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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2014 19:34:21 GMT -5
Dan, just a thought since you mentioned the wi-fi modem was handled by the perpetrator. I recommend changing your router's security password just in case. Never know, they could have access to your wi-fi and that's never a good thing. Hmmm. I'll have to look up how to do that. There should be a tiny hole on the back of your router. You push a pin inside it and hold until all the lights on the front blink simultaneously. That should reset the password to it's default state. Doing this will kick you off the internet so only do this if you are ready. If you tell me the make and model of your router I can easily look up what the default pw is for that model. Sometimes, especially if your router is supplied by the ISP, they have different requirements to resetting information. So if you are renting the wi-fi device through ATT, you may need to contact them for help in resetting any passwords. All routers have a default user name and pw to login and change settings. Once you have a new pw, you'll want to use that user name and pw to login to the router and then change your WEP, WPA or WPA2 password. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2014 19:35:12 GMT -5
What an amazingly creepy story! Please keep us updated and keep safe.
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Post by shaxper on Dec 13, 2014 19:44:20 GMT -5
Wow, Dan. This is truly the kind of scenario that could only happen to you.
I'd recommend contacting the police. I realize they really can't do much if there isn't much missing/damaged, but I think it's a good idea to get a file started just in case this continues.
Also, I suggest investing in a nanny cam. That way, if it happens again, you can find out who or what is doing it.
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 13, 2014 20:01:51 GMT -5
Good to have you back Dan. Lying isn't good for the soul. Too late |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 13, 2014 20:29:41 GMT -5
Another thought would be to send away for the Acme Co.'s brochure for booby-trapping your front door. They have some wonderful contraptions or you can do-it-yuorself with snare ropes for that upside down hanging man trick, the old rake-on-the-floor-when-stepped-on-pole-slams-head joke, or your favorite and mine, banana-peel-slip-onto-thumbtacks -on- floor-butt-first-ride. Always a classic. Watch those Home Alone movies for more ideas
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Post by berkley on Dec 13, 2014 20:38:26 GMT -5
I hope you get this straightened out ASAP, Dan.
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Post by berkley on Dec 13, 2014 20:44:02 GMT -5
Another thought would be to send away for the Acme Co.'s brochure for booby-trapping your front door. They have some wonderful contraptions or you can do-it-yuorself with snare ropes for that upside down hanging man trick, the old rake-on-the-floor-when-stepped-on-pole-slams-head joke, or your favorite and mine, banana-peel-slip-onto-thumbtacks -on- floor-butt-first-ride. Always a classic. Watch those Home Alone movies for more ideas Reading this, it occurs to me that it possibly wouldn't be too difficult to rig up a cheap camera in some unobtrusive spot to see if you could catch them on video. Maybe Dan knows someone who could help him out if, like me, he's not particularly handy with stuff like that. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2014 8:27:45 GMT -5
Oh, I called them Friday after the 2nd intrusion, rest assured. An officer came by, looked around & took a report. I bought new deadbolts last night & will install them today.
Can't remeember if I've mentioned it & don't feel like scrolling back to check, but the more I think about it the more I suspect that someone happened to stumble across the front-door dey I hid outside for myself well over a decade ago but hadn't been able to find in years & years. In the meantime, I've started locking the front security door, which I'd done only a couple of times till now.
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Post by the4thpip on Dec 14, 2014 9:01:55 GMT -5
ДLL VΞЯУ SГЯДИGΞ ... MДУБΞ IГ'S SФMΞГHIИG ГФ DФ ЩIГH ГHΞ MΞГΞФЯ SHФЩΞЯ LДSГ ИIGHГ?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2014 9:13:16 GMT -5
Let's just say that my Philip K. Dick fanaticism is standing me in good stead during all this insanity. As is, I suppose, my open mind toward the possibility of the paranormal & such. (My initial FB post inspired a couple of really intriguing accounts of alleged hauntings experienced by very level-headed people I've known &/or worked with over the years.)
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Post by Nowhere Man on Dec 14, 2014 10:24:42 GMT -5
Given all that you've revealed, Dan, I'd bet that the lost house key is the answer. It is strange that the most expensive stuff hasn't been touched, so I'd agree that it's probably someone without the nerve to try to haul out the big money items.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2014 12:21:04 GMT -5
THe disappearance of my alarm clock (of all things) & my camera make it sound like whoever it was just wanted a souvenir, so to speak, & just went with something he could stick in, say, a coat packet.
That's assuming they're actually gone, of course. Given this individuals's obviously bizarre sense of humor (if indeed "humor' is the correct word here), for all I know they'll turn up in the fridge or the storve or a drawer or god knows where.
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Post by shaxper on Dec 14, 2014 12:58:21 GMT -5
Could be kids having fun. Makes more sense than the criminal who doesn't steal, the escaped lunatic, or the visiting alien.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2014 14:23:30 GMT -5
I think I'm going with the poltergeist scenario, just because it's interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2014 14:27:06 GMT -5
Otherwise, I've now changed out 2 of the 3 deadbolts. The front-door one turns out to be a combination deadbolt-&-entry-knob unit (if I'd had my wits, such as they are, about me, obviously I would've checked that before heading to Lowe's last night). On top of that, the final screw is really recessed, & I can't find a narrow enough flat-blade here to access it. Not as big a deal as it otherwise might be, though, since that's the entry with the security door that I'm now locking.
Headed back to Lowe's shortly after eating with a friend (who loaned me a shotgun last night, FWIW, not that I've ever handled any sort of firearm other than a BB gun in my life ... Still, should naught come to naught, I figure it'd serve as a deterrent).
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