What happened to my rock wall? (1 Viewer)

[Ditkaless Wonders]

What about a meteorite? There could be a quarter million dollar moon rock under there still.

How does a moon rock leave the surface of the moon? Some other space debris, sure, but a moon rock? Go on, pull my other leg.

 

[johnnycakes]

Aerial shot of the scene from the house. You can't see the wall knocked down as well here, but it's a better shot of the overall surroundings. There is the street light near the curb towards the right. This area is well lit during the night. Note also, while I mentioned there was one rock thrown towards the house, about in the middle of the lawn, I have since moved it back with the rest.

Oh. There's a sidewalk right there. Sasquatch must have been walking by and needed to take a dump so he thought he'd do it right under the tree there so he kicked some rocks around to make a spot.

 

[belljr]

Lanscapers

 

[Harry Manback]

You have a terrible bear problem.

 

[Harry Manback]

Aerial shot of the scene from the house. You can't see the wall knocked down as well here, but it's a better shot of the overall surroundings. There is the street light near the curb towards the right. This area is well lit during the night. Note also, while I mentioned there was one rock thrown towards the house, about in the middle of the lawn, I have since moved it back with the rest.

1. Aerial shot: A shot taken from a plane, helicopter or a person on top of a building. Not necessarily a moving shot. The main source of light is behind the subject, silhouetting it, and directed toward the camera.

? Seems as if he's on the top of a building...

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Maybe Woz trundled on past and the ground shaking vibrations knocked them over. Did you notice things on your shelves in the house displaced around this same time?

 

[=Smackdown=]

lol for calling the cops on this.

Crazy kids these days.

On warm summer days we used to pick up sprinklers that were on, open the front screen door and toss them into people's living rooms.

Yeah - still feel bad about that.

Definitely not done by a car either. Car would do serious damage to a lawn - trust me on this - I know that as well. Lawn just would not just spring back to life with a little water after a car jumped the curb and rammed your tree rock wall.

Still sticking with bored out of school teens.

Can also remember my friends and I competing on who could collect/steal the most garden gnomes from the surrounding towns - either the plastic ones or the stone ones. End of the summer my entire shed was filled with them - it was kinda creepy - like a giant gnome orgy in the shed.

Never forget the look on my Fathers face when he questioned me on where the hell all these gnomes came from.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

When a teenager we had a neighbor who was disliked. that neighbor had a pile of bricks and mortar makings delivered to his home. he was going to build an outdoor BBQ. We used those bricks and mortar to brick up his front and back doors one night. We thought we were quite clever.

We were busted by process of elimination. It was a very small town and the list of suspects correspondingly small. We had to remove the walls, clean up the mess, then chip the mortar from each brick and build his BBQ under his angry direction.

 

[Franknbeans]

Bigfoot likes to throw rocks

 

[gianmarco]

It's a raccoon ghost

 

[sbonomo]

I'm struggling to understand how anyone could think lightning was the cause

Because they are farther away than if they were to of just fell. I have seen a chunk of concrete blown out by a piece of lightning about the size of half a brick. I suppose a large strike could do something like this.My bet is a thief was taking them, but realized it was more difficult than perceived with the mortar. Maybe something startled them and they took off.

They're pretty old and heavy rocks. Nothing special really. In the great hierarchy of rocks to steal, these would have to be way at the bottom.

did you just say your rocks are old...aren't all rock old and inherently heavy?

 

[coyote5]

Side question -- insurance claim on this? I could probably slap on some mortar and restack the stones, but I have a little masonry work I want to have done in the yard anyway, maybe this is an excuse to get a guy in and have it done right.

Classic Otis

 

[The Commish]

UFOs

I haven't noticed anything suspicious.

Other possibility is that your landscaper came by and jacked it up so you'd call him to come "fix" it

 

[Wooderson]

Side question -- insurance claim on this? I could probably slap on some mortar and restack the stones, but I have a little masonry work I want to have done in the yard anyway, maybe this is an excuse to get a guy in and have it done right.

Classic Otis

One big insurance scam.

 

[gianmarco]

You called the police???

Not just any police. The NYPD.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

You called the police???

Not just any police. The NYPD.

Leads, yeah sure. I'll uh, just check with the boys down at the Crime Lab. They uh, got uh, four more detectives working on the case. They've got us working in shifts.

 

[DrrDetroit]

Blueonion calling you out for another rap battle.

 

[johnnycakes]

Did you notice this on or shortly after trash pick-up?

 

[IC FBGCav]

I think I solved it. Someone dropped an earthquake spell there.

 

[Harry Manback]

I think I solved it. Someone dropped an earthquake spell there.

You need at least 4.

 

[IC FBGCav]

I think I solved it. Someone dropped an earthquake spell there.

You need at least 4.

I beg to differ sir, 4 would destroy the wall and the wall was only partially moved.

 

[=Smackdown=]

I think I solved it. Someone dropped an earthquake spell there.

::golf clap::

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

I think I solved it. Someone dropped an earthquake spell there.

Like Acme earthquake pills used by the Coyote?

 

[IC FBGCav]

I think I solved it. Someone dropped an earthquake spell there.

Like Acme earthquake pills used by the Coyote?

PM culdeus.

 

[Mr. Cross]

Jesus wants you to go to church.

 

[DrrDetroit]

Homeless man who is jealous of your hot wife and your fatness.

 

[Bucky86]

More of that luscious lawn and landscaping.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

With a wall like that I would expect it was the Mongolians.

 

[belljr]

Some one tried base jump off of it

 

[apalmer]

lol for calling the cops on this.

Crazy kids these days.

On warm summer days we used to pick up sprinklers that were on, open the front screen door and toss them into people's living rooms.

Yeah - still feel bad about that.

Definitely not done by a car either. Car would do serious damage to a lawn - trust me on this - I know that as well. Lawn just would not just spring back to life with a little water after a car jumped the curb and rammed your tree rock wall.

We need to test that theory. Otis, after dark tonight, drive your car across the sidewalk up to the wall, then back it out. Check back tomorrow to see if there are tracks.

 

[Eminence]

Jesus wants you to go to church.

 

[sports_fan]

Aerial shot of the scene from the house. You can't see the wall knocked down as well here, but it's a better shot of the overall surroundings. There is the street light near the curb towards the right. This area is well lit during the night. Note also, while I mentioned there was one rock thrown towards the house, about in the middle of the lawn, I have since moved it back with the rest.

Based on this new evidence I've decided those are in fact rocks.

 

[Henry Ford]

There are two large trees out on our front lawn. Around each one is a circular rock retaining wall, around 2 feet high, with a planting bed in the middle.

The other day I came out and saw this.

Basically, the retaining wall on one side was knocked down. It was a little bizarre. So here's a little mystery for the FFA mysternerds to solve.

The facts, in addition to the picture:

1. It can't just have fallen down. I know this because one of the rocks was thrown about 8 feet from the wall, towards the house, and was out in the middle of the lawn away from the rest. It either was sent there by impact, or someone threw it there. Also, the wall is apparently built with some kind of mortar (cement), and not just stacked.

2. The wall is about 10 feet from the curb.

3. There were no visible tire marks in the grass or on the curb, or any other evidence of a vehicle coming up onto the lawn.

4. We've only lived here less than a year, keep to ourselves, are good and quiet neighbors that nobody could hate yet. It seems like an odd target for vandalism, an odd way to vandalize, in a neighborhood that doesn't have much vandalism at all.

5. There was a violent thunderstorm around the time this happened. Some have speculated a lightning strike caused it. There are no signs of burn or other damage, including to the tree, and the nearby electrical (including the spotlight in that planting bed) are all working fine.

Oh, and just to be safe, we called the village police and they came by to take a look. They also didn't spot any evidence of a car, and were equally stumped as to what it could be.

What happened to my rock wall?

TIA

That must have been fun.

 

[Henry Ford]

Pretty bizarre. Obviously not a car. I've worked a lot with stone borders like that, and I know that's a lot of weight just in that one pic. My best guess is some drunk idiot wanted free landscape stones, then gave up because of the weight.

Why throw the one stone so far away?

"Jesus Christ, Bob, you're drunk. Stop ruining this guy's retaining wall. And you're going to hurt your back, you can't lift something that heavy."

"#### you, Mary! You want to see heavy" [throws rock] "Yeah, does that look too heavy for me now?"

 

[AAABatteries]

Belongs in the top-5 mysteries the FFA has ever seen thread.

 

[Hu-Tang Clan]

It's the Blair Witch obviously.

 

[EYLive]

I found the culprit.

 

[Skipdog77]

Was there a Pullman blanket anywhere in the vicinity?

Definitely time to hire a private investigator.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Other: telekinesis

 

[GregR]

A Sharknado?

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Looks like kids were playing with your rocks.....Vandalism - that is a stretch.

They would have to be like grown adults. Too heavy for "kids" imo.

Pfft 2-4 kids could have done that for sure. I wouldn't call that vandalism, just kids having fun.

 

[IrishTwinkie]

Other: Mad Garden Gnomes

 

[VA703]

blair witch

 

[Zow]

:golfclap: OTIS HAS 2 THREADS ON THE TOP HALF OF THE 1ST PAGE!

Pff. That's nothing.

at "shukesucks"

 

[Zow]

Pretty bizarre. Obviously not a car. I've worked a lot with stone borders like that, and I know that's a lot of weight just in that one pic. My best guess is some drunk idiot wanted free landscape stones, then gave up because of the weight.

Why throw the one stone so far away?

"Jesus Christ, Bob, you're drunk. Stop ruining this guy's retaining wall. And you're going to hurt your back, you can't lift something that heavy."

"#### you, Mary! You want to see heavy" [throws rock] "Yeah, does that look too heavy for me now?"

Yeah the obvious answer here is drunks or meth heads. I don't know if Otis lives in an area where you encounter these though.

Bored teenagers walking around seem like the best answer.

 

[dozer]

Have you taken the two or three minutes to put the rocks back in place yet?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Have you taken the two or three minutes to put the rocks back in place yet?

Can't disturb the crime scene

 

[Otis]

:golfclap: OTIS HAS 2 THREADS ON THE TOP HALF OF THE 1ST PAGE!

Pff. That's nothing.

at "shukesucks"

Been waiting years for someone to catch that Easter egg.

 

[shadyridr]

Have you taken the two or three minutes to put the rocks back in place yet?

after he files the insurance claims and police report

 

[Otis]

Have you taken the two or three minutes to put the rocks back in place yet?

Can't disturb the crime scene

I haven't yet. Should I just pile them up? I guess I've documented with enough pics. And I just remembered the deductible on our insurance is $2,500. I doubt this would cost more than a couple hundred bucks for a pro to fix.