A wooden box--what would you make of this?

[SampleMM]

I have a very active imagination but I was thinking last night.......Could someone be trying to snoop on you? Were they trying to install a bird feeder with a hidden camera in it to spy on you?

Regardless of why, please be careful. Too bad you don't have someone able to help you at night.

 

[Sterling]

Any more news on this creepy situation? Please be very careful going out at night. You and your momma! Your story made the hair stand up behind my neck. Just be careful!

 

[Minimor]

All was quiet last night, and again tonight. If we had boogeymen hanging around I didn't see or hear anything of them, and they didn't leave me any more boxes or anything else.

Kim, if anywhere were to try riding Echo, the Morgan mare, off they'd have a bit of a surprise I think. I used to ride Echo but haven't been on her in a few years. Echo doesn't like change, and has never been ridden by anyone but me and I don't think she'd take kindly to it--she'd decide she was scared of the stranger on her back. As well I think she would resist leaving the barnyard--I suspect if someone tried to take her for a joy ride they'd find themselves carted back to the barn PDQ! Or rather they might be on the ground PDQ and Echo would be back at the barn on her own.

So, I hope that's not what anyone had in mind, for their sake.

My cell phone, spotlight and 3 tined pitchfork, which is nice & sharp, still accompany me everywhere.

Susanne--you may have a good point about a cell phone/gun combo--I didn't think about how dangerous it could be.

I kept hitting the browser button instead of one of the menu keys, so had the web browser disabled so I wouldn't get charged internet time...it would be a bad thing, wouldn't it, to hit the trigger key instead of, say, the phone book key. I suppose it's just as well that my cell phone provider has never offered me the gun option on any of my upgrades!

SampleMM--I thought of the spy cam idea too (good imagination here too) but I don't know why anyone would want to bother spying on me...I even thought the box might be an evil token (like the little voodoo coffin on CSI Miami that one time) but really a big wooden box is kind of a cumbersome evil token so likely that's not it.

Still puzzled, and still would like to know who & why.

 

[Field-of-Dreams]

That is creepy!

You know what that looks like? A patio umbrella stand. Homemade, of course!

Lucy

 

[dreaminmini]

How is everything? Hopefully, there haven't been anymore problems. Did they come back for the box? Or have you gotten rid of it? Keep safe out there!!!

 

[Minimor]

I wish someone would have come for the box....when I was around. That way I'd know who it was....and could ask what the box is supposed to be! Plus I could give the person a lecture on the rudeness of trespassing! But no, the box is still here; I'm going to tear it apart and use the plyboard elsewhere

and throw away the top with its hole. Today Mom & I drove out of the yard to go around to the side pasture and as we were pulling onto the road a neighbor came walking up. We waved & continued on--this guy often walks/jogs around the block here, but to my surprise when we got out in the pasture he was not continuing on his walk--he must have stopped at our yard & went back. Hmmmm, I thought perhaps the box is his & it will be gone when we get back to the yard. It wasn't. But, if I don't get it torn apart now I'm going to move it. If he walked into the yard & saw where it was, it won't be there tonight if he were to come back for it. But of course he may not be the culprit at all.

The day after the bogeyman was here when I went out in the side pasture there was a set of quad tire marks across the pasture--they came in the gate, drove out & swung around past where the box had been & then left again. I could not tell, though, if they were made sometime that night or if they'd been there awhile--unless I went out further into the pasture they weren't visible, and I hadn't been out there in awhile. Regardless, someone has been out there on a quad & it wasn't us. I'm tired of people trespassing. Yeah, the gate was open (the pasture is fenced only in hot wire, which isn't on most of the time, too bad) but still everyone knows that it's private property. So many, though, just don't seem to care. No respect for private property at all. I wish I had a spike belt to throw out there. Even a set of harrows to turn upside down in the gateway. That would fix 'em. The gate is now closed up again so it won't be as easy for someone to ride in on a quad or a horse, though of course they can still go off to the side & duck under the wire if they want to walk in. Next spring the pasture will be fenced in better and the gate too will be a better one, one that can be padlocked--and will be. If that doesn't get the point across I will also be posting signs all around--NO TRESPASSING.

Still, as long as we don't get burglars instead of bogeymen some day, I guess we're doing okay. A neighbor 3 miles from here said today that a neighbor of his had their house burglarized recently. Burglars kicked the door in to gain entry--the wife said she could easily have been home at the time. It's worrisome not knowing if the place was being watched & the guys knew when no one was home, or if it was just luck of the draw that the wife was gone for the day & not home at the time. Scary stuff. There's lots of daytime burglaries around it seems--no doubt the reason the Mountie asked me if we aren't afraid to be out here on our own.

 

[REO]

Maybe your neighbor was walking over to talk to you but you drove past him, so he went home? If it were me, I'd ask him if he's seen or heard anything strange lately and watch HIS face! Why did I get the feeling that he knows something? Maybe you did drive out and catch him looking to see if the box was still there? Anyhoo, it'd be fun to see his face reaction if you ask him.

If someone was driving a quad (or walking) on our place, it'd make me mad as h*ll!

Wish you could put night cams out there & film whatever is going on. Someone is up to something.

 

[vickie gee]

Yep, somebody is in the least a fruitcake and probably up to no good. I think it is supposed to look like a bird house. Maybe a nutty birdwatcher that did not want to ask permission to use your place? I also agree that maybe the intention was to put a camera in it to spy on you...but for what purpose? To get a timeline of your habits and later rob you? Maybe someone is sweet on you...in a very creepy way. I know my anatolian shepherds would have made mincemeat of whoever it was. I would consider guard dogs and since you have livestock a livestock guardian dog. There are several breeds to pick from. And I would be packing heat ( I have a decals on my vehicle and one at my back door that has a picture of a pistol and it reads WE DON'T CALL 911). If you are not comfy with a gun at least carry pepper spray at all times. I would be so curious I would put up some wildlife cameras. Definitely question the neighbor. Good luck!

 

[Katiean]

Years ago I had someone put a road cone in back of my Ople GT (baby corvett). Since I was parking on the road I figured it would keep people away from the back of my car so I left it there. I would back up to it when I got back home. After about 4 days and the person figured it was not being used because the cone was not moved, They came to get my car. The neighbor cought them in the act of trying to take it at about 3am. When he went out to shut off his sprinkler (he watered late). The guy took off real fast. This was in a subdivision with really tiny city lots. I think I would be concerned about being out in the country with out someone helping me. I am not too far out and there are about 15 houses on my street. But, when my brother moved out and took his German short hair pointer (very protective dog), I got a BIG dog. I have a yorkie and poodle to sound the alarm. But when Charlie left I felt the need for a big dog of my own. After my neighbors killed my first attempt at a big dog I got a Great Pyerenees/Berneese MT. Dog/ Akbash mix. She will be 6 months old on the 13th and stands taller than the arm on the sofa. She feels that SHE owns the horses, chickens, rabbits, cats, small dogs and yes my mom and me. She lives inside and outside. For a bit she thought she was going to sleep on my bed with me. She got over that. But, I must say, I feel very safe with this dog. Though she is still a puppy, she is very protective and loves us totaly. I would recommend this type of dog to anyone that has livestock. I didn't like that the Berneese Mt Dog only has a life span of about 9 years. I am hoping that the GP takes over in that area and she lives to be 15 or so.

 

[REO]

Oh great! Thanks alot! Now I'm having dreams about that goofy box!

But in my dream there were more boxes and I knew what they were for. Too bad I can't remember now LOL!

 

[Minimor]

aw, Robin, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to give you nightmares!!

But it would have been nice if you could at least remember what the boxes in your dream were for!! I hope it was nothing sinister!

You know, I even thought once maybe the box was an evil token--anyone remember the CSI Miami show where they had the little voodoo coffin that was bad luck for the person that had it in his possession? But then I decided that this box was really too large to be a token of evil, so that isn't a likely possibility. I don't know who'd want to put a camera in it to spy on us--if that were the case I'd have to say GET A LIFE--they'd be pretty hard up for something to do if they were going to sit & watch me!

Mind you, once upon a time we had a next door neighbor who was sneaking around in the trees in our yard almost every night. That was freaky. Initially we knew someone was there, and it didn't take us long to figure out who it was, but we never did figure out WHY he was doing it. His wife worked evenings & he spent evenings in our trees--don't know if he hoped to see something, or hear something--or if he was just so bored it was something to do. He was just retired from the military at that time. The one night when his wife came home at midnight I saw him dashing across their yard from our trees to their house. Another night he sneezed when he was out in the trees along our front yard--that pretty much gave it away that our prowler was 2 legged & not 4 legged....that was very early on and at that point we were still wondering if we were just imagining things or if there really was someone out there--and then there was the sneeze. Next day his wife was talking to Mom, and happened to mention that her hubby had this cold he couldn't get rid of. Too funny. Wish I'd had a cordless spotlight in those days, I'd have lit him up!!

He stopped his skulking around after word got back to him that we had someone lurking around most nights--I'd told another neighbor, who told her Avon lady, who told her husband, who was a friend of our lurking neighbor. I hadn't mentioned WHO it was, just that "someone" was hanging around here at night. I guess that spoiled his fun because he quit doing it after that. Sigh. This is just a weird neighborhood I guess.

 

[REO]

It was more of a *BOINK* I know what that's for! And then there were a bunch of them. Then I started taking one apart. Then my brain said "That's enough of that Robin, switch channels!"

That box looks like it's been around a while. Could it be to mount on a tree for lil owls or squirrels?

I'm a person that just HAS to know the WHY of things and if it was me who's neighbor had been creeping around the trees, I'd to this day wanna know WHY. Why do people do those things?

And yes someone going through your pasture with a dolly & box is bugging me LOL. Hubby says Whatcha thinking about? And I say nothing!

Show up at my house next Halloween wearing that box on your head and I'd die laughing!

 

[Minimor]

Robin, if I showed up at your door with that box on my head, Halloween or now, now THAT would be WEIRD.

But no fear, the temptation to do any such thing has been removed--the box no longer exists. It is 5 pieces of plyboard out by my shed, and the top with its hole has been broken in half & thrown into the garbage. So, if anyone comes looking for their box now, they're out of luck.

I told my mom this morning that I should have taken the dolly that night & went across the pasture to the yard, grouching as I walked....loudly enough of course for the person(s) to hear....about how some people just have no respect for private property, and I'd post no trespassing signs but some people are probably too stupid to know what 'no trespassing' means anyway. She told me they'd have thought I was some sort of a nut. I figure that would have been okay--if they think I'm really nutty maybe they wouldn't come anywhere near here again. Of course it would have been more fun if I could have flipped the spotlight on & shone it right in their faces and said I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU!

That would have been fun!

I've considered going around to all the neighbors and asking each of them if they have a dolly I could borrow to move a washing machine--do you suppose anyone would actually offer me "that" dolly???

Meant to say--if that box was supposed to be house for some sort of bird or squirrels, they didn't appreciate it, because it hadn't been used. The inside was clean, nothing in there but a few elm leaves, fresh ones, not weathered, dried out year old ones--the box didn't have a hinged lid so couldn't be cleaned out, so kind of a funny bird/squirrel house.

 

[susanne]

I know what your wooden box is...

...it's a butter churn for short, dumpy people! (Missing the handle, of course)

(Being a short, dumpy person, my mind just naturally goes that way...)

Really, I think we need to have a contest to see who comes up with the best answer for what it is

 

[luv2ridesaddleseat]

Aw, you should have put it on Ebay! People buy anything on ebay!!

 

[Minimor]

Well shoot, I never thought of that! I could have put the silly thing on e-bay, got some money for it AND asked the buyer what they were going to use it for.....then I'd have know what it was, even if I still wouldn't know what it used to be.

 

[Seashells]

I know what your box is!

Just google wooden bird box and the first couple images shown are exactly like your creepy box!

It's a Bird/ nesting box!

I've wondered....if that creepy neigbor who use to prowel in the trees was planning on setting up a camera in box....

Years ago, we heard of some kids in the area who liked looking into peoples windows at night.

 

[Katiean]

I saw some boxs like yours the other day when I picked up feed. There is a river park next to the road that goes to the feed mill (they make hay cubes) and they had one on each tree for about 4-5 trees. These boxes were a bit more of a rectangle than a squair though. The hole was the same too. I would think that maybe since they were doing this (moving the box) at night, maybe they were going to put a camera in it. Who knows. People are crazy.

 

[Minimor]

It does (did) sort of look like a bird box, but bird boxes usually have a flat bottom (this one was angled) and they usually have hinged lids, so that they can be cleaned out. Otherwise they get used one year, are full of old nest & then the birds don't use them again. And they're not usually this big--this one would have been for a big bird! ike I said, if it was for the birds, they never used it, there was no old nest inside it.

Still wishing someone would come looking for it so I'd know WHO it was, but of course they won't.

 

[Katiean]

It does (did) sort of look like a bird box, but bird boxes usually have a flat bottom (this one was angled) and they usually have hinged lids, so that they can be cleaned out. Otherwise they get used one year, are full of old nest & then the birds don't use them again. And they're not usually this big--this one would have been for a big bird! ike I said, if it was for the birds, they never used it, there was no old nest inside it.
Still wishing someone would come looking for it so I'd know WHO it was, but of course they won't.

Good points. Yes the ones I saw had flat bottoms. Like I said People are crazy. Only they can tell you what they were doing.