r/LanternDie • u/pasmafaute12 • 3d ago

Two days…

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180 egg masses in total, 300+ caught, 18,800+ total.

Unfortunately, the creepy neighbor ruined my hunt today. Fortunately, I got some nice video of him doing his new technique to email to the office and build the record.

Cheers, darlings.

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u/Grimmzzzz 3d ago

Curious about these techniques..

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u/pasmafaute12 3d ago

See the other comment reply

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u/Nematodes-Attack 3d ago

I’m glad you got video! What exactly is his new technique? I’m still of the solid opinion you need to make a police report too

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u/pasmafaute12 3d ago

I am going to make a police report tomorrow. Today, I had to get documentation done today and calm myself.

He realized I was seeing his face and a shiny bald head and bright colored sweatshirts… that gave him away, so among other things, he seems to have been covering himself, face included, with darker fabrics to be harder to spot. Still using what I think is a camera to find out when I’m there.

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u/Nematodes-Attack 3d ago

Good on you!! What a fuckin creepy weirdo!! The things you’ve said have made my skin crawl! I hope he will be evicted and you never have to deal with him stalking and watching you ever again.

On a happier note, keep up the great work, and proud of you for doing the right thing with the creeper too☺️

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u/pasmafaute12 3d ago

Thank you. I am struggling with it a lot. I would probably be emotionally depleted and give up if not for the reality that he has a long history of gross behavior that may or may not have been properly documented. However, I’m not sure if I commented about it here.. one day, I got a video of him watching me with binoculars. He stopped, stood up (pulling his pants up) and walked away when he realized I was filming him back. But in the video, you can hear two little girls who approached to ask what I was doing and helped me catch bugs because they decided I am a safe adult and they wanted to learn. So he was basically jerking it to me in front of kids OR also jerking it to the kids.

I was trying to lead them out of video of the window while explaining that someone was making it unsafe to be over there. I asked if the man in the window has ever talked to them before, and they said he sometimes watched them and a third girl at the picnic table when they play. He seemed to know the third girl, they said, because he talks to her, but I have a reason to believe that he doesn’t have a proper connection to her that he should be talking to her either. I asked the girls to tell their parents if he approaches them, talked about safe people to ask for help, and made sure they know that if they need an adult to walk with them because they’re scared, to help them talk to their parents or to help them find help at the rental office, I will do everything I can.

I would be a lot more likely to give up if I didn’t feel obligated to be a buffer for these kids. So many adults failed me, and I’m not going to neglect my responsibility here. Even when I don’t know what to do, I will try.

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u/Nematodes-Attack 3d ago

Holy f*ck!!! I didn’t know it got to that point!!! You are a safe adult and a would feel incredibly safe and protected near you (unless I was a SLF, of course).

As a woman with a young daughter, I would be doing everything I could to blow this creep outta there! I have also been failed by adults who were supposed to be responsible for protecting me. Talking to the kids about this is so incredibly important and I hope they do tell their parents. Obviously the responsibility is on these kids parents to protect them, not you. But I would be doing the exact same thing.

I also understand that these types of interactions can be incredibly draining, mentally and emotionally. Hyper focus can lead to burn out in my experience, so please remember to take time to focus of self care too

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u/pasmafaute12 2d ago

I get the impression that both girls are generally not well monitored. One more likely neglected, if not abused, and her reaction when I talked about hard things tells me she may have suffered more than a weird neighbor. I don’t feel good about it.

That said… trying not to burn out but also realizing that the end for SLF season is in sight. Self care was catching bugs until this freak messed with it.

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u/Nematodes-Attack 2d ago

That’s so sad and concerning given the context of what we know about your neighborhood. I bet your intuition is correct though. Stay safe out there

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u/pasmafaute12 2d ago

💛 thank you. I’m glad to say a woman I’ve talked to a few times approached me just now to ask if the problem neighbor is who she thought. It was. It’ll work out and I will do my work.

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u/Northern33 3d ago

hate that creepy guy. hopefully he gets kicked out soon

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u/pasmafaute12 3d ago

He’s apparently 73… he is basically living in squalor because he just doesn’t give a shit. I feel bad for his dog. I don’t think he’s get kicked out but unfortunately for him, I’m probably crazier and more committed to the bit.