Paranoid and feel like my privacy has been comprimised

[paramountciders]

god dam thanks everyone for the tips. Well a bit of research on the old Facebook i come to find someone that had the same name as the guy that come onto my property asked upon closer resarch i find his house number his house is a 2 story like mine same colour and has a shed out the back that you can see from the road but it is in different suburb is is really close just the other side of the highway i still cant understand how he thought his house was all the way up in a different suburb then i look through his friends list i find the same guy that come to the shed! he looked exactly the same with the same jumper on in his profile picture he uploaded that night with the same dirty looking no money for a shaver mustache . So i have the name of the person who intruded. Maybe this guy was legit he might have actually been trying to find his friend?

[pfshine]

Even with all that it is really shady sounding. Drug dealer or tweaker looking to rob somebody and just spouted his friends name when confronted. Either way I would pack the equipment away for a bit.

[paramountciders]

I guess that would be the first thing to come to mind if someone asked me what i was doing on there property. I just dont understand why he wouldent have run when he seen me, i seen the curtain move about 2 seconds out of the corner of my eye until i thought it doesn't open that much with the wind then went to actuly look at it then i see this guy he looked a bit confused to be honest it took him a moment to ansewr with him just staring at me after he said his words and i responded i told him to get out of here and he left that was all i am a little confused right now aswell lol i would have thought if i where to trespass and i seen someone in the shed i would run not stay and wait for the guy to ask me something

IF there is no good explanation for this then i do have to say i am very scared at the moment i just do not no what to do i pretty much live in this shed now i dont see myself staying in there ever again even with the door locked im not the fighting kind of guy and have never in my entire life have i ever had to physically retaliate to someone im a big old pussy

[rubber duck]

I'd kill the sob, I really would. Short of that torch all your equipment and give it a 6 month rest.

[moosemilk]

Caught 4 guys trying to steal from me once. Went out there carrying one of those big ice chisels (like an axe head on the end of a pole). One of them says "that looks like it would hurt". I said "you'll only find out if you don't put that back and get the ffff outta here with your friends, and don't be seen in this neighborhood again". 3 years, haven't seen a one of them. But, I'm by far not a small man lol.

Cops here once said to me thief's are clumsy. They slam fingers in car doors while breaking in. Trip and go face first into things. Sometimes even somehow run into bats backwards. Then he smiled and winked.

Basically, the criminals have too many rights. So if you catch them, they are "accident prone". As long as it's not excessive, that crooks word isn't going to stand up. "He slammed my hand in his car door after yanking me out when I was stealing his stereo" is less believable than "i was pulling him out of the car and he struggled and pulled me back, I grabbed the door to balance and it slammed on his hand".

Don't ask how I know that excuse...or that fingers break easily like that...make sure you don't catch the thumb though.

[RandyMarshCT]

If that guy slid the curtain open on my shed, he'd have a .45 down his throat before he could even get the words out.

Good luck with your situation! It's too cold to dig a hole right now.

[S-Cackalacky]

People disappear all the time - just sayin'.

[HDNB]

normal people are sleeping at 430am. the guy was almost for sure a smash and grab artist. you caught him out flatfooted so a "true lie" is the easiest to tell and remember.

if he saw something he wanted, he'll be back in no more than 3-4 days. if you are secure by then... he is off to greener pastures. if you get through tonite, friday and saturday unscathed i'd be a lot less concerned.

now that the asshole got your attention though, it's time to step up your game. observation system, early detection system, both for when you are there...interior detection for when you are away. you need an alert so you don't accidentally walk in on someone doing you dirty... that scares them and scared people do stupid shit.

i don't want to come off as a know it all...i do risk mitigation for a living. i see far too many people chasing the horse after the barn door is open. (i do not do personal safety risk mitigation...but the whole mindset goes hand in hand)
If you really want an insight into how crime works from a personal safety standpoint, i would highly recommend a book called "the gift of fear" by gavin de becker. he is the king of risk mitigation for personal safety. this book could actually save your life.

also not trying to be a fear monger. the second sentence in my blathering is the key one.

print his picture off and tack it up to the door. if he sees it, it will scare the shit outta him, when you see it, it will remind you to be more vigilant.

[paramountciders]

Thats the thing HDNB you can see that the garage door is open with the light on i pretty much keep it on 24/7 i unlock the door when im awake and lock it when im asleep now he would know when im there casue the door will be open I dont think if he actuly was trying to take something he will come when its open again maybe when its shut but i will get something today as a warning system for when im away and makeshift a couple of tripwires around the perimeter of the premisis i setup a webcam in the shed looking at the doorway to save the recorded video in dropbox JUST TO BE SURE as you said il be more vigilant and i will do just that thing you said put up the picture of him on the door i will leave it there when my firends say whos that il be "grant grandpap courious" always a bit simple

thanks everyone anyone else got any more suggestions
If i didnt post this and you guys didnt help i reckon my days out in the shed would be over

[DAD300]

Second The Gift of Fear...gave to wife and kids a few years ago.

I like the picture idea a lot.

[MoonBreath]

But then again, may be totally innocent mistake, possibly a Facebook thing ..
He probably told his friend about it ..They probably want to come sample with ya ..
A real cop won't pass up a runnin still, no matter what imo ..
He's probably a member here and readn all of us now
Do some counter intelligence on them (keep an eye on em).

[googe]

I agree with Moon, if you could find the other dudes address easy enough, id be looking into the dude that came to your place, does he say on Facebook he works?, is educated?, does he have pics of him cooking and tending the veggie garden, or party pics with a needle hanging out his arm, would give an idea of what type of person he is. I would not draw any unwanted attention to yourself by doing something violent or threatening, just remember no matter how crazy and tough one person is, there's always someone that's more crazier and tough, you can't believe you'll be the better one. Good luck, can't imagine how violated you must have felt!!.

[thumper123]

I like to leave a few empty shotgun shells around the yard, on the porch...you get the idea. Its like a silent security sign for intruders. I'm not saying I'll shoot ya, just saying I've practiced.

Great idea. Subtle but not too subtle. Maybe a little dog shit too.

[WooTeck]

he could have just been some drunk high kid looking for his mates, mates party. hence the question of if his mate lives there.

when i was younger i mumbled and got buzzed in to the wrong flat when i was on my way home (fist time id ever drank mezcal. very drunk). got up 2 flights of stairs and sudenly realised my talk function on my buzzer was broken. quietly left and when 3 doors up to my flat. had only lived in that flat for 2 years.

just as likely a simple mistake and i woundt be to consernd to much about it. that said some safety pracotions may be in order more for the law.

[WooTeck]

I've been robbed several times...bit dif when you're actually there. Fortunately in most of the U.S. we can use force on our own property. I carry a pistol and a flashlight 24/7. I know that makes me the crazy paranoid bastad...so be it.

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tp

the whole needing a gun for defence is completely foreign to me. in the uk fire arms are illegal generally. im pretty happy with this as I know the worst someone could come at me with is a blade/bat. imo allot less final than getting shot. a fire arm is an offensive weapon so it perplexes me to think of it as a defence tool.

people can get guns if they really want to but there highly controlled and difficult to come by.

saying that I do have a crossbow and lots of heavy blunt instruments around the house for if it was ever to be broken in to.
I also want one and if I lived somewhere that they were legal I would own many.

[phillmystill]

the whole needing a gun for defence is completely foreign to me. in the uk fire arms are illegal generally. im pretty happy with this as I know the worst someone could come at me with is a blade/bat. imo allot less final than getting shot. a fire arm is an offensive weapon so it perplexes me to think of it as a defence tool.

people can get guns if they really want to but there highly controlled and difficult to come by.

saying that I do have a crossbow and lots of heavy blunt instruments around the house for if it was ever to be broken in to.
I also want one and if I lived somewhere that they were legal I would own many.

I guess it's what you're brought up with and what you're used to.

To us having freely available firearms would make us pretty uncomfortable and also probably lead to our police force being armed which in turn would lead to more tragic errors and a more violent society. If anything I think there has been a will to make more stringent gun laws here in recent times.

Not criticising those countries with more liberal gun laws just commenting on how we perceive it would impact on our small island.

[DAD300]

WooTeck... it's ironic, but one of my worst fears is a sword or someone skilled with a knife. I think of bullet wounds as far less damaging. The only real advantage to a gun is distance. I can keep someone at bay.

phillmystill... even in the U.K. don't assume the bad guys don't have guns...they do! Your police do also.

[W Pappy]

A country that allows gun ownership is a country as free as it wants to be.
Now the best guards you can have are geese they don't play nice
and make one hell of a racket with intruders.

[Zak Griffin]

Threads like this make me glad to be an Australian!

[Brutal]

Threads like this make me glad to be an Australian!

And it makes me glad not to be

[thisguy]

A country that allows gun ownership is a country as free as it wants to be.
Now the best guards you can have are geese they don't play nice
and make one hell of a racket with intruders.

And they set free "land mines"

[W Pappy]

Threads like this make me glad to be an Australian!

And it makes me glad not to be

+11111 and a my last sip of bourbon to ya Brutal "clink"

[Smokey hollow]

Dude always have your side arm and lockup and paintup the windows . But then again he might have just smelt it and wanted some ..?

[Warrior Chief]

The action of a shotgun chambering a round makes a very distinctive sound. Might very well be the last thing that bloke ever hears.

[MitchyBourbon]

25 years ago my wife and I lived close in a city. My wife had a presentation she was giving for work so she got up at 4:30 am to prepare for it. She went into our living room and found a window all the way open. She figured I had left it open so she shut it and didn't think much of it. But it wasn't me that opened it. She had interupted someone breaking into our house. So the burglar knows that my wife is in the house and that she is awake and doesn't suspect anything. So what does he do? He just decides he needs to find a different point of entry. So he went to our back yard and starts climbing in through the kitchen window. Mean while my wife decides a cup of tea would be in order, so she goes into the kitchen. When she sees the guy climbing in she screams. That woke me up in a hurry. I ran to the kitchen and this guy is till coming. I opened a drawer and grabbed a rolling pin. The guy jumped back outside and I chased him down the street. After a block or so I decided to go back home as I was in my underwear. If any cops saw me chasing this guy they probably would have shot me. I gotta hand it to the cops, they already there when I got back. The only thing was that they kept saying he was a peepping tom. I said f no, this guy was coming and coming after my wife. He had no intention of just peeping. Well 5 minutes later a cop car shows up with the guy. We identified the guy and the cops said they would put him in jail. Well guess what, 10 minutes after they left, that guy was in front of my house hoping a tom thumb shopping bag and shouting "hey man, arrest me man". Those turds just dropped the off at the corner store.

This incident has been one of the great regrets I have in my life. At that time i was in my twenties, my wife was pregnant and we decided that we did not want anything to do with guns. I actually went around insulting anyone who was dumb enough to bring up the subject. My regret is that all I had to defend my young family was a rolling pin. I did manage to protect my family but the guy got away and the police let him go. That same summer there were a stretch of rape/murders. It turned out to be the same guy who broke into my house. If I had a gun I could have saved more than my family, that guy needed dyin.

[pfshine]

Scary story there, and your right some people just need killed. If your in my house I can only assume you are there to rape and murder my wife and daughter, you don't get to live any longer.

[T-Pee]

Anyone in my house without permission ain't there to sell Avon and will be dealt with accordingly.

tp

[W Pappy]

They hang horse thieves and let killers out of prison.Reason is there ain't no horses need stolen!

[sdpoage]

I keep a rage target in the window at my house. 8 holes in the head and eight center mass. Underneath it reads " there's nothing on this property worth dying for". Seems to keep even the salesmen away.

[W Pappy]

It works in any part of the country I see!