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AIBU?

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To report this to the police?

7 replies

Fairycakes86 · 07/07/2021 21:18

I live in a medium sized city with my husband. We have moved to a new house last year and due to covid, we are still getting used to the area etc. We are on a fairly busy road, and our driveway is open (no fences on the road side) and up a slight hill. There is an area that is hidden from the road because we have hedges on that side. We have installed security cameras linked to our phones that look out the front and back. This evening our phone triggered with a man that had run around behind our car, and sat on a small wall within our driveway looking at his phone. It was directly behind the back of the car, a little hidden from view.

My husband was in the front room at that time, and shouted at the guy that he was trespassing and he should leave. The guy said he was just chatting on the phone but then left.

On reviewing the footage - of which we only have like 10 second of, you can see the man running out of the corner up into our driveway, behind our car, and sits on the wall. It looks deliberate that he's headed for this secluded bit behind the car and out of sight from the road (hidden by vegetation). You can't see his face. He's wearing a beanie hat (in summer!), and black non descript clothing. The whole situation is very strange.

The more I think about it, the more worried I am that someone is casing the house or maybe the car, but my fears may be running away from me! We've moved from a small cul de sac where neighbours look out for each other, but I don't get the same vibe here.

Is there any point in reporting this to the police - we can't see his face or know who he is at all? I'm not sure if i'm overacting but feel really uncomfortable and a little unsafe in my house right now! Confused

YABU - no need to report
YANBU - you should report

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CoRhona · 07/07/2021 21:32

Make sure you save the footage.

BlackeyedSusan · 07/07/2021 21:35

Email/ webform for your local force.

StoneofDestiny · 07/07/2021 21:56

Yes, report

AnnaSW1 · 07/07/2021 22:04

It to me truly just seems like he was looking for a comfy place to sit and use his phone.. not saying that's fine but seems utterly plausible, more so than anything illegal

Cissyandflora · 07/07/2021 22:21

Goodness me you must live in a quiet place! If I reported things like that I’d report every day on something strange.

Elleherd · 07/07/2021 23:18

People casing houses and cars don't normally run.
Odds on his pick up from a mobile dealer's gone wrong/ he's spooked/ he is the dealer/ drop shipper and he's darted out of sight.

Fairycakes86 · 08/07/2021 13:04

Thanks all. I did try to report on the website but it was down Hmm

I didn’t think about it being drug related but I think that seems really likely. He did look like he was hiding. I suppose if someone was casing, they wouldn’t do it so deliberately and would avoid cameras.

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