To think someone may have broken into my house.....

[Seasidermum]

And just turned a tap on and taken a net curtain down?!
Got back from work and bathroom tap was on and net curtain in hall had been taken down and carefully placed on nearby chest, nothing was taken and no sign of forced entry!

Totally puzzled by this as no one had legitimately been in the house all day so what explanation could there be???

Its a ghost :-D

Who else has access? Have you got a (clever) cat?

Strange .....

More info please OP. Does anyone else live in your house? Have you given spare keys to anyone (neighbours etc)?

Doesn't sound very likely, does it? Burglers that take nothing, leave no damage or sign of entry? Horses, not zebras.

And the horses in this case are...?

Someone with a key, for a start. Someone who actually lives in the house, most likely.

This shouts 'cat' to me...

So, you think horses broke in and did this to the OPs house rather than the zebras?

Cat chasing a fly or wasp

Has your MIL got a key?

I definitely think it's them pesky zebra's that are to blame. Who'd of thought it.

Was the net curtain folded or just lying there?

Do you have any pets?

Does anyone else live in the house or have a key?

Creepy. Has anyone got a key?

Already checked that exdh hadn't been here and nope he has been working all day, my ds was at primary schools and no one else has a key.
Can cats really turn taps on? Had my cat for 9 years and she has never done it before......

Argh The Fall. The guy in that didn't take anything!

Seriously though... cat or neighbour.

Maybe she has but she's always turned it off before

Someone with a key - horse
Burglar - zebra

I say it's a parent, 2 years ago Chaos mum took a toaster for some inane reason - it was nuts

DP come home, had a wee. mid way through washing hands spotted something that needed 'fixing' about the curtain. took it down. realised he needed a widget and nipped to the nearest B&Q (1.5 hour round trip) isn't back yet.

It's just me and my DS living here right now, maybe I am getting premature dementia and it was me what dunnit before I went to work this morning!

Could it have fallen onto the chest or did it require human assistance to get there?

I bet your son didn't turn the tap off properly and your cat clawed the net curtain and played with it for a bit and it ended up on the chest.

Is it a bar tap (not sure what they're called) or a turny tap? If it's a bar one, I'm in the cat camp.

My son was at his dads last night so can't blame him! Might have been me who left tap on but never done so before, it's a bar/lever one so guess cat might have done it! Just tested net curtain and was not where it would fall BUT cat could have got claws in it and dragged it there......she did meow at me when I came in so was prob her trying to tell me what she'd been up to.
Would much rather have that as a solution than the idea that some stranger has been in my house fiddling with my stuff so will go with that I think :)

yes, go with the cat, (is there a cat uprising? seem to be seeing lots of cat mischief on MN lately)

the chances of a burglar just fussing with your nets and turning a tap on are......nil! :)