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Those Germanic tribes are just murder. You know, they were about the only Western group that defeated the Roman Empire, which denied the German territories of the benefits of civilization for 500years or so. This has often been used to explain why the Germans of the 20th Century were so far behind the other nations; they hadn't been civilized for very long, and had a lot of catching up to do. For my money the Visigoths are just as bad as the Vandals on a man-for-man basis, but the Vandals alwaysa seem to get the bad press. But whether you're dealing with Visigoths, Vandals, Goths, or just plain Up Nort street punks, they're a pain in the butt when they trash your stuff. My sympathies and the best of luck.

You may not need a real camera. Most vandals or Vandals can't tell the difference between a real camera and a fake one. I had a professor who once bought an old broken 8 mm camera from a junk store to install on his property. Of course it wasn't hooked up to anything; anyone with a brain knew it couldn't be, but we are all programed to believe that any camera is running 24 hours a day and is recording us as all the time. He often walked by and could see the local juvenile delinquients standing in front of the camera waiving, fully beliving they were on film. But he never had any property damage. One of those fake camera housings that is all blacked out so you can't see inside plus a sign or two might be all you need. It's a low cost first step at at rate.