Don't know what to do about this poo

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I came home from work (nhs) where I work 6 days a week due to staff shortages to find Bout 3 bucketloads of animal poo emptied outside my house.
I have no enemies and good relations with all my neighbours. My front garden is a bit of a mess because I have been working such long hours but I'd planned to sort it out next week when I'm on annual leave.
Surely no one would be petty enough to dump poo because my garden is untidy?
Iive in a sma culture de sac with neighbours who are my age or older. 60's.
I feel disgusted and threatened as I live on my own. I dont know if I should call the local police.

I’d still ring the police without video evidence.

Do report it to the police now. What a horrible thing to do.

Which video camera have you ordered OP?

And yes, i'd inform the police.
Take some pics of it as it was found.

This is very unhinged behaviour OP, as someone said, it will have taken a long time to get that much dog poop together.
Think back to a few months ago, is there anyone, no matter how minor, who you've interacted with, who knows where you live, who has a dog, who you've maybe felt was a bit off?

This doesn't read to me like @KangarooKenny is excusing the behaviour at all - just thinking through possible motives.

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You've done well to organise an electrician to come out to you in such a short space of time - getting the attention of any tradesmen around my way is a right PITA.

this is the kind of thing for your local facebook community page

I'd report to police now - a neighbour may have a video of the person who left it on their ring doorbell.

😝I'm old. Lived abroad for years.

I'd chat to your neighbours, ask if they've seen anything, and make sure you mention that your cats are not allowed out at present in the conversations.

Report to 101.

Drop identical notes into all cul-de-sac
homes saying you suspect targeted but want to know if they've had similar issues. Say in the letter that you have indoor cats and hope no one is suspecting any local cats soiling in their garden of being yours.

Avidly watch ring doorbell activity.

Update us.

What was the face for @MissMaple82 ?!?

Exactly.

This is horrible. I really feel for you OP.

You shouldn't have to do this but I would chat with your neighbours about what has happened and I would say that you're trying to work out what you've done to deserve it and mention that your cats are indoors only.

Regarding your messy front garden, my NDN is infuriated with me that my front garden isn't prim and properly kept like his, so I know from experience that people do get very pissed off about this, especially if you have weeds encroaching onto anyone else's property. My NDN takes out his frustration by slagging me off to my face and to my visitors. Our other neighbours look out for me over it as they can see he's unduly nasty about it (mine isn't THAT bad, I just don't get around to weeding quite often enough).

How bad is your garden exactly?

If it's overgrown with ivy, Japanese knotweed and rats living in it etc that's one thing but having a bit of a long lawn is no one else's business.

I haven't stated anywhere that she is excusing it. The point is that nothing excuses this kind of behaviour. The person who does this kind of thing because of some "motive" is a cowardly bully. No rational, sensible human being would act in such a way. It's revolting.

So dumping a load of shit outside the OP's house would be appropriate/proportional? If there's an issue or perceived issue communication is the key.

Oh no nothing like that, it's a bit weedy, not encroaching on anyone elses garden, I just haven't been able to do it recently because I had a stroke last year and not quite back to full strength, all my neighbours know this. And then the 6 hour days.
I just need to pull a few weeds up and trim a couple of bushes back. It hasn't got tyres or old prams in it or anything. Its usually immaculate.

www.amazon.co.uk/ring-video-doorbell-by-amazon/dp/B0931VRJT5?&tag=experevi-21&ascsubtag=1413233

I'm getting this one and having it hardwired into the electric system.

Luckily the electricians are not too busy here in my sleepy part of Somerset.

This is so odd. I almost wonder if you can order a bucket of crap to be delivered to someone as revenge and they got the wrong address!

It's such a premeditated thing to do that I'd really have thought you'd know you'd pissed someone off for them to go to these lengths.

Actually there's a bloke on our street who I can imagine doing something like this. He gets incandescent with rage if someone else parks on the road outside his house.

That's the one I've got OP, I've found it to be really good.

What are you doing about the police and/or cleaning it up OP? You need to take lots of photos, disgusting though that sounds. Cleaning it up really isn't a job you should be doing yourself, though, and you will need full protective gear. Not sure what option you have though.