At this point it could be anything, the only best way to approach this in my opinion is to always stay alert and make precautions for the most likely situations.
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I definitely would call police to alert them to patrol the neighborhood more often, and I might invest in a home security and front (And back?) door camera, if possible.
I've actually never heard of this before and see it happened in Australia. Has anyone heard of this happening in the U.S. Or elsewhere?
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This is something kids will do. Real thieves wouldn't do this. They have WhatsApp with geolocation to pin any place down so there is no need to put a physical mark to alert you or your neighbors that they are coming your way.
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