanal tea rooms (stale bread and old jars of jam with the labels torn off).