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Gaf, I think someone is stalking me.
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infinityBCRT
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1. install a security system/alarm
2. buy some security cameras which you can monitor remotely on all of the entrances to your home and if you can afford it-- put a couple in your home as well
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
lots and lots and lots of it.
jokes aside call the cops and get them to do some rounds in the neighborhood. something as small as knowing officers are driving by if it is someone casing the joint, they might pack up and head somewhere else.
you got any relatives / friends you can stay with? if you got video cameras you can hook up affix them pointed towards the entrances of your home and see if they catch anything on video during the night. hide them from plain sight of course.
also try check out icam
https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/icam-webcam-video-streaming/id296273730?mt=8
no idea who this is just did a quick search
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cqAPxI5t_Q
I'm going to set up a harmless wire trap outside my house. If someone moves the gate it'll knock a plate over inside the house. If the plate hasn't moved in 3 days, I'll assume it was all in my imagination.
I'll probably put up a camera soon as well just for any future events, but I'll definitely put one up if the plate moves during that time.
I'll probably put up a camera soon as well just for any future events, but I'll definitely put one up if the plate moves during that time.
It probably isnt this, but if I were you id be freaking out that it was aliens. The motion sensors going off, the blue light from out of nowhere. Fuck man...
Given that there is no proof of aliens even existing, it probably has a reasonable explanation, but what I would do is set up a camera, and point it at your door, and if you can a few other cameras.
If you dont have money do what I did a few times when i thought i was being visited, just let your phone stay on audio record while you sleep and then sift through the recorded audio the next day to see if you hear anything odd.
or get basic webcams or something. You need to see if you can see if the cameras malfunction the same time every night, or whenever you suspect something is happening, they usually disrupt any signals like that when they come.
If they are greys, there literally is nothing you can do about it anyway. You could try to see a therapist and do some regression therapy to see if you have been abducted already.
I would personally try to see a first hand encounter. If you see a light like that again, get up, get a knife or some weapon, and go to the light and find out what it is first hand.
if it is a burgler, they are horrible burglers, you dont shine bright lights when robbing someone at night if you dont know anyone is home...you stay quiet and in the dark. So that is why I don't think its a robber.
A stalker? maybe, but you said you have no idea why or who would even be stalking you. No one comes to mind, do you meet lots of people every day at work, anyone like charlie day that would be wanting you like the waitress he loved? lol
I dont know, im personally freaked out by aliens and to me that is the first thing this sounds like. Id try to get any sort of evidence asap of these encounters first.
I dont mean to scare you just want to give you insight of what I would do in your position.
Given that there is no proof of aliens even existing, it probably has a reasonable explanation, but what I would do is set up a camera, and point it at your door, and if you can a few other cameras.
If you dont have money do what I did a few times when i thought i was being visited, just let your phone stay on audio record while you sleep and then sift through the recorded audio the next day to see if you hear anything odd.
or get basic webcams or something. You need to see if you can see if the cameras malfunction the same time every night, or whenever you suspect something is happening, they usually disrupt any signals like that when they come.
If they are greys, there literally is nothing you can do about it anyway. You could try to see a therapist and do some regression therapy to see if you have been abducted already.
I would personally try to see a first hand encounter. If you see a light like that again, get up, get a knife or some weapon, and go to the light and find out what it is first hand.
if it is a burgler, they are horrible burglers, you dont shine bright lights when robbing someone at night if you dont know anyone is home...you stay quiet and in the dark. So that is why I don't think its a robber.
A stalker? maybe, but you said you have no idea why or who would even be stalking you. No one comes to mind, do you meet lots of people every day at work, anyone like charlie day that would be wanting you like the waitress he loved? lol
I dont know, im personally freaked out by aliens and to me that is the first thing this sounds like. Id try to get any sort of evidence asap of these encounters first.
I dont mean to scare you just want to give you insight of what I would do in your position.
Its not aliens.
I would also be hesitant to offer the above advice to someone who has already said they have paranoid schitzophrenia, i suspect they already have enough on their plate without having to worry about aliens.
backflip10019
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This sounds like some Kevin McCallister shit. Maybe set up some paint cans at the top of your stairs while you're at it?
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
btw depending on what type of soil / sand / gravel you have around your house as stupid as it may sound spread it around the entrances you usually dont use. next day look for footprints. if its something that can make noise when stepped on you would hear it at night when things are quiet.
Dont make it obvious but put enough so you would be able to tell a pattern if someone or something disturbed the area.
Dont make it obvious but put enough so you would be able to tell a pattern if someone or something disturbed the area.
I know, yea, aliens dont exist. But the blue light, literally coming from nowhere? maybe OP has a shark vaccum in the kitchen and the recharge light goes on after a while. I have one and its little blue light lights up my whole kitchen at night. Does schizophrenia cause hallucinations that vivid?
Setting up the trap is ok, but what if a raccoon trips it or another animal, its not foolproof against a stalker/burgler.
I just know id be up late at night a few times, baseball bat in hand, waiting for any sign just to find out what it is and confront it, peace of mind that way. It just sounds like such a strange mystery. The light sensors could just be a skunk or raccoon looking for food, its just that blue light that is making me very curious to find out what it is.
The thing is, the blue light could have been many things, as a previous poster has said, could have been a car, a low flying aircraft, people out walking with flash lights. It could have been something in the kitchen like you said, a vacuum, a dishwasher, a washing machine, a fridge, a cooker the list goes on...
I know that the OP has ruled all of these things out but perhaps, and just perhaps the OP may be misermembering things, the brain can play many tricks on its owner, it will try and fill in the blanks, perhaps the light was only on for 30 seconds but because the OP was half asleep, already nervous and thinking about "the stalker" it seemed like an age, as it was in the middle of the night, dark, quiet. Even a tiny single LED (from a fridge etc etc) can light up a whole room when it is pitch dark.
There is a rational explaination for it for sure.
the thing is, OP said the blinds were closed, no outside light could have caused it and their stove has a yellow light that is covered by a cloth. So it couldnt have been a car, aircraft, people with flashlights. I suggested something inside because they havnt said that nothing else inside their house could have emitted that light other than the stoves yellow light.
And yea your right, the mind can play tricks especially half asleep and when you think it it something else. Other than it being something else in their kitchen or wherever there is room to cast that blue light, I have no idea what it could have been. OP said it had to be directly pointed AT the door toot he way the door was lit up. Think something like this is what im imagining:
At least thats what i got from the description. Would have to be one seriously dumb burglar to be shining a light that bright indoors at night. Doubt a stalker would do that unless they wanted to be found, in which case OP would probably have already made contact with the stalker.
Its just weird, so weird.
Naw man. See below.
Wait a minute, why does it gotta be Mexicans in specific? lol
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
I thought I remembered you from the hallucination thread. You got diagnosed. I guess I just wanted to post that you need to first insure your safety by contacting trust-worthy law enforcement and/or getting proper security in place first and then make sure that the threat is in fact... real. Not to be factious because the moved objects make it sound real enough (as opposed to something you just saw) but I guess because of your condition, (and perhaps because of honestly ignorant people like me), things can be complicated when a threat is perceived. Anyways, stay safe.
The thing that would concern me the most from the OP is the gate stuff being moved.
I wanted to ask is it possible that a meter reader may have come by while you were gone to check your electrical meter? Is your meter in a place where he would have had to come through your gate to get to it?
I've been scared shitless because of these guys in the past, sneaking into my backyard with their clipboards and such.
Maybe call the power company and see if their schedule coincides with when the incident happened?
I wanted to ask is it possible that a meter reader may have come by while you were gone to check your electrical meter? Is your meter in a place where he would have had to come through your gate to get to it?
I've been scared shitless because of these guys in the past, sneaking into my backyard with their clipboards and such.
Maybe call the power company and see if their schedule coincides with when the incident happened?
I looked at the title and then looked at the username, and I just had a feeling....
Why is it illegal? Why cant a thief be hurt?
You need one of these.
This is what I want to be when I grow up.
Bm? Are you saying someone shit in your garbage?
keep alert, but as a kid playing in the neighborhood I set off many motion sensing flood lights at night
I was also dead scarred of getting yelled at by a property owner for passing through or playing around their property at night. We were damn good at staying out of sight.
Indeed.
Edit: Thinking rationally, It was more likely to be dog poop somebody threw in the nearest bin, and mine happened to be the only one still on the street.
That's still gross and they should use their own bin if thats the case.
Edit of Edit: but then who has been opening my gate?
Maybe it's raccoon poop? Idk, pooping in the garbage seems too considerate for a prankster.
Mate, you need to get a pure bred Scottish Terrier. They're fucking awesome when comes to being watch dogs.
EatinOlives
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Ah, I was wondering if that was you. I remember that thread.
Did you ever seek treatment for your condition? While I want to be careful not to give you bad advice in case something really is going on, I think it's very likely that this is simply your paranoid schizophrenia getting the better of you.
I'm on all that has been prescribed to me.
EightBitNate
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Shit I'd be too scared to go home.
Bo Knows GAF
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Yeah you'd probably be better off at your families house staying with your sister
I don't like this idea because if the thing moves because of a raccoon or because of the wind, or you just look at it one day and you think it looks like it's been reset, or if you forget how it originally looked, it's just gonna make you freak out. A camera won't lie. You'll either see someone or you won't.
If it's a bin on the street a dog owner will have just dropped shit in it. It doesn't mean anything. Plus someone harassing you wouldn't shit in a place that is actually convenient for you and may go unnoticed.
Slayer-33
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Yes to man or woman? Wat lol
Someone tossed a raw pile of shit into your garbage? wat.
I'm glad to hear that. As far as the blue light on the door goes, can you think of any way that someone could feasibly get into your house? I mean, it's not exactly easy to just sneak into a house, assuming you keep all of your doors locked and windows shut when you leave home.
AllIsOneIsNone
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Edit: nevermind, should have read the thread. Probably not necessary even though it was a joke.
Double Edit: OP, do some more sleuthing, but I wouldn't worry about it too much until you have more convincing evidence.
Double Edit: OP, do some more sleuthing, but I wouldn't worry about it too much until you have more convincing evidence.
PartlyCloudlike
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The paranoid schizophrenia can't be ignored. I would take extra precautions OP, but having dealt with my aunt who had paranoid schizophrenia, the way you are rationalizing every element of your suspicion leads me to believe you are working yourself up.
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