chalk marks outside home indicate marked for theft

old hippy

Ah, the old chalk talk. Again. These kind of stories have been doing the rounds for years and years.

copeyhagen

fishy fishy wrote: »

sorry to tell you but it's true - there have been lots of burglaries in certain areas in my city and the guards have warned about these signs - seemingly they work in groups, the houses are "studied" for a while and marks are put on the pillars of the house (not the footpath) telling the other half of the group when to go in and what to expect. Its very well organized. So don't disregard it.

just letting you know.

oh god, we have a believer!!!!

hoodwinked

good luck to them trying to find their chalk markings amongst the Many many drawings the local childers have destroyed our place in...



that and if they are stupid enough to use chalk in a wet and rainy Ireland bring them on i say, sounds like they will be as good as the guys in home alone*....



*note to self record the whole break in attempt and sell it to hollywood as a comedy.

Death and Taxes

Thatnastyboy wrote: »

Maybe in and around Dublin CC they are, in the rest of the country its mostly,


Certain 'nomadic' ethnic groups, including but not limited to Indigenous ones.

Any EVIDENCE for that false claim?

LizT

We had to call the Gardai a few months ago after someone came to the house. He rang the door bell and asked if our cars were for sale (which is weird, you can't see them from the road) and then walked away. The guards said what they do is put a green ribbon on the gate if it's ok to go in and a red ribbon means there's someone at home and to skip that house. Apparently they come back later that night.

Don't know how true that is, just what the Gardai told us.

nelly17

copeyhagen wrote: »

most burgulars are junkies. judging by the level of intelligence seen by 'them' on dublins boardwalks, i would be pretty confident that this story is BS.

Heh reminds me of this
(hopefully this will work...)

Thatnastyboy

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Any EVIDENCE for that false claim?

NO, except for a good few empty cartridges in my neighbors yard,

any against it?

donvito99

Duck Soup wrote: »

Don't you recognize a schematic of the neighbourhood when you see it? Look closely and I'll bet you they put the house numbers on it as well.

Have them arrested and waterboarded just in case.

You're fookin right too so you are, the conniving little runts. They've houses one through ten included - a sweep of the street is imminent. :mad:

Wicklowrider

smash wrote: »

I'm just going to draw my own 'too risky' sign

I went looking for an old mate recently. Eventually tracked him down. On his door there was sign " These doors are locked to protect YOU" printed inside crosshairs.

stmol32

LizT wrote: »

We had to call the Gardai a few months ago after someone came to the house. He rang the door bell and asked if our cars were for sale (which is weird, you can't see them from the road) and then walked away. The guards said what they do is put a green ribbon on the gate if it's ok to go in and a red ribbon means there's someone at home and to skip that house. Apparently they come back later that night.

Don't know how true that is, just what the Gardai told us.

Someone knocking on the door to see if the house is unoccupied and then robbing it there and then is a well established practice.

But putting a ribbon on the gate and then coming back later makes no sense.

What if you come back in the meantime?
Why would opportunistic burglars even wait until night time?
Why wouldn't they just remember the house?

I shouldn't be speculating on the intelligence of a Garda I never met but I wouldn't be contacting him or her if you have any Columbo type mysteries to solve.

stmol32

Wicklowrider wrote: »

I went looking for an old mate recently. Eventually tracked him down. On his door there was sign " These doors are locked to protect YOU" printed inside crosshairs.

I always secretly hope these people get robbed the most.

tayto lover

I have a lovely big picture of a double-barrel shotgun outside my house.
It seems to be working fine.

stmol32

Thatnastyboy wrote: »

Maybe in and around Dublin CC they are, in the rest of the country its mostly,


Certain 'nomadic' ethnic groups, including but not limited to Indigenous ones.

Jesus christ man no .... just no.... not today.

First, the thread is about false moral panics and lazy cut and paste media.

Secondly, I've seen this once or twice on Boards "Certain 'nomadic' ethnic groups" and I feel I should point out it's not as pants wettingly witty as ye seem to think.

Just say knackers you know you're really dying to.

stmol32

tayto lover wrote: »

I have a lovely big picture of a double-barrel shotgun outside my house.
It seems to be working fine.

I have the neon Blue Oyster sign from the police academy films outside mine, seems to be working fine.

kylith

I've found noisy dogs to be quite an effective deterrent. Well, I haven't been robbed yet anyway.

Someone spray painted part of my railings blue a few year's back, my mother was convinced that it was a sign we were going to be robbed. It's much more likely to have meant 'bugger all worth the effort of stealing'.

stmol32

nelly17 wrote: »

Heh reminds me of this
(hopefully this will work...)

I know I'm being a tick but can you explain what I'm seeing here

DonkeyStyle \o/

Truncheon Rouge wrote: »

Thats an awesome page, who would have guessed.

hobo convention....gtfo

I know, crazy stuff. I don't know where I first heard about it, but I remember it ended in me watching a whole documentary on hobos it's probably still on youtube.

schnitzelEater

copeyhagen wrote: »

most burgulars are junkies. judging by the level of intelligence seen by 'them' on dublins boardwalks, i would be pretty confident that this story is BS.

The boardwalk boys should have their own TV show.

DebDynamite

A short while ago a friend of mine was saying there was a weird symbol etched in chalk on the footpath outside her house, but hadn't a clue what it meant. Then this morning she emailed me a link to this story to say the symbol that was drawn was the "nothing worth stealing" one :pac:

Guy:Incognito

The good target sign is only a circle away from being a "nothing worth stealing". So make yourself a good target then when they stick an X outside just head out and put a circle on it:)

biko

I just have this sign up.
No-one ever calls to buy a car or scrap metal.


[X] Gun owner
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Capt'n Midnight

Back in 2009

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1232496/The-Burglars-Code-Criminals-chalk-messages-pinpoint-targets-villains.html

Thatnastyboy

stmol32 wrote: »

Jesus christ man no .... just no.... not today.

First, the thread is about false moral panics and lazy cut and paste media.

Secondly, I've seen this once or twice on Boards "Certain 'nomadic' ethnic groups" and I feel I should point out it's not as pants wettingly witty as ye seem to think.

Just say knackers you know you're really dying to.

Who made you the thread police?

It's also about the markings.

I used those terms because using the word knacker to describe travellers is not generally welcomed around here.

I was also speaking of Romany gypsies, btw, based on the times we've found trespassers both at home, and in neighbouring houses - it's always been people from those groups, always.

Not trying to cause any pants wetting, just don't want a ban/infraction

Thekist

This is very true as I seen three guys drawing a circle on the back of my car with chalk last night! When I got down from my apartment they had gone!As for you smart arses who don't know much about it, chalk doesn't washed away when it's highly compressed, this left a thick layer on the car, it's being raining here all day and it's still on it as new. I'm just biding my time for them to try the next move!

Three guys were messing with your car - therefore the contents of this thread are true?

Bit of a leap, no?

tayto lover

Must draw one of them outside my neighbour's house, he's a pri**.

Foxhound38

Da Pinchi Code? FFS

ScumLord

If criminals were doing this other criminals would pick up on it straight away and just get in before them. It makes no sense to put in the work of finding an easy mark then advertising it to the world.

The fact that there's no actual pictures of these signs in the real world outside someone's house goes to show they're working on pure speculation.

The Glass Key

If I found chalk marks outside a house I'd be checking for free WiFi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warchalking .

MadsL

http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/femastickers.asp

The marking of homes to identify them as targets for future activity makes sense only if the markings and the follow-up activity are being performed by different groups who are prevented by time and distance from communicating with each other between those two steps. But in today's world, where information such as an address list can be communicated almost instantaneously by e-mail or text message, and anyone with a cell phone can be reached virtually anywhere at any time, there are no such barriers.