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As most of you know, I live in the woods with my special needs son and 85 year old mother. My husband isn't home much. (Insert smiley face).

The other night, my son had a meeting with his Special friends. When I get home, my husband tells me that on of his listeners had come to the house just to chat.

He didn't let him in, but he kept hanging around on the porch.

I told my husband that I hoped he had told him that if he had come when I was there, I would have shot him.

He said he never thought of it. MEN!!! Jk guys. I have no idea what this guy even looks like. I don't like it at all. We are very private and don't have drop ins and never, ever after dark.
 
I rarely ever get uninvited guest and if I do they never get past the gate, if it weren't for the doctor, supplies or needing to haul things back to the property I wouldn't never leave.. living a hermit's life but then again, the wife gets a vote on the hermits life "I am not as old as you.. NO" (personally I think it's age discrimination)
 
Can you get security cams? I have ones from Blink right now. They provide a pretty good picture and and they are only about $99 per camera.This way you could see who was at the door when you are away from home. Ours have been useful we are thinking about upgrading soon.

People knocking on your door in the suburbs is common. Where you live, it’s pretty unusual and scary.
 
Once the house is finished there won't be any need for strangers to come around here. Everyone on the work crews always asks if they can come up here and hunt elk. My answer is always NO.
I don't mind when people that I invite come to visit, and other than the construction workers nobody ever comes up uninvited.
Soon the Forest Service will lock their gate cutting off public access to thousands of additional acres of land surrounding my place. I've got a key to the gate so I'll have the only vehicle access until next June.
 
DrPrepper said:
Can you get security cams? I have ones from Blink right now. They provide a pretty good picture and and they are only about $99 per camera.This way you could see who was at the door when you are away from home. Ours have been useful we are thinking about upgrading soon.

People knocking on your door in the suburbs is common. Where you live, it’s pretty unusual and scary.
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I have dogs :) I have cams in the stable and pens but that's more for predators not humans, it's kindly a remote area and vehicles can be heard for some distance not to mention headlights can be seen miles away during the night, the road is in a canyon and my property set above the canyon overlooking it, we got 2.25 miles of the road that we jokingly call the kill zone.

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robinjopo said:
As most of you know, I live in the woods with my special needs son and 85 year old mother. My husband isn't home much. (Insert smiley face).

The other night, my son had a meeting with his Special friends. When I get home, my husband tells me that on of his listeners had come to the house just to chat.

He didn't let him in, but he kept hanging around on the porch.

I told my husband that I hoped he had told him that if he had come when I was there, I would have shot him.

He said he never thought of it. MEN!!! Jk guys. I have no idea what this guy even looks like. I don't like it at all. We are very private and don't have drop ins and never, ever after dark.
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I am ignorant of what you are talking about. Somebody's listener came to the house? who's? and what is a listener? Does it have something to do with a support groups or something? Is this someone from the meeting that followed them home?
 
Maverick said:
I have dogs :) I have cams in the stable and pens but that's more for predators not humans, it's kindly a remote area and vehicles can be heard for some distance not to mention headlights can be seen miles away during the night, the road is in a canyon and my property set above the canyon overlooking it, we got 2.25 miles of the road that we jokingly call the kill zone.

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Wow, I am glad for you. That looks like a dream to me.
 
Maverick said:
I have dogs :) I have cams in the stable and pens but that's more for predators not humans, it's kindly a remote area and vehicles can be heard for some distance not to mention headlights can be seen miles away during the night, the road is in a canyon and my property set above the canyon overlooking it, we got 2.25 miles of the road that we jokingly call the kill zone.

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Looks like paradise
 
Unexpected visitors at night, to my place, first see a locked gate.

So if I hear a knock, they better have a DAMN good story. (and I'll be armed when hearing it).

It's a good point for getting an intercom system though.
 
Maverick said:
Me: Idaho Montana Utah Northern Arkansas Kentucky, kids are wanting me to move to Texas (my home state)

Wife: Arizona New Mexico Nevada and Alabama (where she was born)
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Yeah... you’d love Alabama.... it’s 96 degrees here today, humid as hell. Heat index made it to 104 today.

As for nights, middle 70’s and continued humid as hell....
 
WGregMiller said:
Yeah... you’d love Alabama.... it’s 96 degrees here today, humid as hell. Heat index made it to 104 today.

As for nights, middle 70’s and continued humid as hell....
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When I worked the shrimp boats out of Port Bolivar in my youth we gone to Mobile and Bayou La Batre all the time :)
 
WGregMiller said:
Yeah... you’d love Alabama.... it’s 96 degrees here today, humid as hell. Heat index made it to 104 today.

As for nights, middle 70’s and continued humid as hell....
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Yes we are having a 90s day here too. Worked with bees this morning and dang it was hot. I did it as early as possible too.
 
DrPrepper said:
Can you get security cams? I have ones from Blink right now. They provide a pretty good picture and and they are only about $99 per camera.This way you could see who was at the door when you are away from home. Ours have been useful we are thinking about upgrading soon.

People knocking on your door in the suburbs is common. Where you live, it’s pretty unusual and scary.
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We have cams down by the deer stand, but someone decided the needed more than I do. They left the feeder and deer stand though.
 
Maverick said:
I have dogs :) I have cams in the stable and pens but that's more for predators not humans, it's kindly a remote area and vehicles can be heard for some distance not to mention headlights can be seen miles away during the night, the road is in a canyon and my property set above the canyon overlooking it, we got 2.25 miles of the road that we jokingly call the kill zone.

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I have dogs that bark at everything. I just don't like the idea of people showing up. We can't fence and gate because of the woods and general layout.
 
Maverick said:
When I worked the shrimp boats out of Port Bolivar in my youth we gone to Mobile and Bayou La Batre all the time :)
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We were just in that area last night to go visit the newest grandbaby.

As for random people just showing up at my house, id be very leary. . . Did this listener do a search to find your address? Follow your husband home one day? Just sounds creepy. I don't like unexpected visitors at all, but they don't go past the gate unless it is a meter reader who rings the bell first and I get the dogs in.
 
I live on a gravel road in the middle of a S curve since 2014 the road is damned ruff everyone slows way down thru this spot ,,,,save for this A-HOLE,the dog was almost across the road from my driveway ,,,,he simply was going to fast and not watching,,,this POS is a regular around here so he knew about the dogs,,,he just didn't care,,,,,,,,,,,,,a lot of people in this old world think it's just a damned dog ,,,it best get out of my way,,,,,
 
Thoes kind of situations concern Me . I deal with the public alot at work and sometimes have to piss People off . One could not find info on Me so looked up a reative and tried to get info , didn't work out for Them . Then Anyone not familiar with this area or rual areas are not very comfortable when They leave the main road and head into the country side . It must remind them of Wrong Turn . I work in a more urban area of another County than where I live .
Yes the Person that showed up on Your porch would be a concern . I would suggest a fence and good dog or dogs .
 
Danil54grl said:
We were just in that area last night to go visit the newest grandbaby.

As for random people just showing up at my house, id be very leary. . . Did this listener do a search to find your address? Follow your husband home one day? Just sounds creepy. I don't like unexpected visitors at all, but they don't go past the gate unless it is a meter reader who rings the bell first and I get the dogs in.
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He has a habit of being at the places if any of their people are doing a remote (like a celebrity golf tourney etc). He actually follows another host more than my husband.

Don't know how he found us. I'm sure it was easy to do. Husband talks about fishing at the cove by the house, etc.

I'll always keep my big pointy sticks handy. We have a gravel drive so people can be heard if I'm paying attention. (Oops)
 
Think I would still invest in a good watch dog at least to help protect you, your son and your mom. I know I left out one resident but you can read into that what you want. . . If I remember though, you already have a dog? Does it help alert when people come by? Just if you are home next time he drops by, give him a warning shot first. Maybe he will think twice about coming by.
 
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