How do I Identify The Owner of a Cell Phone?

Like you, GaryO, I would be curious to know who had been on the property, if I were you;
However, if they did not damage or disturb anything, and left no other signs of misuse or suspicion, then I would assume it was likely some walker, and likely from last summer, by now.
 
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Set out to go to several outlets

First one was AT&T (not a big fan)
However, the gal there was a HUGE help
(I was the only one in the store, so she was pretty much bored to tears)

She pulled the sim card
Asked if I wanted to plug into mine
'Nada'
She didn't plug it into hers, either, but got a loaner phone and plugged in the card.
It was corroded, but was able to bring up three deleted (blank) files and an unemployment ap from Calif
No names anywhere

Oh, and it's just a track phone...gotta use a prepaid card

It's now junk
 
Well, that's a bit of a letdown, to this otherwise fascinating mystery-thread, @Gary O' :rolleyes::confused::sneaky:
:LOL::ROFLMAO::LOL::ROFLMAO:

Perhaps we could make up some more entertaining endings, such as:;)

The phone that GaryO had found,
became the final missing clue, to solve a long series of strange occurrences, that had been described and retold, over a few generations of locals.
The resulting irrefutable conclusion is that a small group of crows, had been exchanging people's belongings with each others, as a ritual observance that they performed regularly at crow holidays.
Have you discovered what they took of yours, GaryO, and at which properties, they dropped them off?o_O:unsure::oops::rolleyes::sneaky::giggle:
 
re security issues.

one of the things that some folks are doing to deal with burglars is set up these motion activated web cams. I think they come from the technology that biologists used to track and watch cougars and other animals in the wild. They set up these cams, and then review the footage later on.

But folks can buy them put them around the property and they will document someone illegally coming on your property.

Cost ranges from pretty low to, you know, much, much higher.

I believe most jurisdictions only allow video, without sound. Video with sound, I believe, violates wiretapping laws.


As far as unknowns and mysteries go...the statistical possibilities are strongly in favor of very simple, innocuous causes.

A cell phone on a property? Oh, could be someone dropped a cell phone several miles away and a dog or raccoon got it and transported it. Or other simple, non-sinister causes.

As far as security issues are concerned, generally...there are a lot of simple things that can help secure a property.

Lots of light at night, for one.

If a burglar is deciding which house to engage, he is certainly not going to choose the most well lit ones. Then, into a good strong security door, some folks get these metal grates that cover the first floor windows (from the inside or out)...and that is like putting bars on your windows.

You can actually buy tape recordings of a large dog barking. That will dissuade a lot of burglars.

Here's a general info link:

Crime Prevention and Safety Tips

From the New York City Police Department


https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/services/law-enforcement/crime-prevention-and-safety-tips.page
 
Yeah, the cabin is off grid, and while living there, I was the security......and my short barrel 12 gauge

Not too worried about it, even though we're no longer there much

Most the renegade within a five mile radius know me

Sometimes townies drive the logging roads to shoot the place up
That's life out there

Just curious on that phone

Considered a game cam, but.......I needed too many batteries as it was
I have a few battery powered trip lights near the cabins
It's enough

Thanks for your thoughts
 
I was in my front yard one day when a truck drove by and I saw something fly off the top of the truck and land in my yard. It was a phone, so I waited for it to ring and then asked who they were calling. My intention was to walk it back to the owner's house.

The person on the other end was the wife of the truck driving owner. She yelled at me for quite some time for stealing her husband's phone. I was tempted to hang up and throw it in the trash, but I finally made her understand and took it down the street and put it in her mailbox.
 
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