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So We've Got a Poopetrator
3:09 PM 01/25/2013
My parents live in a house that is next to an apartment building. For the past 6 months someone from the building next door has been every night dropping a poo in a napkin into the backyard. My brother is a police officer and he told my parents nothing can be done unless you see the person doing it. Has anyone ever set up an survaillance that is motion activated. I am not going to get into how wrong this is and how it happens several times a week. Nor the amount of stress its put my elderely parent under. I was going to bag it all up and leave it in the lobby of the building but I want to be smart about this - thoughts/considerations/suggestions? I am not above beating someone with a bat so I am trying to remain calm.
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I have a similar problem with neighbors throwing trash into my yard. I plan on setting up a webcam out the back window and running something simple like Yawcam to record whenever it detects motion. That will probably not work for you in the dark, though. You could try to get a nighttime IR camera like this ( http://www.amazon.com/Foscam-F...pd_cp_pc_1) and see if that does the trick.
That will only tell you who is doing it, though. How you actually deal with it is another matter.3:37 PM 01/25/2013 | 0 Votes
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Once we know where its coming from we can then pound the door down - is it illegal to throw human feces? Im thinking yes? Thanks I will check out this camera thingy...
3:41 PM 01/25/2013
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I would first put up a sign asking that it stop. That usually will make the person feel like a jackass, and will also alert your other neighbors to be keeping an eye out for the jackass. Only a real prick would continue but most will find another way to dispose of it.
3:44 PM 01/25/2013 | 0 Votes
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You may be dealing with somebody who has dementia. My upstairs landlords at one time had their grandparents living with me, unbeknownst to me, and one of them dropped food in a napkin in front of my door a couple of times a week. Spaghetti with sauce, sausages, sandwiches, etc. Until I saw it happening I had no clue of where it came from. When I told my landlords they were shocked to hear but took care of it.
3:52 PM 01/25/2013 | 1 Votes
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Well Im not saying the dementia theory is out of the picture but I know a little bit about folks who do this - when someone throws their feces at someone its very primal and hateful. Its as base as you can get - and my parents have an idea who it is - someone who lived on another side before who was evicted. And they blamed it on my parents who were not involved. Anyway - Im going to talk to my by the book brother the cop and see if we can set up some cameras!
3:55 PM 01/25/2013
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oops... living with them, on the top floor. Not with me of course.
6:14 PM 01/25/2013
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Bedford Stuyvesant, NY
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Its a condo where everyone has rented their apt to people who defecate and throw so... I need to find out who is doing this first and then I may bake that cake. My dads 84 and my moms in a coma so this family has had all the drama we can take!
9:44 PM 01/25/2013
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It was a reference to the movie the Help.. These neighbors sound like a nightmare. Sorry you are going through this.Some people are just truly pathetic that they are willing to pick on the elderly. I agree with someone else about involving their management agency and make a formal complaint.
10:22 PM 01/25/2013
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