What does this sound like to y'all?
 

Sunday morning a guy knocks on my front door. I get up, go to the door and see the guy step off the porch, and head to the gate to enter the back yard on the side of the house, away from the street. I go out and he tells me he is looking for a car he saw advertised on Craig's list, and the phone he called earlier about it is going to voice mail. We are near the end of the block, and he claims he thinks the address is 57XX, my address is 56XX. I tell him it would be around the corner, but doubt the address exists. Further, no one on the street has a Lincoln like the one he described, maybe it is a block over. I have never seen the guy, the gal with him or the car they were driving before. My dog did not like the looks of him.

Yesterday, dog is barking at something around 10:00, which is fairly unusual. My wife goes out front, sees what she thinks is the same car, with a guy riding shotgun this time. She asked me if the car did not have a grill, which it did not, so it appears it actually was the same car, and the guy driving it looks the same too.

This strikes me as guys scouting houses to rob. Of course, it is not illegal to be lost, or driving down a street knowing it is not where the "car you are interested in buying" is located. But it struck me as a bit off. I am not too concerned about it for myself, as the dog is fairly large, with a low tolerance for sketchy characters, the wife is from Texas and is a fine shot. I am debating whether I ought to call the Sheriff's department. What do you guys think?

Car looked just like this
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1470160995.jpg

The guy is up to no good. Report him. If he shows up again, get his tag number.

JR

Yeah, that is what I am thinking.

His tag number is in the picture, 6KXL616, that is why I took it.

Definitely, call the law...they'll love that pic! They also love citizen involvement like this.

always trust your dog..

Rika

Ahh, didn't know that was the actual car, thought it was "one like it."

I'd file a report. The local gendarmes could mention, in their daily briefing as they start a shift, to keep an eye out for the car.

There are all sorts of people out cruisng for places to rob. Around here, it might be "magazine salesmen" that, for some reason, have no brochure, no order forms...

Then there are the ones that just walk up to the front door and see if it's unlocked.

I really hope one of my dogs eats one of these *******s someday.

JR

Ex-Narc gone bad.

Cz 83.....just saying:)

LOL! Does look like an ex cop car.

Yep, call the appropriate law enforcement agency. If nothing else to have a record of the incident.

I get the Bible Beaters ... who want to sell me Jesus... and then they ask if the 356 is for sale.

What would Jesus drive?

Coffee thru the nose!

A Honda IIRC. Doesn't the bible say something about him arriving in his own Accord ?

Come on man, you are busting their groove....they just need to pilfer/fence a few un-needed items for their next heroine hit, show a brother some slack !

Every car that comes on my farm gets photoed, day or night.

Surveillance is so cheap this days I can't imagine not doing it.

Jesus just left Chicago...

something with flat fenders, plexi windows and r comps.

Probably Speeder and one of his gf's coming to get you.

Bound for where?

_

Hope it's not "'Bout that shack outside La Grange"

And you know what I'm talkin' about :D

Tobra, you are in California. Is it allowed to use Y'all in California?

And you really should use the plural of y'all which is "all y'all" when asking a question to the entire board of experts.

New Orleans. Everybody knows that. ;)

For sure there is no Baby Jesus in that car. He was born in a Ranger.

Guilty...report them.

Clearly up to no good. I'm surprised that they bothered coming back since you have the dog, but maybe they are now casing a neighbor.

I had a much older gentleman knock on my door at 10 or 11 pm on a New Years Eve once. When I opened the door (letting our dog who seems ferocious get her head well out between me and the door), he gave me the whole "I'm trying to pick myself up by selling magazine subscriptions..." routine. Right, late at night on New Years Eve when you think people are probably going to be at parties for the next several hours.

He seemed thoroughly terrified of our dog which was why I gave her a bit more freedom to bark and snarl than usual. I never saw him again.

It sounds like you guys will be fine between the dog and the ability to be a "fine shot" if necessary.

If you have any neighbors that you like or talk to, you may want to pass the picture around and tell them about the situation.

Oh you just know they guilty of somethin' ....

(head shaking side to side)

parf

House casing- see your disposition, how many people live here, what's in the background, any dog, etc .etc.

Happened to me several times- I've had kids pull up asking if this was the "manager's" house for the apartments behind us- I asked

"Why would you think this is the manager's house? Go away" Let Weimaraner bark.

I've had a old clearly Mexican guy, in a Dodge Cirrus, with NO PLATES pull up

(said he was on the way to a garage sale, funny I'm in a cul-de-sac and no sales that day) and want to look at my Pontiac and maybe buy it - when asked his name was "Doug Smith" :rolleyes: - He asked how much, I quoted just a stupid price ($50K LOL) and he said he'll "think about it" and wanted my cell number-

I offered to call his cell so the caller ID would have my #, and wouldn't you know it- he "Got a new cell and didn't know the number". He walked back to the car, I followed him to the street and stared at him driving away. NO plates on his POS, no nothing- made sure he understood I knew what he was doing.

What a dumbass- thugs are ****ing stupid.



rjp

Actually, I read that it was an old Plymouth. Genesis 3:24 states that he drove them out of the garden of Eden in a Fury. However he might have bought the Honda in the New Testament after the Mopar's freeze plugs rusted out.

I know. God will smite me with lightning for this...:p

Online report done, will e mail them the pic when they send the confirmation that the report is done.

now that's just silly talk, speeder doesn't have a girl friend.

The car might be stolen or they may have a warrant. The police or sheriff might be interested depending on how busy they are. Years ago in the middle of the night, I kept hearing a car starting. I finally got out of bed & went to inspect. It was guys going around the neighborhood siphoning gas from people's cars into five gallon cans. I was able to get the license number & made a call to the police. The thanked me & told me the car had been reported stolen.

Someone nice, who doesn't know it yet, didn't get robbed in the future and is waiting to thank you.

Good luck. I had a guy likely dealing drugs on my street. Called the cops, my local elected assemblyman, had plate numbers, pics, the address of the neighbor two streets over who was probably buying the drugs. Cops gave me a thousand excuses why it probably wasn't what I thought it was. I guess I must have been mistaken on why you'd drive your car two blocks from your house, to meet some guy who shows up in another car (but doesn't live in this neighborhood), on a darkened street, once every couple weeks, at nighttime, when there's a Starbucks just another block away. Maybe they're just trading scripture when they get together.

Take home story for me: whatever you're doing is not illegal unless you do it out in the open (hint hint: tinted windows in a car a night is safe) and said crime is witnessed by a cop, who may take 45 minutes to an hour to call back (let alone show up) once you've placed that call to dispatch.

Mrs. Noah had a better response logging onto an online neighborhood watch group (Next Door) and posting stuff there of suspicious stuff in the neighborhood. Maybe try that if you've got one in your community to warn other homeowners. That guy of yours, Toby, is up to no good.

Who but somebody casing a house thinks this excuse is a logical reason to head for your side or back yard?

What an idiot... did he think that since he really wanted to look at the car, anyone would be fine with him just going into their back yard? Maybe you were sunbathing and left the phone on the counter in the kitchen, right?

Heh heh. Good job following through with local police.

We have a neighborhood email listserv for sharing stuff like this. Put it out there if you can.

When a shady looking person comes to my door, I walk them back to their car and conspicuously stare at their car tag and jot it down on a piece of paper.
"I'm watching you"

You have the wrong police force. I had some A-hole drive across my front yard and leave deep ruts. There is no way to do that by accident. I called the local police and they sent out a patrolman who took photos and filed a report. His guess was a high school age kid thought a rival lived at my house. I was lucky that no sprinkler heads were damaged.

A week later our trees were tee-peed. I called and the same cop came out within 10 minutes. He filed another report. A week later my door bell rang. The same cop was standing there. He had caught two boys cruising around in the neighborhood acting suspicious. He found out the rumor was some kid living at my house had done something to their high school. He made it clear to them that I don't have any kids and that he was watching them.

I have had no problems since. And those are the biggest incidents we have had. I like it quiet.

Grammatically, either "sounds like to y'all" or "what do all y'all think" would be acceptable.

I get a pass on using y'all because I lived in Texas long enough to pick up the lingo. People ask me where I am from all the time, and when I say "here," they look at me funny.

LOLOLOL

In my neighborhood NextDoor is where all the senior citizens log in and post crazy rants. Common themes include:

"suspicious burglars" dressed as the postman.
"Burglar casing my home, dressed as plumber. Sat in fake 'plumbing and heating van' for a whole hour, pretended to eat lunch."
"Car parked in front of my home. Not my car. Called police non-emergency number."

etc.