Thread: A mystery - need advice/suggestions

Very intriguing Rob, you haven't been sleepwalking have you .

Noticed they are new, so maybe it's the smell of the new leather that attracting the mover.

an old song comes to mind

DJ,

The boots are 12 months old but I only wear them when I am going out visiting or to meetings etc.

I don't think I sleep walk - Meg would surely have mentioned it.

I probably need to narrow down the times it happens (assuming it happens at roughly the same time) so I can keep watch.

I am lucky that whoever moves the boot leaves it where it can easily be found.

Maybe wife sleep walks?

What about setting up a sensor for a light, but instead of turning a light on have it turn a radio on in your bedroom so then you know the time to keep a look out or if you're quick to get up, you just might catch the perpetrator in action

Does the boot in the garden have any dew on it - indicating it was there all night?

It's a bit warm by 7AM to notice the dew but good thinking.

DJ's idea has merit and I know a bit about electronics.

I might set up a tray with sand in it so I can see any footprints.

I do vaguely recall hearing a bit of a thump early this morning but dismissed it as something not too important and went back to sleep.

drop bear???

sounds to me like you have a playful possum

Maybe the Bunyip been visiting or one of Iain's Drop Bear is on the loose

After quite a bit of discussion, Meg and both think it could be a young Kookaburra.

One was learning to laugh this morning just near the bedroom window, it is almost there but needs to hone the finer points of laughter - the end of the chorus is missing at this stage.

I doubt if it is a drop bear because I have never heard of them dropping boots - dropping on boots, yes but not picking up boots and dropping them.

Dust some baby power around the general area of the boot and see what walks through it.

I would have thought that a boot would be too heavy for most birds to lift and/or drag.

Some local doin some leg pulling on ther city slickers?

Feral cat is my guess - seems stinky human feet smell 'romatic' to cats, which is why some of the daft b's attack your toes.