• Baku@aussie.zone
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    Ok, on further investigation, he managed to break into my spare room. He slashed up my bike seat, stole my MacBook, slashed a poster, destroyed a 3D Printer I got as a gift, and destroyed a resin 3D printer I also got as a gift. I’m going to call the police, but I want to wait for the locksmith to come let me into my spare room first because that’s where I kept most of my valuables

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      I’m so sorry. What an awful thing to happen. I don’t know why people are like that. Do they feel good to trash someone stuff? Why??? Hopefully police will be helpful. Even if they aren’t, you’ll be doing the right thing to report it.

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        I marked it as lost and sent a pin code. I don’t think you can report MacBooks as stolen to apple, but you can to the police who I think then contacted apple. It hasn’t been connected to the internet since I last used it, so the lock doesn’t help much if it’s already been wiped

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      I’m really fucking sorry for what’s happened mate. I really am.

      What an absolute piece of fucking shit.

      This is also on the people running the house. Speak to your worker about being reimbursed for what’s been destroyed.

      It’s their responsibility to provide a safe place for you and your stuff.

      Don’t let them off the hook.

      And I would be demanding someone stay at the house with you for the next few weeks at minimum. Your safety is their responsibility.

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        Thanks gibsy, I appreciate it. Already in the process of doing all that. Apparently my org is trying to put the responsibility for my stuff onto child protection and their placement coordination unit for moving him in, since they said he wasn’t a good match. I don’t really give a shit who pays for it, as long as somebody does and in a reasonable timeframe. But tbh, my org has the ability to refuse referrals, the pathetic sponge of a man running the show was just too scared to say “no” to PCU and accepted the referral anyway.

        I told them I don’t feel comfortable here on my own, they’ve said they’ll ask for supports. But I’m going to raise hell if they refuse. Completely agree with what you’ve written - they’ve screwed up not just once, but about a dozen times in a row. They’ve had so many opportunities to prevent this, but they kept making bad decision after bad decision and now I’m paying for it.

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          Good on you for standing up for yourself!

          From everything you’ve written since I’ve been here, these people are happy to abdicate responsibility at the drop of a hat. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, and considering everything that’s happened ie: you having to live in a hotel, what this moron has done to your stuff and the house, it’s a very reasonable request to not only have everything replaced, but to have either a couple of workers, or in the least they could hire a security guard of some description.

          I haven’t been through what you have, but I know how shitty government beuracracy can treat you when you’re young. How your needs can be ignored repeatedly.

          They don’t get to get away with the incompetence that has led to these circumstances. Fuck all that.

          That aside, I have to say, if I was in your shoes, at your age, I wouldn’t be handling this half as well as you are. I really mean that.

          Good on you for keeping a level head and being systematic in how you’re going to resolve this!

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      Bloody hell. This is a nightmare. I hope it gets sorted for you quickly and they get the help they clearly need (and leave you alone)

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    The house isn’t as fucked as I was expecting. It looks like he tried to break into all of the rooms, but only succeeded in breaking into one of them (not mine). My lock is well and truly fucked though, I think he tried to take a crowbar to the doors and a knife to my lock. He had an illegal motorbike, and there’s deep gouges in our back lawn so I think he was doing loops around the yard or something. He didn’t kill my plants though, so that’s a bonus I guess.

    He did use my toilet and bathroom which I’m quite uncomfortable about. It doesn’t look like he nicked anything, but he went through 5 or 6 rolls of my toilet paper, my toilet reeks, and I’m worried he’s fucked with my body wash or something. Unfortunately although my bathroom does lock, it only has one of those locks that can be unlocked from the outside with a butter knife.

    I’m still really worried about him coming back to the house and either smashing stuff up, or trying to break in and steal or break things. I’m going to be home alone for about 2 months, and I’m not super thrilled about the situation.

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      That would make me feel so ick. Throw out your toothbrush. Bleach the hell out of the toilet. It feels so violating to have someone in your house. Hopefully you can talk to someone about how to improve security in the house? Will they provide that in the housing you’re in? Like does it have security door (like this mesh ones)? Lockable windows?

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        Luckily for me, I’ve been meaning to replace toothbrushes for a while and forgot to bring all of my toiletries, so I bought a new toothbrush, toothpaste, body wash, shampoo, etc while I was away. I think I’m going to everything I can’t verify hasn’t been fucked with, including some things I have in my cupboard and fridge. I kind of put this back on my org too, so I think they’re going to pay for most of it

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      Someone with a very low frustration tolerance. And anger management issues. And no respect for other people’s belongings. This guy sounds very high risk for returning to the scene of the crime to do more ‘I spit on you’ antics. It’s not so much the damage, I expect, it’ll be more his way of expressing contempt for anyone that he feels is not ‘respecting’ him. Which makes no sense, but I suspect he’s not doing too much objective thinking.

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    😭

    “Sam: I wonder if we’ll ever be put into songs or tales. Frodo: [turns around] What? Sam: I wonder if people will ever say, ‘Let’s hear about Frodo and the Ring.’ And they’ll say ‘Yes, that’s one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn’t he, Dad?’ ‘Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that’s saying a lot.’ Frodo: [continue walking] You’ve left out one of the chief characters - Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam. [stops and turns to Sam] Frodo: Frodo wouldn’t have got far without Sam. Sam: Now Mr. Frodo, you shouldn’t make fun; I was being serious. Frodo: So was I. [they continue to walk] Sam: Samwise the Brave…”

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      On the topic of Tolkien, this morning I was going through some old books that were still in boxes from moving house last year. Found a copy of The Adventures of Tom Bombadill which I’ve had for decades, I remember my grandmother used to read it to me when I was a kid in the 70’s. Well, it turns out that this little hardback is a first edition print from 1962 (UK release) and some are selling online for $700+, one seller had a copy up for $1100!

      No plans to sell it, but I should probably take a bit more care with it :)

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      It always makes me cry so damn hard when he gets to go to Valinor. Like, can you imagine him seeing Frodo again after all that time? 😭

      And the scene when Gandalf, Galadriel, and Celeborn are boarding the ship at the Grey Havens, and then Frodo turns around… God it just kills me.

      Annie Lennox’s voice is so damn ethereal as well

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    The program leader has just left. I have 4 hours until the evening person will get here while I’ll be on my own

    Although my deadbolt was still locked and I can’t see a way it could’ve been relocked if it was unlocked, I swear I’m missing things in my main room too. My echo dot, hard drive, and powerboard all aren’t where I remember leaving them within my room. I can’t actually find them at all. I specifically didn’t take them because I didn’t need to (and in the case of my hard drive, I forgot to take it with me). Also, an old phone I had lying in a drawer is a lot more smashed than it was before, and was also on the floor.

    I’m hesitant to straight up say this is his doing and amend my police report because I sometimes forget that I’ve moved things around, but I can’t find those things anywhere, even in drawers, not that I really had any reason to move them at all. Also, nothing on this room is slashed up, which seems to be his trademark

    I’m honestly terrified now though, and it’s not even dark yet. I’m once again keeping a knife very close and planning to hide in my room until backup arrives at 9. I don’t know whether it’s better to stay hidden and keep my curtain closed, or sit at my desk and open the curtain so I can sort of see out (although I’m sitting not much higher in the window so I couldn’t see much).

    Also, he has an illegal motorbike, so I know he has a way to get here on his own if he wanted to. Of course that means every motorbike I hear makes me jump. I could also walk down to the bus stop and then spend the night at a 24 hour shop or something. But the worker won’t be here til 9, and the bus finishes before then, so I can’t really just leave until the worker gets here, unless I walk home which seems worse.

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      I’m only just catching up on your saga now and holy hell. Your nightmare experience puts most of us sheltered plebs’ complaints about shitty neighbours and housemates to shame - I can’t believe that deeply fucked cockhead got away with so much cruel, wanton damage and you’re left in such a heightened state. I’m so sorry. It’s unbelievable that the State is exposing an underage person to levels of danger that would be unacceptable on so many fronts.

      You write well and are level-headed Baku - I sincerely hope that helps you escalate this outrageous situation to the highest level and get some appropriate compensation and protection. I hope you never ever have to experience this sort of thing again.

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        I’ve had similar experiences and saw this little fuckwit coming a mile away.

        I hope he ruins his own life irreparably and has nobody else left to blame

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      Tidy up.

      Then take photos of all your stuff and your rooms. That way you can tell if someone has been there touching your stuff.

      Brace your door with a wedge so it can’t be entered.

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        I actually think the most likely way somebody would get into my room (at least while I’m in it) is through the window. The window is a tall climb up off the ground, but easily doable with a ladder, or maybe a chair and some good upper body strength

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          Put empty glass bottles around where the window is, that way any intruder will make a noise.

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            That’s a good suggestion, thanks goonsy. I don’t have any glass jars, so I might try and adapt it by using cups or mugs or something. Unfortunately there is no window sill, so they’ll have to be on my desk, which isn’t wide enough to completely avoid jumping over. He would make enough of a thud that I should wake up though

            I’ve thought about it some more, and I don’t actually think his goal is to hurt or kill me, I think he just wants to get revenge on me by breaking my stuff, since he blames me for being kicked out. But he seems kind of unstable, so I’m not sure I’d rely on that alone to keep me safe.

            When I get my tax refund, I think I’ll invest in some home security stuff, like those little alarms that make that horrific noise if you open a door or window and maybe a couple of cameras. Really that should probably be the orgs responsibility, but if I go through them I can probably expect them to be purchased in late 2025, maybe 2026 at the earliest

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              Another suggestion that may help. Smear vaseline or similar all over the outside windowsill (if any). Anyone attempting to get in will not be able to get a grip on it to raise themselves up to that level. They’ll have to bring a ladder or whatever which appears to be a level of forward planning that this nincompoop is not capable of. And bringing equipment makes noise. One very old trick is to attach a rattly thing or a small bell to the window at the top where it can’t be seen from outside but will make noise if the window is opened unexpectedlike. Enough noise to alert you and get your phone up and recording if someone does break in. Like a shop bell - the old fashioned sort on a spring that tinkles when the door is opened.

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            Unfortunately not because the window is about a metre, maybe a bit more off the floor in my room. Even my dresser (tallest furniture in my room) only goes about 5cm above the window.

            My main concern is that he may sneak into the back yard and come in through the window in his old bedroom. Not much I can do about that I don’t think. My main bedroom door should be safe though. The locksmith reinforced the lock and the thing the lock bolt goes into by upgrading to longer nails and installing a couple extra

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    Update on the situation:

    A lovely bloke from my orgs after hours came to check if I was alright. We had a good chat, and I used the confidence I gained from it to check all the rooms to make sure the windows are all locked. I noticed his window in his room was opened about half way, which is concerning because I don’t remember noticing it when I had a peak before. But of course I might just not have paid enough attention. Also locked his other spare bedroom and the spare LT bedroom windows. Now if he did come back, he won’t be able to get in. He could try the windows on my side of the house, but they’re a few metres off the ground and would definitely make noise trying to get into.

    The worker will be here in an hour, so I’ve almost made it to safety. I’ll give him a mini handover and explain the situation to him and sight ID before letting him in. Unless he just uses his key (there’s a lockbox with a front door key which he’ll have a code to).

    Thanks for all the advice and well wishes everyone, I do really appreciate it. I’ll probably be on edge for a week or two, but after that I should hopefully start to relax and settle back in. The overnight workers will stay for the foreseeable future, although I do have the power to say I don’t want them anymore if I wish.

    I don’t think I need to fear for my safety, I think this kid is more the type to threaten and intimidate but not necessarily assault or actually go through with anything. But he seems to think I’m personally responsible for ruining his whole life, and seems to be kind of unstable so I’m still going to take full safety precautions.

    I pay more tax than I need to, so I’ll get a nice refund whenever they finish processing it (probably in a couple of weeks). I’m definitely going to buy some of those alarms you stick on doors with command strips that set off the alarms, and I’ve also talked with the program leader about organising to have some security cameras installed. I offered to manage their installation personally, to both save on costs and for a cool project to do (in case you lot haven’t noticed, I am a bit of a computer nerd).

    I also haven’t had anything critical stolen or damaged, which is good. Nothing I can’t live without. I don’t have high hopes he’ll be arrested or charged, but even if he doesn’t, I’m covered under my orgs insurance, so they’ll be replacing/fixing everything that’s been lost or stolen.

    (Although on a bad note, I realised about 4 other things have gone missing, all mostly low value things from my main room. I think this happened last week when they had to fix my lock for an unrelated reason, I think somebody left my room unsupervised and he took the opportunity to nick a few things that were in sight. Nothing super valuable, just my diffuser, a powerboard, an echo dot, and some cheap earbuds).

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      I’m glad things have settled down now mate.

      Hopefully you can retain that sense of safety soon.

      People like that are all bark and no bite. I wouldn’t worry about him coming back. I’m sure he’s off doing whatever he was doing before your lives intersected.

      I’m sorry you had to go through that. I had to leave home when I was 15, so I know a little of what it can be like with the uncertainty and not feeling safe.

      Things will be OK ❤️

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      I’m really glad tgey sent someone to check on you. And hopefully the overnight worker will be there very soon.

      It sounds like you’re pretty good at advocating for what you need (even though shouldn’t have to, and it gets exhausting). Keep pushing for whatever you need to be safe. Cameras sound like a good idea.

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    Ok gang, let’s send this thread over the edge. What sport did you play during high school? What sport did you like, what sport did you hate?

    For me I played soccer, table tennis. I hated gymnastics.

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      I didn’t play any sport in high school; I hated it (and still not really keen on it either). Maybe a bit of lousy badminton with friends. I did play netball in primary school till my immune system got whacked and I was never the same afterwards

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      Mostly tennis, some volleyball due to lack of choice.

      Absolutely hated swimming though, also hated gymnastics but that was due to the teacher taking it.

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      Still in high school (kind of), don’t play any sports, never really have. I’ve tried a few, I don’t mind tennis, I think I might enjoy golf, at least at first, basketball isn’t my vibe but is the sort of thing I enjoy watching (not professional basketball, but I won’t fall asleep watching a friend play it). Hate football, fall asleep watching it, and just generally get annoyed by it (or more accurately the type of people who are obsessed with it)

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      None outside of forced PE class. I was not a sporty kid at all. I ditched PE as soon as I could, I think year 10 was the last year it was mandated. Early high school I played tennis but I started to not like it once I had to play in competitions.

      It seems now that kids doing a sport all through high school is the norm? My parents never forced me.

      Now I play a team sport to make up for my sports-less adolescence.

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      At high school? I was a fat kid, so was condemned to the outer darkness as far as sport was concerned. Was forced to participate in basketball, hockey and swimming. Successfully avoided tennis, squash and softball/baseball, cricket and anything even remotely resembling gymnastics. As I have no depth perception above the horizon, anything that required me to catch or hit a ball overhead was doomed to failure. Also very small and badly engineered feet, so running sports were off the table too. Hockey was OK - I was the goalie (most of the time) as no one else wanted to do that bit. Had quite a lot of fun whacking people’s shins with my stick (named Excalibur). Revenge is sweet. Did OK out of school at ice skating. As my Dad was ex-navy, all of my siblings and me learned to sail small boats and race them in the school holidays. Which was OK, but not really my bag long term. Also got thrown out of ballet classes due to complete lack of talent. But I do love to dance - just not ballet.

      The real irony came in my mid thirties, when due to unrelated circumstances, I did a reflex speed test. And tested out at the top 3% of the population. If only they’d offered jet fighter pilot training as a sport at my high school … I could have been a real star at that.

      As things turned out, I ended up as a professional equestrian for over 20 years. The reflexes came in real handy for that. And on the back of a horse I didn’t need to use my feet much so that was good too.

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        Nothing like a good revenge hockey stick to the shin. You may keep your horses though shudder

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          You haven’t met a good one yet. And they have the world’s biggest shoulders to cry on when everything goes dark. I wish I still had the physical mojo to own one. Nowadays I’m forced to ride other people’s horses which is just not the same but still fun.

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            Nope. Actual phobia. A picture won’t do it but if I’m close enough to smell them Bye!

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          Back in the day, sport was IMPORTANT, cos Character Building. Which actually ended up being true just not the way my school planned it. I suck at team sports, but do OK at individual ones. Or did, as am now pretty much superannuated out of sport participation. I still ride when I can, as horseriding is my happy place. And ride my bike but that’s transport not sport as such.

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      Mostly soccer. Some softball, hockey, and Touch. Useless at most, especially gym. If this is because my Primary school didn’t teach them so I was delayed, or just a general klutz remains debatable.

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      Ice skating.

      I made particular efforts to avoid all forms of team sports. I also sucked so badly at swimming I managed to fail a Girl Guide swimming badge.

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      I was fat until year 9 term 1 holidays. I grew a lot taller in what seemed like a short time.

      Also got fitter magically. Good old testosterone lol

      I played hockey and volleyball and did running as well. Was actually a pretty fast runner.

      However:

      I also played smoking and drinking at lunchtime on the oval with my mates which had detrimental effects on my athletic performance.

      These days I do rock climbing and kickboxing (plus the gym). I had a mid 30’s crisis and lost a bunch of weight and put on some muscle.

      Kinda changed my whole life honestly. Was weird standing out a bit. Wasn’t used to it.

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        Hahahaha. They’re my adult sports. I play every Friday night. As well as dancing and singing. I’m fucking good at it too.

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    Channel 9’s online streaming website is the absolute worst out of all the free to air channels.

    Always stop working and hangs and actually locks up my browser with the ability to wreck other free to air streaming sites requiring a total reboot of the browser.

    I hate channel 9!

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    De-toothing complete. Apparently the tooth was a stubborn little bugger, with an extra root and twisted on a weird angle. It didn’t really hurt having it taken out, but now I’m back home and the anaesthetic is wearing off it is definitely getting painful. 😢

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    Helping!

    Edit: couldn’t help myself… saw it at 299 comments so nabbed that #300

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    Today’s the day I finally get to go home. I’ve been away for just about 3 weeks. Unfortunately though I won’t be able to get into my room. The other kid blames me for him being kicked out, so he tried to pick my lock or something. Whatever he did, he fucked it up and I’ve been told it no longer unlocks. Apparently there’s a locksmith coming sometime between 9am and 5pm tomorrow to fix it, but until then I guess I’ll just be chilling in the lounge room.

    I’m also a bit worried honestly, because he seems like the type to hold grudges. I don’t know what I’m going to be walking back into, and what state of disrepair the house is going to be in. Also, I’ll be alone for the foreseeable future and, well, he knows where I live. He’s been abusive towards me a few times (although not directly at me, just at other people who’ve passed it onto me) over the last few weeks, too. Probably pessimistic and over the top, but I’m kind of expecting a brick to come through the window tomorrow night. Hoping for the best, but bracing for the worst, I guess

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      so they actually kicked him? Jeez, thats surprising. Seemed like they wanted to drag this saga out as long as they could.

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        Well, they’ve been paying for (and organising) the workers and hotels, so I guess they were incentivised to cut costs

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      I’m so sorry dude. The people in charge of your situation fucked up royally and left you in this position. They’ve put you in danger through negligence.

      Please consider making a formal complaint if it won’t endanger your accommodation, or reach out to some independent advocates and tell them everything. Also please talk to somewhere like Berry St or Orange Door.

      I’m wondering whether taking out an ivo will create enough political pressure for them to move you. (And be worth the potential risk of aggravating this kid further.) Though you generally need a name and address to serve it which may require cooperation from the organisation - and these jokers seem to be the type to suddenly remember “privacy” now that it suits them to. (They will likely go into arse covering mode.)

      In your situation it would be called a Personal Safety Order. You are allowed to apply for one by yourself (not sure if your age affects that) or police may agree to apply for one on your behalf. You can apply online and court by WebEx is available sometimes, but if it’s in person there will be court volunteers to support you.

      It may be harder to get one as it isn’t a family member or ex/partner but having it puts you in a stronger position to have something done if he comes back. If you wrote down what happened plus the dates, this is where that comes in handy.

      Also please document that the lock was broken while you were away - even just a quick dated note, write that it happened in this date range so you remember. And preferably mention it in an email to the organisation for a paper trail that possibly prevents the damage being blamed on you or repairs billed to you. (Arse covering mode often involves blaming the victim for anything they can plus refusing to take responsibility or help.)

      Potentially report the burglary attempt and property damage to the police - even if you ring the cops and agree to do the report via email. Send photos of anything you can - reporting the property damage may mean that you won’t get charged for repairs or held responsible and have them try to kick you out.

      Ps. I’m sorry if this stresses you out worse. It’s just coming from someone who has dealt with many ferals.

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        Thanks Melba. I’m not sure I’ll go for an IVO, I’m not sure I’d even be able to since he hasn’t actually threatened me directly, he’s just made threatening comments about me to other people. If he comes back though, then I definitely will

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          Stay safe dude. It’s a pain in the butt but I suggest jot down anything that happens along with the date. (Even if it’s only a few words or one line.)

          Also it might be good to set up a camera in any way that works for you.

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            I’ve actually been pushing to have a camera or maybe one of those little ringy bells installed, but the old LT was against it. Since it’s just me though, I think I will setup an old phone in a position that’ll capture the front door at least with one of those ipfs camera app thingies.

            The old LTs room sits right at the front of the house and has a view of the driveway and the front entrance, my room is in the front but sort of to the side (so I have a general view of the front porch and kind of the front door). But that’s also why I’m a little nervous, if anybody was going to break my window, they wouldn’t need to jump a fence first or anything, they could just walk up the driveway

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                Unfortunately I can’t because the best vantage point and my spare phone are in the spare room, which the cops told me I should keep it locked and avoid going in there until they’ve come out, or officially decide not to. I did have another old phone in my drawer next to my bed, but I noticed today that it’s completely smashed and no longer turns on

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