Government on my doorstep: "Google Earth shows a building in your backyard. Explain."

maybe ur house just got cased dude...

meaning UR house was just scoped out, ready to come back later and steal UR shit.

Lol, then he must have found out it's to much trouble to bypass my 45 kg german shepherd and steal stuff I don't have.

Lol.

In about seven years they will be back to ask about the other buildings I have put down in my yard.

Idiots.

"I'm from the government, and I'm here to help. "

Go figure...

That does sound terrifying.

do you really think your dog is going to stop someone looking to enter your home, and steal things?
they'll just shoot the motherfucker, and that goes for anyone.

rofl.

They can shoot all they want. I have nothing to steal.

My response would be,
Cool story bro, got a warrant?

We will return. Google earth knows you're lying, it's sentient. Vacate immegeately.

(PS OP, if this is true did you get the name of the fucker who came to your door? Cause I'd be talkin to a lawyer and writing some letters, dude)

Wow - I don't like it either. I'm just glad I don't have a 911 address and can't be "googled". Still I can find my farm and see lots of stuff not visible from the road (like my round pens and barns). Gives me the creeps.

ugh. yeah google earth is old.

That would be my response also. Apparantly not my wife's.

Can come in handy for trespassers.

We should be able to blur our property, also. As does that same government.

I think so.. The police do not look at land deeds and building permits. Either cased or they are monitoring you or HAVE monitored you and OBVIOUSLY think you are suspicious in SOME manner. Never treat an on-duty cop like a friend. Be friendly but they are not friends while on duty. Get them to get a warrant.

If the cop didn't look at the shed you better be cautious.

Please take my advice and report the encounter with as many police officers as you can, and the chief. Could have been off-duty for all you know, don't fuck around, make some calls, make sure they know this person came to your house, ask questions. For me?

I don't know how they do things in the Netherlands but this should have been the response. And perhaps the police have nothing better to do but look at building permits and land deeds, but you don't need a permit to erect a free-standing shack. Maybe they think you are into drug selling, nothing to steal but a big home, don't post this if you're going to be stupid and do nothing with our comments.

It happened to my wife, with our two kids in the living-room. I wasn't at home. She wasn't that alert. Too bad.

I would've asked his socks off!

It wasn't police, but someone from the province, he said.

According to my wife he looked like an office dude.

Why would he have to go into your house to look at a shed in the backyard? Was there no other way to get to your backyard except through your house?

No pics? No google coordinates?
C'mon OP

People need to record stuff like this on their cell phone, like the one guy did in Tennessee - if someone comes to my door with a cock and bull story like that, better believe I'm gonna record it.

Yes there is a way around, but my wife couldn't let the kids alone in the house.
My wife kinda offered it to him.

Besides that, it was terrible weather so he really didn't want to get outside in the yard. Now he could view it from the scullery.

LOL

Giving coordinates from my house...

Right about that.

I hope my wife is more alert a probable next time.

The planning department in our area doesn't show up unless someone has complained.. they have to have a complaint before they will confront anyone. That could be changing elsewhere, but that's the way it has been in this area so far.

Its cause you're a glp'er

Warrant? We don't need no Stinking warrant!

Why didn't you just have your German Shepherd stop them checking your house in the first place?

He wasn't attacking my wife, otherwise she would have done that.

And as I said, I wasn't at home at the time. I regret that.

thats why I build all my bunkers beneath the surface.

'He wasn't attacking my wife, otherwise she would have done that.

And as I said, I wasn't at home at the time. I regret that.'

Understandable, things happen that we don't expect sometimes.

Can you introduce your wife to some procedures that protect your privacy better in case it, or anything like "it" happens again sometime?