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Posted: 10/5/2021 7:21:36 PM EDT
I am a very quiet, private person. Married living in a quiet neighborhood ( 80% retired, 20% young couples first homes)  Get out of my truck and there is a $%^&* drone on my front grass. Just got a new neighbor with 3 kids. I asked the oldest son if it was his?  

Very polite young man replies he does not own one.

So now what? Should I bring the drone inside, remove the memory card and prank the owner with videos?

I have nothing to spy on and live a boring life. Hate drones and see them as an intrusion.

What says the hive?
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:24:54 PM EDT
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Should I bring the drone inside, remove the memory card and prank the owner with videos?

What says the hive?
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Yes
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:25:38 PM EDT
[#2]
SSS.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:26:25 PM EDT
[#3]
I like your idea. Maybe a dead battery?
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:26:53 PM EDT
[#4]
Hammer of some sort would rectify the situation...
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:28:01 PM EDT
[#5]
Finders keepers.  It's on your property.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:28:54 PM EDT
[#6]
If owner can't be found keep it? Get a controller and fly around your local state park?
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:29:07 PM EDT
[#7]
Smash it up and throw it out.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:29:14 PM EDT
[#8]
Are we talking a $15 drone or a $1500 drone?
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:29:15 PM EDT
[#9]
What kind is it?  An inexpensive toy drone, or a nice DJI?  A lot of the cheaper ones will fly out of range and lose control especially with a kid flying it.  Either way someone would appreciate getting it back.  It was most likely someone losing control with their new toy.  I doubt anyone was using it to spy on anyone.  Probably belongs to a kid.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:29:32 PM EDT
[#10]
I do not get the hate.

That being said, a few prank pictures would not be out of line
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:29:57 PM EDT
[#11]
Memory card should already be filled with goatse and blue waffles.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:30:12 PM EDT
[#12]
You're really gonna flip your shit when you find out those cars driving by have people in them with eyeballs and cameras.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:30:12 PM EDT
[#13]
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:30:16 PM EDT
[#14]
pull the video card and you will see who owns it.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:30:26 PM EDT
[#15]
Do your neighbors hate you?
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:30:48 PM EDT
[#16]
Pic?

We talking DJI Mavic Mini or MQ-9 Reaper?
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:31:38 PM EDT
[#17]
How many dick pics can the memory card hold?
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:32:12 PM EDT
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How many dick pics can the memory card hold?
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@Aimless would know.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:33:04 PM EDT
[#19]
Could very well just be some kids toy who lost it.

I would pull the memory card and try to find the owner.

Not all drone people are creeps.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:33:35 PM EDT
[#20]
Drone?  

What drone?
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:34:55 PM EDT
[#21]
Pics of wife drone?
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:35:11 PM EDT
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Drone?  

What drone?
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Pretty much this.
I would chuck it in the woods out back or something similar
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:37:33 PM EDT
[#23]
Why do think it is spying on you? You know people fly those for fun. Who you plan shooting with that AR? See how that logic is not very good. Lot of time there is contact info on them if it is worth anything. Give it a once over may find a phone number.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:38:20 PM EDT
[#24]
Free HELLFIRE missiles would be cool.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:39:55 PM EDT
[#25]
If the drone is over a certain weight and the owner followed the law, he should have labeled it with his ID.  Try removing the battery to see if there's a label in the compartment.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:40:29 PM EDT
[#26]
Video of OP reclaiming the drone:

Interstellar - Christopher Nolan - Cornfield Drone Chase Scene [1080P HD]

Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:41:55 PM EDT
[#27]
Drone is just a tool like a gun is, it isnt evil or capable of being evil. But the user certainly is.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:42:10 PM EDT
[#28]
Ask your neighbors to ask their neighbors if someone lost one. It isn't that hard to be a good person and an act of kindness is generally better than being an asshole in the long run.

Plus good neighbors might come in handy in the future.

Of course YMMV, but it sounds like you live in a nice neighborhood.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:42:47 PM EDT
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Turn it into the cops-wait last time I did that they demanded to see my ID
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Soooooooo?

I'll fall for your obvious bait. Did you show it to them?
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:43:21 PM EDT
[#30]
No one is spying on you. It’s a toy. When a kids ball lands in your yard do you see that as an intrusion? Your post comes off as a grumpy old guy post. I’ll wager you are over 50 probably over  60.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:44:15 PM EDT
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Drone?  

What drone?
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^^This. I'd decide to mow my grass, and I can't see well with shades on. Thought I ran over another discarded beer can.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:45:05 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:51:20 PM EDT
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Yeah I'd try to return it.
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No one is spying on you. It's a toy. When a kids ball lands in your yard do you see that as an intrusion? Your post comes off as a grumpy old guy post. I'll wager you are over 50 probably over  60.
Yeah I'd try to return it.


When I was a cop I had a call where some kids had kicked their large (basketball sized) soft red rubber, air filled kick ball into some grumpy old guys lawn. He was holding it and refused to return it to the kids or their parents. He wanted me to “book it into evidence and arrest the 10 year old kid for trespassing”.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:52:06 PM EDT
[#34]
Post whatever is on the memory card here
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:52:56 PM EDT
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I do not get the hate.

That being said, a few prank pictures would not be out of line
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Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:53:25 PM EDT
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Are we talking a $15 drone or a $1500 drone?
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Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:54:44 PM EDT
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What kind is it?  An inexpensive toy drone, or a nice DJI?  A lot of the cheaper ones will fly out of range and lose control especially with a kid flying it.  Either way someone would appreciate getting it back.  It was most likely someone losing control with their new toy.  I doubt anyone was using it to spy on anyone.  Probably belongs to a kid.
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This.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:55:31 PM EDT
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I am a very quiet, private person. Married living in a quiet neighborhood ( 80% retired, 20% young couples first homes)  Get out of my truck and there is a $%^&* drone on my front grass. Just got a new neighbor with 3 kids. I asked the oldest son if it was his?  

Very polite young man replies he does not own one.

So now what? Should I bring the drone inside, remove the memory card and prank the owner with videos?

I have nothing to spy on and live a boring life. Hate drones and see them as an intrusion.

What says the hive?
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Picture of Drone?

Either find out who owns it and be a nice person. Or if you want to be a decent person and still kind of a dick return it to the police department. They'll hold on to it till the owner request it back or if the owner was doing something hanky panky the owner will not come get pick it up.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:55:59 PM EDT
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You're really gonna flip your shit when you find out those cars driving by have people in them with eyeballs and cameras.
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Attachment Attached File
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:56:08 PM EDT
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Turn it into the cops-wait last time I did that they demanded to see my ID
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Next time, this is what you do.


We don't need no stinking badges!
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:56:44 PM EDT
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I'd pull the card if there's one to see if any pictures could identify the owner or where they live.  Check it for anything written or printed on it that might show the owner and try to return it.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:56:55 PM EDT
[#42]
Look at the video on the card and if there's nothing obviously creepy, try to find out who it belongs to and return it.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:57:13 PM EDT
[#43]
Return it.

Don't fuck with people's property especially if you don't know what you're doing. The owner might have some good pics or video he was trying to take
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:58:14 PM EDT
[#44]
Give them something to see
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:59:05 PM EDT
[#45]
Go down to the local adult store and buy the cheapest dildo and some of the one use cock rings. Glue the stuff on the drone and then take a photo and post it on the local neighborhood app thing asking who lost it.  Report back with the responses.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 7:59:08 PM EDT
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You're really gonna flip your shit when you find out those cars driving by have people in them with eyeballs and cameras.
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Some of them have cameras mounted on the roof, taking pictures of everything as they drive down the street.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 8:00:05 PM EDT
[#47]
This is not the drone you're looking for.... (while waving hand)
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 8:01:16 PM EDT
[#48]
Can you get a replacement controller for the drone?
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 8:01:21 PM EDT
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When I was a cop I had a call where some kids had kicked their large (basketball sized) soft red rubber, air filled kick ball into some grumpy old guys lawn. He was holding it and refused to return it to the kids or their parents. He wanted me to “book it into evidence and arrest the 10 year old kid for trespassing”.
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No one is spying on you. It's a toy. When a kids ball lands in your yard do you see that as an intrusion? Your post comes off as a grumpy old guy post. I'll wager you are over 50 probably over  60.
Yeah I'd try to return it.


When I was a cop I had a call where some kids had kicked their large (basketball sized) soft red rubber, air filled kick ball into some grumpy old guys lawn. He was holding it and refused to return it to the kids or their parents. He wanted me to “book it into evidence and arrest the 10 year old kid for trespassing”.


That sounds like about 25% of GD.
Link Posted: 10/5/2021 8:01:27 PM EDT
[#50]
Put it up on ebay.
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