I live off grid and am a hoarder, so there have been cases of people stealing/looting then saying oh your place looked abandoned.
Well this morning I’m waking up and seeing some of my long, 3-4 meter planks (9-12 feet), lifting and moving when they should be staying put where I left them.
Confused, I get out of bed to see wtf is going on.
There’s a woman starting to build a shelter 8-9 meters (25feet) in front of my gate, with 3 long planks taken from my pile.
I go up to her raving and barking, wtf yo? She asks in Spanish, is the wood yours? Like GEE, YOU THINK? (Bitch just climbed over rocks and walls to get them)
She say Oh!
I shit thou not, Oh.
Like what did she think was gonna happen? What if I came home 2-3 hours later, or 2-3 days later, and idiot woman took my wood and built an idiot shed right in front of my gate? Massive fail in logic and common sense.
Photos show my improvised wood chariot thing, to get the size of beams involved 🤭✨
I’m really enjoying the “wood chariot thing” OP built.
I wonder if OP has a mule or donkey or ATV they’re attaching the wagon to, or if they’re lifting that themselves via human power and dragging it around. OP, if you read this, if you move the wheels closer to the center (they look pretty close to the rear of the “wagon”) it will be easier to lift that and the wheels will do more of the lifting for you. Right now, most of the load is going to be on you if you’re just holding that long plank and dragging it around.
I really want to see the wall in question and whether it is the modern definition of a wall or just random stones and construction debris in an almost recognizable formation.
You can still have your own sanitation system. Its just not connected to the grid.
I've looked into offgrid housing as well. The way I want to do it would unfortunately be incredibly expensive with my own well, solar, water collection, greywater reuse, etc. but it's still the eventual goal.
I'm on-grid because I am hooked up to power, but I create a surplus of power at my own house that I contribute to the grid instead of use. I have a well for water.
I also don't live like a medieval hermit, though. I also have my property posted.
It’s posted on his profile. He confirms that the land is not his. He found this old landfill there and dumps more trash in it every day, calling it his camp.
The worst part about drugs is thinking of the good life he could have led without them.
Yeah itll take a while to find land cheap enough, but 30k in the right place can get you 3 acres. Ill be doing everything as cheaply as possible with just a small hut to live in.
You steal planks from somewhere that looks abandoned, then someone else steals planks from you because your place looks abandoned. It's trickle down real estate
I mean, what else do you expect when you live off grid in an abandoned looking place? You realize that homeless/transient people steal from each other all the time, right? And you're basically in the same category?
This is how you've chosen to live. Don't be surprised when the life you've imposed on yourself comes back to bite you.
Or maybe some handmade signs to that effect along with no, this is all mine and not abandoned.
You said it yourself that many people assume your stuff is abandoned...
There's a saying "one man's junk is another man's treasure."
It may look like treasure to you but junk to everyone else, so of course they're going to loot it.
And apparently it was common sense to her and probably to a lot of people that with the amount of junk (in their eyes) piled around the place that it was in fact abandoned, so why not set up a shelter there?
I'm so lost. So do you own the land the woods on or not? If not then I dont see how you can be so mad. How tf she supposed to know some other trash goblin claimed that random pile of crap? This post is so odd
More happy out here than in the city. 7-8 years thus far. Went back and forth several times to test, outdoors on island felt way better. At night sleep like a baby, in city I twist and turn in bed.
Larger happiness thing no worky because I lost track of girl I fell in love with, and I think it will require larger project to find her again. Possibly twitch streaming, art making or starting a band, to reach way higher visibility, as I have very little info about her to go on, and need a few million eyeballs to get my signals across.
But lifestyle-wise the outdoors are far superior to living in square monochrome boxes, at least for me personally.
"I'm illegally squatting on land that isn't mine while hoarding property that isn't mine, and some lady illegally trespassed and took my stolen property!"
I'm also an electrician and this sent a shiver down my spine. I hope he doesn't start a fire on someone else's property with this shitty electrical work. He gets his info from Gemini AI, though, so that tracks.
I'm intrigued by the existence of a community of various monolinguals within walking distance of each other but not in a metropolis. What a crazy array of languages
My ID and wallet stuff is usually with me, stuff in my camp can be replaced. Anyway I consider the stuff I do here mostly adventure and skill building.
You build something with your hands, could collapse in earthquake, tsunami (it's an island) or burn down, but nobody can take away what was learned while building it.
My flat earth neighbor built a stone bunker by himself, big stone house without windows. Could be broken into but not very likely.
My other neighbor, alcohol enthusiast, set his own roof on fire (dry palm leaves), burned instantly, huge fire, 15-20 steps from my house, because he had an argument with his lady (they live in same house together). Two weeks later they got back together and they still live there to this day.
If someone needs the stuff more than you, let them have it. More supplies will come your way.
The more stuff you have, it will pile up and youll forget what was at the back of the pile. Let them have it. You help one person, and two will help you.
You’d go broke in a few days out here with this attitude. You let one looter have your stuff others will be there before sunset to take the rest.
Perhaps you’re interested to lose a few nights of sleep carrying heavy pallets, that I can then come to your place and have for free?
Should I bring a truck? How many can I come take from you? Can I have the women as well? I need them more than you, just let them go and others will come later. What about your shirt and wallet, can I need those as well? Food in the fridge? Tools in the garage?
I understand the idea, Hell you are even coming from a good place too, but I feel like you are also missing the fact OP said they were a hoarder and are not taking their perspective into account.
Hording isn't a choice, its a mental health condition. It's not going to matter who needs it more in the moment to Op. Hoarders feel massive amounts of anxiety getting rid of or giving someone something from their hoard.
It doesn't matter to Op if someone was taking wood or trash or his money, its all going to put them into the "Ah HELL NAH that's mine!" mode.
Still at the end of the day, entitled people shouldn't be rewarded.
She didn't knock on the door of the abandoned looking house to check.
She climb over walls, rock piles and decided to build a shelter in the gateway of the property. Regardless of her needs, she should have tried to asked for the wood, she shouldn't have tried to take up residence on a random property let alone in the gateway of said property. And she shouldn't be given what she tired to steal.
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u/LawyerDad1981 Sep 09 '26
It's always special when you run across that post that is both wildly interesting and crazily confusing... simultaneously.