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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan anyone, outside of the police, drive through a neighborhood at night and floodlight
the yards?
It's peculiar. This weekend an ordinary looking van drove through our neighborhood and blasted the yards with bright light as it slowly drove by. It was very selective about which yards it lit up. I had seen a SUV do this a few months back, but assumed it was the police. I'm not sure anymore because the van was selective about which yards it blasted.
It's a double curiosity because our streets are technically private, which means that even the police need permission to patrol our streets. (Well, that's how it works in a right-wing, fanatical property rights oriented community.)
isobar
(188 posts)Or it could just be a board member from the HOA looking for violations.
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)Wouldn't it make sense to strategically use the camouflage of daylight for that activity?
And, my HOA has sabotaged itself when it comes to enforcing ARB regulations. That's what happens when there's quid pro quo activity taking place on the board.
isobar
(188 posts)I can tell you that such behavior by HOA board members would be nothing new. I have seen them don disguises in an attempt to "catch" another homeowner at something. People a fuckin nuts. Hell it may even be an act of intimidation. I have seen silly homeowner disputes rise to the level of attempted murder. No shit!
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)Which is why I believe we need to keep bringing attention to the abusive things we see happening in our HOAs, because homeowners need help where these HOAs members are connected and colluding with other political factions in our cities.
isobar
(188 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)That's a good suggestion.
branford
(4,462 posts)FSogol
(45,488 posts)sarisataka
(18,663 posts)taxis do it. They are looking for an address and when they see the first one might skip a few houses knowing that they need to go farther down the street.
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)But this was no taxi. And after it did a partial scan of our neighborhood, it drove into a gated community where it spent an hour before leaving--assuming it was the first car that left after entering the development.
sarisataka
(18,663 posts)but until such as forthcoming it is very odd and worthy of note
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)That means a lot, sarisataka.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)Assuming, of course, that we're dealing with a normal HOA scenario.
But I don't think we have something like that available, or I would have received a flyer.
isobar
(188 posts)HOAs can be CRAZY !
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)They don't even bother to duly notice some of their HOA meetings. Since the nineties they are selective about who they invite to the preliminary meetings, and only notice a formal meeting after they feel they have a solid consensus to back up their decisions.
isobar
(188 posts)I have managed properties on both coasts, and in the "heartland", same , same all over.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)I actually have no idea, but I would be a bit weirded out, too.
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)If it's the police, I would hope to read something about this service in a city flyer. Haven't come across the information. So I'm going to keep inquiring.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)shine a light on the truth just as they seem to be doing. Of course I'm more of a confronting type of person.
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)I tried that once, and they released the Kraken. Never again.
unblock
(52,253 posts)if we ever get another basset hound, "the kraken" it is
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)blackcrow
(156 posts)Some limo services have odd cars.
unblock
(52,253 posts)plenty of innocent possibilities.
and the more nefarious ones are not so likely to draw attention to themselves.
personally, i'd raise an eyebrow but wouldn't lose any sleep over it.
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)Here's me at my last doctor's appointment to fix the problem:
Taitertots
(7,745 posts)It's probably the pizza guy
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)Any relation to tater guy?
Taitertots
(7,745 posts)Its like comparing a russet and a Yukon gold
aikoaiko
(34,172 posts)If you get a chance, shine a high lumen light back on them and record their plates.
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)It really isn't feasible right now because I have no interest in logging every car that goes by, nor am I going to sit around and wait for something to happen. I'm more of a passive observer.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)They might have something with a collar radio signal and they are looking for it. Or just doing a study/ search.
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)Nothing bigger than a raccoon around here for several years. However, now that I think about it, the police are not shy about sending helicopters overhead when they think something is afoot. They even came back for a second look when I was out walking the dog.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)Google Seminole County and coyote.
You have them. We have them in Chicago. Coyotes are thriving in built up areas. They move and hunt at night. I've seen documentaries on studies and trapping in urban/suburban areas and it sure sounds like what you are dealing with.
http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2012/12/21/man_warns_neighbors_.html
WINTER PARK --
A Seminole County homeowner has a warning about coyotes for his neighbors.
He wants them to know he's lost his pet and several other animals on his property thanks to coyotes.
Charles Ickes lives in Winter Park on Dike Road, just north of Howell Branch Road, near Lake Howell.
Ive had ducks for 20 years and Ive never had a problem like this, Ickes said.
Animals just seem to be disappearing from his property.
There have been about five cats missing in the neighborhood just within the last few months, said Ickes.
And just a few days ago, Ickes family lost a beloved pet.
Very friendly cat, fell in love with anybody who ever came on our property, never left the property, never had an issue.
Ickes believes a coyote is to blame for attacking and killing his cat Emily, and he believes coyotes also killed several of his ducks as well.
These animals can jump pretty high and I think they are just jumping over the fence, he described.
Im just concerned someone might get bit, or get rabies, they are more aggressive than a dog.
Ickes is worried about other animals on his property.
Florida Fish and Wildlifes website states that hunting and trapping of coyotes is allowed on private property to get rid of them.
But Ickes said in his populated neighborhood, hunting would not be safe, and steel traps require a permit.
The only way the state would get involved, if it actually hurt somebody, I think thats the way it goes, but youre on your own right now.
Ickes says his mission now, is to warn his neighbors.
They have to be concerned about their dogs and cats being outside now, and Im very concerned about that because I just lost one of my best pets.
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/video-shows-coyotes-may-be-hunting-cats-in-orlando/nD9h9/
Video Shows Coyotes May Be Hunting Cats In Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. When you think of coyotes, you might think of the Wild West, the desert, anywhere but near downtown Orlando, but Channel 9 has the video proof that coyotes are hunting near the Orlando Executive Airport (see map).
https://m.
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)One of the most incredible things I saw back one cold winter night when I left food out for the birds, and obviously left too much, was a shot caught on my wildlife cam that had a racoon sharing the spoils on the ground with a possum. And in between the two was a domestic cat reclined in a relaxed posed with tail twitching. No question the three of them had become fast friends.
JVS
(61,935 posts)FSogol
(45,488 posts)Claim you are worried that someone is looking for houses to burglarize.