That feeling you get...EDIT: False Alarm.

"Luc - The Acadian Oppo" (luc5)
12/06/2014 at 11:59 • Filed to: None

I've been a homeowner for all of 12 days and I come home tonight only to find tracks going from my front entrance all the way down the side of my house then on my back deck right up to the windows then back down and around the other side of the house and finally away from the house down a back alley. Talk about making a guy paranoid I'll be keeping a baseball bat by my bed tonight that's for damn sure.

EDIT: After talking to the neighbours turns out it was the tax surveyors taking measurements of the house.

DISCUSSION (46)

leicester > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 01:38

DoYouEvenShift > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 01:44

Thats pretty damn scary man! Do you have a dog in your house? Im not a very paranoid person. But there is a gun easily within reach of my bed. Be safe and alert!

CB > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 01:44

That's fucked up.

Funny semi-related story: last year, we had footprints in the snow leading to my buddy Keith's window. At first there were no footprints leaving, but eventually ones leaving showed up.

Wait, did I say funny? I meant fucked up.

Tohru > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 01:44

Sorry Luc, I thought you were home.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > CB
12/06/2014 at 01:49

that was just him mom's boyfriend. Don't tell her Husband.

but yes fucked up indeed.

Birddog > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 01:52

Are you allowed to carry?

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > DoYouEvenShift
12/06/2014 at 01:53

No gun's here. I'm in canada a gun is not needed. A swing of a louisville slugger in the shins and they won't be going anywhere. I don't have a dog either.

I might put some cameras up to be on the safe side.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Birddog
12/06/2014 at 01:55

Dude this is Canada of course not. I'm sure it was nothing maybe just a nosey neighbour. but it still makes you think that's for sure.

DoYouEvenShift > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 01:55

Woa, thats even scarier! No bark or bang bang! Be safe and swing away.

NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 02:37

I starred, but what I really wanted to do was a frown.

Dude, that's messed up. Probably benign, but still...messed up.

Birddog > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 02:52

That shouldn't have made me laugh.

Tall fences make good neighbors.

Cajun Ginger > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 02:55

Get a dog.

JGrabowMSt > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 03:00

I'd fuck with them by putting empty water bottles and burned out light bulbs in the snow. There's no stepping on something like that and being sneaky about it. Worst case, just bury a bear trap and call it a night. Think of the wailing as more like a new-age lullaby.

Sam > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 03:59

I had a bit of a scare when we found tracks going around the side of my house last winter. Turns out it was the gas guy, who for whatever reason decide to tour the backyard.

Brian Silvestro > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 04:11

I thought in Canada gun laws were pretty lax, because of the bears and wolves and shit. Maybe that's only in the cold, desolate tundra.

blackchair > CB
12/06/2014 at 08:03

Those may have been your own... /s

shop-teacher > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 08:16

Could just be a utility guy looking for a meter. Still creepy though.

mazda616 > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 08:35

That sucks. Our house got broken into a month after we moved in. Made us feel really great about the neighborhood.

Pixel > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 10:21

When I bought my house, I got welcomed to my neighborhood with rocks thrown through several windows and the windshield of my old falcon smashed.

Kinja'd!!!

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Brian Silvestro
12/06/2014 at 12:03

getting a riffle or something is simple but getting a pistol of any kind is not that easy. You still need a licence to get a riffle but that license isn't hard to get.

but if you did end up shooting someone that broke in your the one that would be wrong and you would likely be facing time.

$kaycog > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 12:04

Re your edit..........thank goodness! I was hoping it was something like that.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Pixel
12/06/2014 at 12:04

Welcome to the neighbourhood my friend.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Sam
12/06/2014 at 12:06

Turns out it was the tax surveyors. but that didn't make last night any better. I figured it was probably nothing I mean this is Canada after all but you never know.

desertdog5051 > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 12:06

I know you are in Canada, but there must be a way to get a permit to have something like this. Just in case.

Kinja'd!!!

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > shop-teacher
12/06/2014 at 12:06

it was the tax guys measuring the house after all.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > desertdog5051
12/06/2014 at 12:10

Not really needed in Canada who ever might break into your house is more than likely unarmed and if the have a weapon it would be nothing more than a knife.

one of these should be more than enough protection around these parts.

Kinja'd!!!

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 12:13

I'm glad it was nothing, but I feel like they need to give you a heads up before doing this. If it were a place like Texas and the owner were home they may have gotten shot. Or if a little old lady lived there she may have had a heart attack.

shop-teacher > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 12:16

Glad there was a legit explanation.

EL_ULY > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 12:19

Re your update.. did they give you a notice beforehand? I had a recent break in also in my 1 month of home ownership and am a bit weary on people

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
12/06/2014 at 12:20

I agree a note on the door would of been much appreciated. If I was home and saw someone out there with a tape measure I wouldn't of thought anything of it. but the fact that I wasn't home and didn't know what went on made for a paranoid night.

desertdog5051 > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 12:20

*stuffs clothes in a bag* I'm moving to Canada!

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > EL_ULY
12/06/2014 at 12:23

No notice of anything which is why I was so uneasy about it. I remember your story about your place and the fact that you are in texas makes it even scarier(lots of guns and people who aren't afraid to use them). Last thing I want to do is live here in fear. I sure hope if they do some thing like this again we get a notice.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > desertdog5051
12/06/2014 at 12:23

come on over.

Clown Shoe Pilot > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 12:24

"Nothing more than a knife" is all you need to stab someone to death.

blackchair > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 12:25

Tax surveyer.. at 3am.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Clown Shoe Pilot
12/06/2014 at 12:27

And a bat is all I need to crush your skull in. I see them as even in a fight.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > blackchair
12/06/2014 at 12:28

I got home around 10pm but I was gone since 7am. they came during the day but you can't know that by just looking at the tracks.

EL_ULY > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 12:33

Yes sir, any notice but yeah living in fear is such a bad thing. Being ready is the real debate but afraid I am not :] It's the weekend! Time to do house stuff lol

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 12:39

"hello, pawn shop? I need a gun. In fact I need all of your guns. Maybe bows and arrows too. There are a bunch of foot prints around my new house and I want to be ready when they come back!"

**jumps on craigslist and searches "mercenaries for hire"**

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > EL_ULY
12/06/2014 at 12:50

I got shit to do to. I still need to setup MY room with all my hotwheels and other childish toys. still don'y know how I'm gonna display them yet.

PatBateman > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 12:51

THE TAXMAN COMETH (and then he goeth).

EL_ULY > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 12:55

Same thing here. I have all my diecast is boxes with no clue and money to build an awesome display area. Soon though :]

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 13:42

Damn tax man

Sam > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 16:29

They could've been plotting to steal your maple syrup, eh? :)

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Sam
12/06/2014 at 17:37

Kinja'd!!!

There is something in life you don't touch. Another Man's Car,Another Man's wife & most important of all Another Man's Maple Syrup.

Consider yourself warned!

Brian Silvestro > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
12/06/2014 at 19:08

That's pretty shitty.

Or maybe I have t0o much American tradition cooked into me to have an unbiased opinion.