Robbery symbols?

[R8Steve]

A while back on Facebook I seen a post with a warning of chalk symbols appearing on properties as targets of potential robberies. As with most things on Facebook I dismissed it as a load of paranoid nonsense.

Tonight however I return home and there is a chalk symbol of a fish drawn next to my car.

Should I be concerned or am I just being paranoid?

[Doofus]

Move the car.

Go to bed.

Sleep with one eye open.

[Turn7]

Draw an arrow pointing at the neighbours Audi ?

[carreauchompeur]

R8Steve said:

A while back on Facebook I seen a post with a warning of chalk symbols appearing on properties as targets of potential robberies. As with most things on Facebook I dismissed it as a load of paranoid nonsense.

Tonight however I return home and there is a chalk symbol of a fish drawn next to my car.

Should I be concerned or am I just being paranoid?

Sorry, but my initial reaction

However, on the serious side I've never heard of it for cars, don't know how prevalent it is for houses and I'd be surprised if it meant anything!

[carreauchompeur]

You could, in the manner of the Christian fish symbols, pop an eye on it so they know you're watching...

HTH

[badboyburt]

Its a directional sign for the fish, are you in a flood area ?

[Charlie1986]

Maybe a quick call to your local force or ask next door if the kids have been playing with chalk.

But i have heard of the local travellers in Kent who will mark houses like this if theres Dogs or horses worth taking

[Downward]

What sort of fish was it ?

[LordHaveMurci]

Something fishy about it for sure.

[anonymous-user]

Charlie1986 said:

Maybe a quick call to your local force or ask next door if the kids have been playing with chalk.

But i have heard of the local travellers in Kent who will mark houses like this if theres Dogs or horses worth taking

Or fish perhaps?

[carreauchompeur]

It does smell a bit fishy, as the parrot said to his mate sitting on a perch.

[Doofus]

Charlie1986 said:

i have heard of the local travellers in Kent who will mark houses like this if theres Dogs or horses worth taking

So there you are, OP. Lock the goldfish in the cupboard under the stairs.

[Downward]

Maybe the local neighbour cats drew it.

[Hoofy]

I've always wondered about this.

Get some similarly coloured chalk and draw fish symbols next to all the cars in your street.

[Turn7]

carreauchompeur said:

It does smell a bit fishy, as the parrot said to his mate sitting on a perch.

[anonymous-user]

Why are robbers drawing pictures to help other robbers steal stuff?

Seems a bit unlikely you'd, go to the trouble of finding out if the property has a dog or diamonds or a fish and then tell other robbers what's inside.

[R8Steve]

It does sound stupid, I know.

It's up a drive so doubt it was kids, no risk of flooding here either as half of Glasgow would be flooded before me.

I just thought it was a bit odd when I seen it and remember seeing something about it. Anyway, here is the fish in question.

[Doofus]

el stovey said:

Why are robbers drawing pictures to help other robbers steal stuff?

Seems a bit unlikely you'd, go to the trouble of finding out if the property has a dog or diamonds or a fish and then tell other robbers what's inside.

It's a bluff. Robbers send other robbers to houses where the tellies are from Bush, and the jewellery is Elizabeth Arden.

Then, when those robbers are occupied, they go and rob the decent houses.

[anonymous-user]

R8Steve said:

It does sound stupid, I know.

It's up a drive so doubt it was kids, no risk of flooding here either as half of Glasgow would be flooded before me.

I just thought it was a bit odd when I seen it and remember seeing something about it. Anyway, here is the fish in question.

[Charlie1986]

el stovey said:

Could be a sturgeon on the loose looking for a mate.