All Our Apples Gone-Stolen

peramangkelder said:
If they were that hungry all they had to do was ask and we would have given them some NOT all
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Yes, they should have asked, but there is an embarrassment issue, similar to abandoned babies. Here, any mother can leave her unwanted baby at a hospital or police station in person, but they prefer to leave the baby at the front door & remain anonymous to avoid shame.
 

They not only stole your apples, they obviously tampered with that electronic lock. Worst of all they stole your serenity.

How long were you away from the property. They’d have to be well organized to get in, set up ladders, strip the trees and leave. Quite professional.

Have you told all your neighbours what happened. Do you have a local FB group. Get the word out. Even put up some signs on telephone polls. It won’t solve your problem but may prevent other thefts.
 
Jules said:
They not only stole your apples, they obviously tampered with that electronic lock. Worst of all they stole your serenity.

How long were you away from the property. They’d have to be well organized to get in, set up ladders, strip the trees and leave. Quite professional.

Have you told all your neighbours what happened. Do you have a local FB group. Get the word out. Even put up some signs on telephone polls. It won’t solve your problem but may prevent other thefts.
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@Jules yes you're right they messed with our electronic gate and as a result it wasn't working properly
Huz fixed it but it never dawned on us about thieves on the property
It will now so if the gate does not work as it should that will alert both of us
 

win231 said:
Yes, they should have asked, but there is an embarrassment issue, similar to abandoned babies. Here, any mother can leave her unwanted baby at a hospital or police station in person, but they prefer to leave the baby at the front door & remain anonymous to avoid shame.
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stripping 3 trees of all it's fruit is not hunger, it's downright theft , burglary, call it what you will , but it wasn't someone who was hungry...
 
hollydolly said:
Pera. if they can't be seen, then it's pretty clear to me this is one of your neighbours, they'd be the only ones who would know they're there :mad:
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@hollydolly the neighbour along our back fence has lots of cars coming and going with lots of people
We are not sure about these neighbours because the properties where we live are 4-5 acres all with good sized homes
These neighbours do not work, never go out to work, have 4 cars and a ginormous caravan and their home would
be one of the more expensive ones on this estate. The house has 2 large water tanks which are not connected to anything
We figure it has got to be a clandestine drug lab but we have no proof of it except the goings on there appear weird
We smelled some burnt plastic a few nights ago and figured there go our apples being heat sealed for the next market
 
peramangkelder said:
@hollydolly the neighbour along our back fence has lots of cars coming and going with lots of people
We are not sure about these neighbours because the properties where we live are 4-5 acres all with good sized homes
These neighbours do not work, never go out to work, have 4 cars and a ginormous caravan and their home would
be one of the more expensive ones on this estate. The house has 2 large water tanks which are not connected to anything
We figure it has got to be a clandestine drug lab but we have no proof of it except the goings on there appear weird
We smelled some burnt plastic a few nights ago and figured there go our apples being heat sealed for the next market
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I suspect you're probably right unfortunately...:cautious:
 
peramangkelder said:
@hollydolly the neighbour along our back fence has lots of cars coming and going with lots of people
We are not sure about these neighbours because the properties where we live are 4-5 acres all with good sized homes
These neighbours do not work, never go out to work, have 4 cars and a ginormous caravan and their home would
be one of the more expensive ones on this estate. The house has 2 large water tanks which are not connected to anything
We figure it has got to be a clandestine drug lab but we have no proof of it except the goings on there appear weird
We smelled some burnt plastic a few nights ago and figured there go our apples being heat sealed for the next market
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That would be my first guess, for sure.

If it wasn't for the fact that you shouldn't approach them, I'd be inclined to stroll over and ask casually if they'd seen "anything" and mention that the police are now involved and will be visiting the neighborhood to ask around. The prospect of the police coming to their door should make them a little nervous.
 
I had a similar problem. My lemon tree was at the back of a long "U" shaped driveway in our condo. To get to my tree you had to walk down a long driveway and turn a corner.
I caught a woman taking the fruit from the tree. All she said was "I sorry". I read her the riot act about trespassing and stealing and chased her off.
Nobody needs a dozen or more lemons.
 
jujube said:
That would be my first guess, for sure.

If it wasn't for the fact that you shouldn't approach them, I'd be inclined to stroll over and ask casually if they'd seen "anything" and mention that the police are now involved and will be visiting the neighborhood to ask around. The prospect of the police coming to their door should make them a little nervous.
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@jujube we have as little contact with the neighbours at the back as possible
They have 2 vicious Boxer Dogs and these dogs work as a pack
We heard some awful noise a few years ago and realised they were savaging some poor animal maybe a rabbit?
It was the next day I realised it was our dear geriatric male cat Sylvester because he was at the back door looking
at me and Sylvester's face was lop-sided. He could not drink or eat and it turned out the 2 blankety blank dogs
had broken Sylvester's jaw and bitten him quite badly so it must have been him they were attacking.
Poor little sod and he was coming up for 20 years old too. Huz took him to the Vet and Sylvester was euthanased
We complained and the next thing we knew these 2 dogs were in an outside enclosure with roof but we are still wary
We have an elderly female Bichon Frise and while she can give a good account of herself she is no match for the Boxers
 
bowmore said:
I had a similar problem. My lemon tree was at the back of a long "U" shaped driveway in our condo. To get to my tree you had to walk down a long driveway and turn a corner.
I caught a woman taking the fruit from the tree. All she said was "I sorry". I read her the riot act about trespassing and stealing and chased her off.
Nobody needs a dozen or more lemons.
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Maybe her family came down with Scurvy. 😁
 
I just remembered a similar case on a TV court show.
A homeowner had an avocado tree in his back yard. Some branches hung over his fence & the homeowner didn't mind people picking some avocados because the tree had so many on it.
He heard noises in his yard one afternoon. He went outside & saw a pickup truck parked next to his tree. The truck's bed was 1/2 full of avocados & the driver was in the tree, picking it clean."
The homeowner sued the guy in small claims court.
When the judge asked the guy why he took so many avocados, he replied, "We were having a party at my house & I needed to make guacamole."
The judge ruled in the homeowner's favor & made the guy pay for the avocados. I forgot exactly how much, but it was a few hundred dollars.
 
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