You might recall that last October I mentioned having a security camera (wasps loved it). I got it because I wanted to make sure I could keep an eye on the house while i wasn’t there. Not only do I have tools and appliances there, I also know that some point someone stole one of the two furnaces from the crawlspace. (This was before my time, but I didn’t want it to happen again – or at least, this time around, I would have evidence.)

I am glad I got the cameras, because otherwise I would not have caught someone jimmying the lock on Sunday, and going inside the house.

I think the guy used a credit card to jimmy the lock. I can’t quite see what he was doing in the video, but I do know that I locked the door. I also know that I didn’t lock the deadbolt. Next time around I will.

TBH, I didn’t lock the deadbolt because I knew that the locks weren’t very sturdy anyway. I am pretty sure you could break the lock and open the door using only a large flathead screwdriver and some muscle power (and if that fails, a medium powered drill will do the job, or you could force a window open and then unlock the door from the inside). I did not however expect that someone could get in using only a credit card.

P.S. I do know why the guy was here, but there is an issue which I don’t want to mention it until after it is resolved. In any case, he should not have entered my house, and he knew that.