A man just walked into my house...

[luciapenguin]

I was upstairs, and went to open the window when I see a man walking out of my house (out of my front garden). I watched him from the window and he didn't go into anyone else's house, and left our street.

I thought it was really odd as he wasn't a Royal Mail postman or anything, but I went downstairs to check whether he had put anything through our letterbox. Nothing there. I opened the door to see if anything he had put in the letterbox had fallen out- again, nothing.

Can anyone think of a logical explanation (I have anxiety) or is this really dodgy?

jingling she didn't just leave the thread - she left under a mysterious name change too - quite the swishy cloak and puff of smoke affair

We have had a lot of reports of Van's driving around and taking stuff from peoples gardens etc,possibly looking for scrap metal

Thought you were going to say actually in the house. About 2 weeks before my daughter was born a man walked in through our back door at about midnight and wandered into our lounge. DH was sat on the sofa watching TV and went ballistic. Apparently the youngish bloke's excuse was that he forgot he didn't live there anymore (he appeared drunk). Suspicious as hell considering our 6ft back gate was locked and he had to jump it to get into our back garden. DH told him if he didn't leave immediately he'd be calling the police. He left quite quickly. Wouldn't be worried half as much if it was just the front garden.

Whole packet of.

Entirely suitable thread for Classics IMHO.

asdou

Crystal clear! Lol - thank you.
Will be having words with DD!

My theory.... your elderly grandparents you live with had a secret child and the child’s grandson found out where his biological grandparents or great grandparents depending on your and your grandparents age live and decided to go see them but before he could knock he got cold feet and decided to leave instead!!!

Opportunist thief who tried the front door and found it locked so went on to the next street.

Lydja lol that was my thoughts as well perhaps it was because I have been watching long list family

Long lost doh

I had this happen once - but very boringly it was a man from the council checking that our drains complied with new regulations!

Just remembered another. Was staying at my sisters basement flat with a friend a few years ago. Had only stayed once before in daylight. Friend and I arrived at half midnight. I walked down the steps and drunkenly tried to put the key in the lock...
HER... "ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT FLAT?"
ME.. "OFF COURSSSSH ITTT ISSSS WHY???"
HER.... "WELL THAT KEY DOESN'T MATCH THAT LOCK!
ME....."SHITTTTT!!!"
Cue me scampering in a drunken fashion up one flight of steps and down the next flight to my sisters before we got arrested.
Did the same night out last year with same friend and she made me check I know where we were returning to before we left for the evening!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

I have also had many, many people wandering aimlessly around my garden looking for potatoes as they have failed to grasp that the potato farmer's honesty shop is on the other side of the road .... despite the sign

Your lucky it was locked. Happens a lot in my area. Theiving bastood testing his luck. If it had been open he would have walked in and helped himself to your purse. Becoming a regular occurance these days.

Can people convinced the chalk thing is real please explain a couple of things to me:

1. Why would the Bad’uns spend time scribbling with chalk outside homes when it looks Sketchy As Fuck and would draw a lot of attention to themselves.

2. Why the Bad’uns would use chalk markings in a country which pisses it down with rain every 5 seconds and likely to wash it off.

3. Why the Bad’uns would use chalk rather then the wide range of communication available to them in the 21st century including (but not limited to): phone calls, Texting, FB messenger, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Skype, LinkedIn [admittedly this one is unlikely], or even good old fashioned pen and paper to write the address down. Or even just, y’know, remember it.

4. How the Bad’uns cope when they come up against a fiendishly clever opponent using out of the box thinking such as “wondering what these weird chalk markings are and wiping them off”.

And, of course, most importantly:

5. Why the Bad’uns would continue to use such a method of marking when everyone and their granny would know about it by now thanks to those helpful “warnings” that get circulated around Facebook and email.

Answers on a postcard, please...

Lunde the concept of a Potato farmer’s honesty shop is quite possibly the best thing I have ever heard of. I want to live where you live!

My dad has dementia and he has tried to get into the wrong house a few times as he genuinely forgets where he lives. Maybe thats whats happened here??

He was an opportunistic thief trying your door to see if it was unlocked. It wasn't so he went away again.

I doubt the lying and/or attention seeking and/or trolling OP will be back tbh.

I would have just reported it as suspicious person around the outside of your house. At the most you could have given a description to the police. That, in my opinion, is the right thing to do.

I've had to stop the car and get out to walk into the drive to see the house number on one street of large detatched houses set back from the road, where DD's friend lives, and I wasn't sure which house it was. You can't see most of the numbers from the road, or even pavement when I got out of the car.

@Mintyfreshness

You're delightful, aren't you.

No, I'm not lying - it is accepted, I should have wrote 'a man entered my property' because my front garden and all the way up to my front door is my property - don't @ me on this, I am a solicitor.

Secondly, I am not attention seeking. I was worried because a) I suffer from anxiety b) I live with my elderly grandparents c) burglaries are common around here. I won't go into details, but to all of those who reprimanded me, I was correct. He was indeed dodgy. The police were grateful for my description.

Thirdly, I am not a troll. Why would I lie about this?

This thread is futile now.

Best,

OP You needed to say "Firstly", before you could have a "Secondly" and "Thirdly". And I am surprised a solicitor would make such a mistake as using "wrote" instead of "written".

To those talking about chalk marks, very often they are used by runners following a course. At least that's the case round here, often accompanied by piles of flour which get blown away or washed away. Nothing more sinister.

No, I'm not lying - it is accepted, I should have wrote 'a man entered my property' because my front garden and all the way up to my front door is my property

I'm not lying. I just posted about something that didn't actually happen.

@ShatnersWig

OK, grammar police. Thank you for your input. Wrote is past tense and you knew what I meant, but you chose to be difficult. I rarely write my client letters myself as I dictate to my secretary but I know that on the whole, my grammar is good. By the way, you cannot start a sentence with 'And'.