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Someone was in our house last night.

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worried91 · 10/04/2022 10:59

Am so worried and confused about what happened.
1am- DH and I go upto bed, dd1 has popped out to pick up her boyfriend from the pub and bring him back here and dd2 has just arrived home from work. Younger dc have been asleep for hours.
5am- I hear a phone vibrating in the house and what sounds like an alarm, dh puts his ears to the older dc's doors but thinks it's coming from downstairs. Goes down past the (closed?) front door and locates the phone down the back of the couch. Knocks on oldest dd's door and throws the phone to her sleeping boyfriend saying he'd left it downstairs.
8am dd2 goes downstairs for a drink and the front door is wide open. I hear her coming up to check on the little two who are still asleep in bed.
At this point I start getting concerned so go into dd1s room and her boyfriend says the phone isn't his! He thought dh had got confused about who he was giving it to at 5am so just put it under the bed and went back to sleep.
Dh insists the door was closed when he walked past it at 5am (Yale lock no handle so when it's not clicked closed it swings wide open so I believe it was closed)
Back door is locked with the key in the door and the conservatory has an added locking system over the original lock that hasn't been moved.
We live in a nice area, we are on the edge of town with fields all around so you wouldn't walk past our house going anywhere else iyswim, you'd have to be deliberately coming this way.
We rent our house (moved in 18 months ago) so we don't know who all had keys before us which stupidly never crossed my mind until this morning 😕
Nothing seems to have been touched, my bag is over the end of the stairs, the cars and keys are all there and no laptops etc are missing.
I've no idea why anyone would have come in, lost their phone on the couch then left again without us hearing anything.
I'm worried that the person must have still been in the house when dh went downstairs then left the door open when he went out.
The only other thing to add is one night a few weeks ago dd2 came in at 1am then I went out at 5am and the door was wide open. I told her to be more careful when she came in and she insisted that she had closed the door properly but now I'm wondering if someone has done this before.
We've phoned the police who are coming out at some point to talk to us and pick up the phone (phones locked with a gaming picture on the Lock Screen) and will be going to B&Q to get new locks but I feel so on edge wondering what's been going on 😔

OP posts:
SurferRona · 10/04/2022 15:00

@Kennykenkencat

fairylightsandwaxmelts

MrsLargeEmbodied
surely it could have been lost in the couch for ages?
The OP says the battery is almost full, so it must have been lost recently.

Even if they're not being used, iPhone batteries don't last longer than a few days

A few years ago we had the whole of our house remodelled. The only things in the living room were the tv and a brand new sofa,( we hadn’t got our furniture out of storage yet)

The floors were engineered oak wooden floors so no gaps in floor boards etc.

Dh went to make coffee leaving his phone on the arm of the sofa.

When he returned with the coffee his phone had disappeared. We looked everywhere. Upturned the sofa. Hands down the sides, I rang his number but even though it usually rang out there was nothing.

Dh had to get a new phone.
5 years later I found his phone. It was found in the middle of the living room floor and it still had battery.

I can only think there is a parallel universe. What other explanation could there be for an iPhone battery to last that long

Hmmmm….really? I think there is another alternative more likely explanation for this PP- can you think what that might be?….
milkyaqua · 10/04/2022 15:01

It was MI5?

Alternately, could've been aliens kindly dropping off a phone left behind after an anal probe, but they got the wrong house.

Blondeshavemorefun · 10/04/2022 15:08

This is so weird

Hope police keep you informed

But always change locks after buying selling renting etc

You don’t know who has a key

Blondeshavemorefun · 10/04/2022 15:09

@Kennykenkencat

fairylightsandwaxmelts

MrsLargeEmbodied
surely it could have been lost in the couch for ages?
The OP says the battery is almost full, so it must have been lost recently.

Even if they're not being used, iPhone batteries don't last longer than a few days

A few years ago we had the whole of our house remodelled. The only things in the living room were the tv and a brand new sofa,( we hadn’t got our furniture out of storage yet)

The floors were engineered oak wooden floors so no gaps in floor boards etc.

Dh went to make coffee leaving his phone on the arm of the sofa.

When he returned with the coffee his phone had disappeared. We looked everywhere. Upturned the sofa. Hands down the sides, I rang his number but even though it usually rang out there was nothing.

Dh had to get a new phone.
5 years later I found his phone. It was found in the middle of the living room floor and it still had battery.

I can only think there is a parallel universe. What other explanation could there be for an iPhone battery to last that long

@Kennykenkencat so dh phone just arrived back in the room 5yrs later
MySecretHistory · 10/04/2022 15:09

Much more likely they brought a random phone home from the pub

MySecretHistory · 10/04/2022 15:12

@milkyaqua

It was MI5?

Alternately, could've been aliens kindly dropping off a phone left behind after an anal probe, but they got the wrong house.

MI5 are very busy today- not sure they have time for a random phone

They have extinction rebellion on their doorstep and a lot of action in and out of MI5 for some reason.

L0stinCyberspace · 10/04/2022 15:12

Could the BF have quietly let a friend in later on to let them sleep on the couch?

TheChurchOfEli · 10/04/2022 15:20

@Wysterialane

Haha I was thinking the same, you sound like nightmare neighbours Grin
Ridiculous post.
whenseriouslywhen · 10/04/2022 15:24

You and your husband don’t exactly sound like heavy sleepers
You hear a buzzing phone in another room
You heard you daughter come in
You heard her check on the younger ones
Pretty sure you’d hear someone in your property that shouldn’t have been there!

whenseriouslywhen · 10/04/2022 15:25

Why were you concerned about the phone? How did you know at that point it wasn’t the boyfriend’s?

CambsAlways · 10/04/2022 15:32

Agree with madmadmadam

MadeForThis · 10/04/2022 15:36

Strange

dworky · 10/04/2022 15:38

@milkyaqua

It was MI5?

Alternately, could've been aliens kindly dropping off a phone left behind after an anal probe, but they got the wrong house.

Or the Elf on the Shelf, getting his seasons mixed up.
dworky · 10/04/2022 15:40

@MySecretHistory

Much more likely they brought a random phone home from the pub
Doesn't explain the open door at 8am which was closed at 5am.
IcedOatLatte · 10/04/2022 15:43

Anything related to national security or military and defence ect ?

Surely the security services don't use ect do they? How have we got from a lost phone to that?

CrazyRatLover · 10/04/2022 15:55

I still think one of your DD's have had someone in the house that you're unaware of, and they don't want to say as you won't approve. Also have you been in your house all the time over the past few days, could it be someone related to your DH?

thisplaceisweird · 10/04/2022 15:55

@Kennykenkencat

fairylightsandwaxmelts

MrsLargeEmbodied
surely it could have been lost in the couch for ages?
The OP says the battery is almost full, so it must have been lost recently.

Even if they're not being used, iPhone batteries don't last longer than a few days

A few years ago we had the whole of our house remodelled. The only things in the living room were the tv and a brand new sofa,( we hadn’t got our furniture out of storage yet)

The floors were engineered oak wooden floors so no gaps in floor boards etc.

Dh went to make coffee leaving his phone on the arm of the sofa.

When he returned with the coffee his phone had disappeared. We looked everywhere. Upturned the sofa. Hands down the sides, I rang his number but even though it usually rang out there was nothing.

Dh had to get a new phone.
5 years later I found his phone. It was found in the middle of the living room floor and it still had battery.

I can only think there is a parallel universe. What other explanation could there be for an iPhone battery to last that long

He didn't actually lose it, he just wanted a second phone to text his lover on, kept it as a secret second phone, and when he decided to call it a day left if in the middle of room and did some very good surprise acting?
BoredZelda · 10/04/2022 15:56

Police have been and collected the phone and spoke to us all.

You must share with us where you live OP. This kind of response to something minor from the police is far from the usual experience according to other stories on MN. Nice to see them doing good for a change.

LiesDoNotBecomeUs · 10/04/2022 15:56

Close neighbours (with spare key you don't know about) getting revenge for past noisy Sat night/Sun mornings by setting a 5am alarm for you all?

Summerfun54321 · 10/04/2022 16:00

I found a random drunk person asleep on my sofa once when I accidentally left the front door unlocked after a night out. Could it have been your neighbour getting the wrong house if your own DC left the door unlocked after coming home?

Snoozer11 · 10/04/2022 16:10

@LiesDoNotBecomeUs

Close neighbours (with spare key you don't know about) getting revenge for past noisy Sat night/Sun mornings by setting a 5am alarm for you all?
Where has the OP mentioned noisy Saturday nights and Sunday mornings?
TabithaTittlemouse · 10/04/2022 16:13

@IcedOatLatte

Anything related to national security or military and defence ect ?

Surely the security services don't use ect do they? How have we got from a lost phone to that?

Maybe they use it on other people like in men in black where they make people forget things?
Horological · 10/04/2022 16:17

The most puzzling part of this story is that police came to your house to collect the phone. Do you live outside the UK OP? I am certain police in London would not do this.

LiesDoNotBecomeUs · 10/04/2022 16:26

'Where has the OP mentioned noisy Saturday nights and Sunday mornings?' @Snoozer11

There was a bit from the OP about talking to daughter out of an upstairs window - and exits/arrivals in the early hours- and mention of how quiet all the neighbours are.

The suggestion of evil-neighbour-revenge was light-hearted :)

GeoffNorcottfan · 10/04/2022 16:26

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