Ok to get the mundane stuff out of the way
No one but DP and me have been in the house since Friday
We’ve lived here 20 years and are the only ones with keys. All spares are where they should be
We have 2 burglars alarms which we set when we go out. They have not been activated.
We have cctv camera front and rear covering all entrances to the house and garden. The only comings and goings recorded are DP and me.
We have 2 dogs
DP never plays practical jokes.
Now the mystery. My lovely heirloom grandfather clock stopped sometime since Monday night. I can’t say exactly when but I noticed this afternoon and asked DP to wind it.
5 minutes later he came into the kitchen looking rather pale and told me that the clock has stopped as the winding chains are missing. Both of them. They are some 8ft long with heavy weights on the ends and to remove them requires some dismantling of the clock as well as knowing how they are fixed.
They are not on the floor of the clock case. They have quite simply vanished.
We’ve gone from WTAF to freaked out, annoyed and now somewhat amused. Clearly something doesn’t like my clock!
I am totalling unable to come up with a rational explanation for this. There just isn’t one that either of us can come up with