Stupid things you saw on Nextdoor

[Jer]

My (imagined) response.

"Great, with my luck, this jackahole might report me for shooting bunnies in my back yard to help control the rattlesnakes."

That is, if I was in your neighborhood, and hadn't gotten banned from ND within a week.

Ha!

I do my part to help control the population and I ask nothing from these yea-hoo's other than not reporting me for helping us all out.

I even did them all a favor and built a 22/45 w/suppressor to not disturb them. lol

[Irving]

This coyote thread is getting dumber.

Same poster.

I've seen them down in the fields by Walgreens but i never thought I would see one in front of my house. Quite startling.

My wife had to drag me away from the computer.

So you saw a coyote....AND?
First you saw one over there, but you never thought you'd see one over here? They aren't lawn gnomes.

[ray1970]

Lawn gnomes are awesome.

[Great-Kazoo]

Ha!


I even did them all a favor and built a 22/45 w/suppressor to not disturb them. lol

That's what i call neighborly.

[Jer]

That's what i call neighborly.

That's what I thought too. I'm such a good neighbor to these Jack wagons.

[newracer]

This was on the Facebook group for my neighborhood.

Sarah Mahunik
Is someone missing their pet lizard or are these some native lizard? Yikes!


Shelli Moore Meyer YIKES!!! are you sure it is a lizard or is it a snake!! either way.... ewww!!!

Wendy Rice Way cool! Tiger salamander?

Sarah Mahunik Yes it is! Yikes, I was hoping it was a pet.

Shelli Moore Meyer Im Screaming for you !!! can you not hear me?! I HATE SNAKES!!!

Shelli Moore Meyer and.... at least you found it before one of your kiddos did. EWW!! EWW!! EWW!!!

Colleen McNamara Mortensen Shelli Moore Meyer...😂😂

Lisa Kouf Shelli, in my opinion, finding that there is a whole lot better then finding dead rabbits in your window wells.

Shelli Moore Meyer Lisa Kouf I agree... or voles!!

Naima Haddad Gomez You're pretty brave for standing still enough to take this snap! 😳🏃🏽‍♀️

Sarah Mahunik I was in the house! It is in the window well.

Jessica Perez NO!!!!! Window WELL???! I'm freaking out

Amy Hanken Your window wells are like outdoor terrariums. What the heck!? I've never seen one around here but Sydney would take it as a pet if we let her. Which we aren't so don't ask.

Wendy Rice party pooper

Michael Castell It's a harmless tiger salamander. You should take it out of your window well though so it doesn't die.

Jamie M Smith it's a tiger salamander, they are harmless and native. I'm sure he would really appreciate being rescued from your window well and put near one of the ponds.


Wendy Rice You'll get right on that, right Sarah Mahunik?

Sarah Mahunik I will wait for you to come and do it

Sarah Mahunik Actually I will make my husband when he gets home. We have pulled so many things out of this window well, he has a specific bucket just for getting stuff out of there.

Jamie M Smith I just sent you a pm, I can come get it out

Shayne Buckley They're very nice, They jump for food though, we used to have a pet one.

Cassi Ely Wedel I'll do it!! pm me if needed!

Looks like a salamander

Amy Hanken Jack says he thinks Harrison would really enjoy a pet lizard...

Shayne Buckley Wild salamander. It's illegal in Colorado to take them as a pet, fyi. After rains, they are easier to find.

Michael Castell Actually you can possess up to six live native reptiles or native amphibians for personal use except for a few species whose possession are specifically prohibited.

Shayne Buckley Yes, but wild capture is illegal is what my point was. No one will care unless someone tries to sell it.

Michael Castell Yes the sale is illegal but you can capture and posses them. They are considered unregulated by the state.

Jessica Perez I can't tell if there are legs? Mike would probably love getting it out!

Sarah Mahunik He left! Climbed out himself.

He's telling all his friends about your awesome window well right now.

Jessica Perez Please no!

Megan L KH He's on his way to your house, Jessica! 😬😳😢

Jessica Perez For real!!! My dogs will just walk by him! 😩

Shayne Buckley If that was your window well, they don't climb...like at all. They burrow

Wendy Rice Bahahaha fantastic!

Jessica Perez So he's not to my house yet!

Amy Hanken Ewwww....they burrow. Now I'm creeped out for you. She's building a family in the window well now.

Sarah Mahunik Well, lovely. He can live in his burrowed place with all the toads that burrow themselves in there.

Shayne Buckley Lol

Shayne Buckley They are super friendly. We loved ours so much.

Sarah Mahunik Yeah, he is back. I looked again after reading they burrow.

Shayne Buckley We have reptiles all ready and would happy to catch it and give it a home



Shayne Buckley They like moist soil no heat and mid humidity

Sarah Mahunik Shayne Buckley I messaged you.

Jessica Perez I just show mike & he said we've had one too!
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Sarah Mahunik Jessica Perez did he get it out?

Jessica Perez Yep & took it back over to the canal.

Sarah Mahunik Phil wonders if this is the same one and he just really likes the suburbs window well life .

Jodi G Hynds Yikes! Hope he does crawl over to mine!

Shelli Moore Meyer Lisa Kouf.... true or a vole!! 😳

Jennifer Cooper Griffin we used to have these living in our window wells all the time, I would show the kids and let them learn. But, don't touch it because they can carry Salmonella.

[Irving]

I wish my neighborhood was that friendly. Right now there is super drama about speeders and neighbors that chase them down to yell at them, while open carrying firearms, for protection. It's great!

[ray1970]

At least they aren't running with scissors.

[Great-Kazoo]

At least they aren't running with scissors.

BAM!

[kawiracer14]

Hi neighbors,

Fairly regularly, I see posts on Nextdoor about a "suspicious person" who, when I read the post, is doing something innocuous and harmless - like asking a neighbor for help finding an address or help with a broken down vehicle. I haven't really noticed this type of post about white people, but on a weekly basis, I see posts where this supposedly suspicious person is Hispanic or Black. (Usually posts about "suspicious people" who are obviously white include photos of them doing something *actually* suspicious, like stealing patio furniture or checking car door handles at night.)

We live in a historically Hispanic neighborhood in a part of the country with centuries of Hispanic history. We live in a diverse city in a diverse country that is currently going through a lot of pain around racism. Let's all do our part to make our neighborhood friendly and welcoming for all, a place where a neighbor of any color can go about their business or ask for help without a subsequent Nextdoor post about them being suspicious. Let's not be a part of spreading fear about people who don't look like us, speak like us, or have exactly all the same cultural norms.

Please think twice before posting about "suspicious" people (if it was a middle/upper-class white person, would you have the same reaction?), and help constructively and kindly call out others who make these kinds of posts.

Thanks.