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Originally Posted by MyLadies  Thanks, keep the replies comin'! 
I got my guts back up and went to the Grocery Store after all. Not like me to hide out at home thinking "what if"...(well it's almost like me, but not yet. LOL). I am thinking of putting in motion lights, I oughta do that. Maybe some fake (or REAL) cameras. I see them at Costco and the price isn't bad. Wouldn't that be cool if I had that, and could just turn the tape over to the police and say "here they are" "here's who ran thru the yard, now go get 'em"!
You know, if they really care, they could pull the prints off the items I found in my back yard and catch the guy. Certainly they can differentiate from my prints because here in Texas EVERYONE gets printed when they get their drivers license. |
You know, the idea of "fake" cameras isn't all that far fetched. I have a friend, who has literally, hundreds of thousands of dollars of exotic birds at her home and she has huge charity fundraisers at her home, which could involve who knows WHO....a lot of people go to things when they hear there's an open bar or free food, seriously...and her birds are in big aviaries OUTSIDE most of the time....most of them are microchipped but still.....exotic birds are a prime target of thieves....and until recently, she had just SIGNS saying that the premises were monitored by cameras...she didnt' have ANY! I would say that we're in a relatively low crime ridden area, as far as that sort of stuff goes, but still......it would be so easy. It's seemed to work for her for a long time. I think anything you can do to make your home seem less vulnerable, including motion sensor lights (that's one of the first things they suggest you install when they talk about crime-deterring), and any other signs, etc...get a big "BEWARE OF DOG" sign and make it as menacing as you can....thieves are usually cowards too.