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What is this white powder outside my house and what should I do?

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mysteriousdeposit · 17/08/2026 20:25

I will attach a photo of a pile of white powder outside my house. Anyone know what it could be/why?

I live on an estate of hundreds of cookie cutter houses. Ordinary town. The houses are not cheap, but they are also not a £million. Lots of older people live here - they bought in the late 90s when the place was built, had a couple of kids who left home and the parents just stayed. So quite quiet. Some families, including us. Ordinary place.

Outside my house, there is a path/driveway. You can use it to walk between 2 of the estate roads, but you can't drive between them as there is a bollard on the footpath preventing this. You can drive in and get to my driveway and 4 other houses. So only vehicles coming to/from the houses such as our own cars/delivery drivers/trades would drive down here. But many people would walk with dogs, kids whatever.

The bush in the photo is mine. It's cut reasonably, it shouldn't be pissing anyone off or anything. I don't piss anyone off or argue with anyone over anything. It's not a place where anyone would park, unless someone had several visitors at once.

Other than this, at the entrance to the path/driveway by the road, there is a symbol, like a chalk outline in the shape of a lollypop or magnifying glass.

I don't think someone could have got out with shopping and dropped flour by accident as you wouldn't park up against the bush, you'd park on your own drive.

Amazon have been today, but they don't make a habit of chucking white stuff about!

I have a small dog so I am a bit pissed off about this and not keen on going to clear up random fucking powder, or having it blowing about by my property.

Any ideas?

What is this white powder outside my house and what should I do?
OP posts:
Miyagi99 · 18/08/2026 18:24

mysteriousdeposit · 17/08/2026 20:35

There is a running club in the town. We are on the outskirts of the town.

Pretty sure running clubs run all around the outskirts from their starting point, they do 5, 10,15k

Miyagi99 · 18/08/2026 18:25

ShakyBake · 17/08/2026 20:39

Has your husband/partner showed any signs of withdrawal recently or mood swings (from one extreme to another)? I'll get to the point, could your husband be taking cocaine and he fallen over on the drive after inhalation? You can pick up a drug testing kit (goes different colour to indicate which substance) for less the £7

Bit too much to dump lol, must be over a grands worth there!

TheCrowCrossRoad · 18/08/2026 18:27

ShakyBake · 17/08/2026 20:39

Has your husband/partner showed any signs of withdrawal recently or mood swings (from one extreme to another)? I'll get to the point, could your husband be taking cocaine and he fallen over on the drive after inhalation? You can pick up a drug testing kit (goes different colour to indicate which substance) for less the £7

This will never not be funny. 😁

MyArtfulGreySloth · 18/08/2026 18:30

ShakyBake · 17/08/2026 20:39

Has your husband/partner showed any signs of withdrawal recently or mood swings (from one extreme to another)? I'll get to the point, could your husband be taking cocaine and he fallen over on the drive after inhalation? You can pick up a drug testing kit (goes different colour to indicate which substance) for less the £7

😂😂😂😂

Bananalanacake · 18/08/2026 18:51

Someone dropped a box of Turkish delight?

Theotheron · 18/08/2026 18:58

You don’t need a test kit.

I’ve been watching Starsky and Hutch and they just taste it on their finger.

Christ0nABike · 18/08/2026 19:22

Theotheron · 18/08/2026 18:58

You don’t need a test kit.

I’ve been watching Starsky and Hutch and they just taste it on their finger.

Indeed. Simply rub it into your gums and see if it numbs them or makes a cake.

MotherofPufflings · 18/08/2026 19:28

Sweep it up and bake a cake. Then eat it. If you:

a) get high - it's cocaine
b) die - it's rat poison
c) puke - somebody's gone back in time to the 80s, scooped up a white dog poo and ground it into powder then dropped it on your drive
d) enjoy it - it's flour

itsgettingweird · 18/08/2026 19:35

Christ0nABike · 18/08/2026 19:22

Indeed. Simply rub it into your gums and see if it numbs them or makes a cake.

😂😂😂

I actually have tears over laughing so much at this thread.

I actually really want it to be pile of cocaine snot sneezed out by her DH to the value of £10k

MyThreeWords · 18/08/2026 19:36

MotherofPufflings · 18/08/2026 19:28

Sweep it up and bake a cake. Then eat it. If you:

a) get high - it's cocaine
b) die - it's rat poison
c) puke - somebody's gone back in time to the 80s, scooped up a white dog poo and ground it into powder then dropped it on your drive
d) enjoy it - it's flour

e) run hither and thither in a frenzy, along with 500 of your friends - it's ant powder
f) have lavender-scented breath and a rather dry mouth - it's talcum powder
g) get some on your hands and then ascend a wall with amazing agility - it's climbing chalk

PickyTits · 18/08/2026 19:54

PawMaw · 17/08/2026 20:47

I doubt anyone would be carrying that amount of cocaine for personal use 😅

No, but if they were doing crack they may have spilt the bicarb to mix the coke with.

SadiraOfTyr · 18/08/2026 19:56

Hashers laying a trail.

SadiraOfTyr · 18/08/2026 20:04

GreenFootstool · 17/08/2026 20:47

It'll be hash markings for a running club.

They dump it in our town every year without notices anywhere and every year the local Facebook groups are full of "lock up your dogs, the travellers have marked the field as a place to kidnap dogs / marked up my home for burglary / my sisters cousins dogs grandmother's dead uncle knows it's a signal that the house contains drugs and should be raided"

Ooh are local Facebook groups still full of absolute loonies? Left Facebook years ago, I really must go and take a look at ours for a laugh.

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