ULPT: Neighbour has beeping animal-deterrant device on all day and night.
Posted by Wonderful_Kiwi1941@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 24 comments
This thing my neighbours have out front literally keeps beeping every 5-10 seconds all day and all night.
They're not next door to me but just across the street. There's no peace if you want to open your windows or spend any time outside. Crazy annoying.
I never see the homeowners outside but their cars are always in the driveway.
They don't even have much of a garden to protect with this device.
Any idea how to get them to stop using it?
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Artistic_Avocado4723@reddit
Please dont suggest "ultrasonic" deterrents, they are very rarely actually ultrasonic and piss off people who haven't ruined their hearing
127Chambers@reddit
what?
fgtrtdfgtrtdfgtrtd69@reddit
PLEASE DONT SUGGEST "ULTRASONIC" DETERRENTS, THEY ARE VERY RARELY ACTUALLY ULTRASONIC AND PISS OFF PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T RUINED THEIR HEARING
teachthisdognewtrick@reddit
Laugh in tinnitus: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Can’t hear them anymore anyway
connection_lost@reddit
It's going to be a fake device disguised as an "ultrasonic deterrent" device.
Artistic_Avocado4723@reddit
Apologies, didn't read the last sentence
Undrwtrbsktwvr@reddit
Borrow the device during the night. Take it home and open it up. Remove/disable the noisemaker. Reinstall.
l337quaker@reddit
A new floodlight pointed directly at their house will make you feel better and escalate the conflict.
Undrwtrbsktwvr@reddit
Didn’t work for my neighbors. I needed to use something more directed and strobing. I used a powerful fast-strobing flashlight. That worked.
Revolutionary-Half-3@reddit
Spotlight, if at all possible.
l337quaker@reddit
A valid distinction!
Responsible-Cow5828@reddit
Make the floodlight noise activated. When it beeps it flashes.
Money_Ad1068@reddit
I totally get this. There are three houses in a row in our neighborhood that use these buzzing devices supposed to repel animals. We're in rattlesnake country and it makes me jump often.
I've been fantasizing about how to disable them, but I am hoping that nature will eventually wear on them and they will die off on their own.
StrikeSea7638@reddit
Those things are for moles or rodents usually. They might be trying to get rid of them humanely.
InmateThirtyFour@reddit
Check your local noise ordinance. Im wiling to bet there is something in there about nuisance noise across real property boundaries. Contact the code enforcement officer, escalate to zoning and/or PD/public safety if needed. Ask me how I know…
Wonderful_Kiwi1941@reddit (OP)
Thanks! I emailed the town's complaint line last summer but nothing came of it. I'll try to figure out if there's another avenue.
InmateThirtyFour@reddit
There is always another avenue. You should not have to live through that. Keep pushing, keep climbing the ladder of accountability until someone listens.
Quirky-Invite7664@reddit
Agree. It shouldn’t be going off all night.
cincyhuffster@reddit
Pay a kid to steal it
YouArentReallyThere@reddit
Get a large water pistol, fill it with ground sterilizer and hose down their garden. No garden? No protection needed.
Combatical@reddit
I'd start with knocking on their door and asking them. If that doesnt work mail them a letter.
Yung-Slit@reddit
Pretty sure you are the pigeon he put the device for
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xsmp@reddit
we don't tend to stop our own...