What is this word "transient" that you say?

With a skateboard?  

Down here we call them punk douchebags!

OP, I’m betting that skateboard is the only thing that douchebag actually gives a shit about in life. Fuck it up good and hang it high at the entrance to your property. Regardless, be prepared for the d-bag to return, perhaps with d-bag “friends”.

A whole lot of WTF in this story.

must be a night for it. I had one of the local creatures of the night go through my car tonight ten feet from the back door of the restaurant where drivers come in and out all night long.

I don't bother locking the doors because I've found that they just smash the windows. Trouble was, in this instance, I had a revolver in my dog walking coat on the floor in the black seat. And I mean the sort of shitty, raggedy coat that the bums throw away when they steal better coats. As evidenced by the fact that he threw the coat away halfway down the parking lot. I have no idea why he even grabbed it. There was no way of knowing what was in the pocket. He also stole both of my work jackets and a 12 pack of ramen. I kid you not.

It was the ramen that helped us figure out when he did it so we could look at the video with the cops. Otherwise, we'd have been at it all night and maybe not found the right spot.

Going by the video, the guy came around from behind the grocery store that's in the same plaza, wearing full woodland camo gortex, and a mask. rolled right up to the back window of the pizza joint. I was standing right there as he came up, and somewhere between when he passed out of view of the camera and came up to the door, he'd taken the mask off.

He asked for food through the door. We've had a couple of guys in the past month or so run right at the doors, so they stay locked now. I told him no and watched him ride off.

Couple of minutes later, he swings back by and does a door check on my car, and my car only. Weird, since I'm driving a twenty year old shitbox and there were two nearly new cars in the lot. He never went near either of them. He rode away.

Ten minutes later, he swings back around, goes off camera, and reappears on foot, just strolling like he hasn't got a care in the world. (at which point one of the cops says, holy shit, it was the fucker on the bike) Goes through the car pretty thoroughly, takes his time. Saw him grab up the two work coats ($120 worth out of my own pocket), but didn't actually see him grab the ragged coat. and off he goes, no hurries, no worries.

Literally two minutes later, I came out the back door on my way home. That's how close I came to catching the fucker in my car. Two minutes by the surveillance video time stamps.

I saw my ragged coat (although I didn't realize it was mine in the dark) laying dead in the middle of the drive and went past it. I figured the guy had dropped it, but was thinking more along the lines of bait than dropping ill-gotten goods. I didn't make the connection until I was clean across town and stopped to get gas. I opened the back door to grab the coat and it wasn't there. FUCK!

So, now I'm out the work coats, I'm out the revolver, the flashlight that was in the other pocket, and a job, because having a gun in the car is an automatic firing offense. Unofficially, nobody cares so long as nobody officially knows its there. But now there's a police report, so, I guess I'm on the beach.

This guy was through that parking lot three times in an hour, bold as brass. Didn't care if I saw his face close up without a mask, and was casual as hell the whole time under lights. And normally, he'd have not a care in the world. In fact, if he'd left the pistol in the coat when he dumped it, he probably still wouldn't. CPD wouldn't go out of their way. But they seemed quite interested, if you know what I mean, since he took the gun.

Anybody in the Cheyenne, Wyoming area, check the hometown forum. I'm posting a reward. I should have screen caps from the video, although they're pretty shitty. Still, maybe somebody will recognize him. If he's a local, I'mma find him.

Freakin Colorado. Saw a bunch of them freaks up there. And I’m guessing you’re out in the country which sucks because it means they’re everywhere. They need to get dealt with for that crap or they’ll never leave.

Your misery isn't over, because now some of the GD judges are gonna dick with you about leaving a gun in your car to get stolen.

He was watching you and knew you went next door.
You need some dogs OP.

I thought I remember reading that he had four dogs.

Edit: Yes.

"We have 4 dogs, two of which would tear into someone."

LOL - part of the WTF with this story.

No. He left a gun in an unlocked car to get stolen. It’s pretty fucking stupid.

I bet the dogs were busy hanging out at the BBQ waiting for a handout.

"She shouldn't dress like that, she was asking for it."

I'm sure. Truth is, whether I lock it or not is a tossup. Used to lock it religiously, but I kept coming out and finding windows smashed, and those fuckers add up, even back when it was only $35 or so at the junkyard. So I just got in the habit of not leaving valuables in it, like San Franciscans.

But GD misery is something that just rolls off my back. My misery is going to come from having to rustle up a new job just as cold weather is hitting, or if somebody does something bad with the pistol.

I took a couple of laps around the area kind of on the lookout, but there were something like 6 cop cars in the area, so I figured it best to roll on down the road. Don't want them to think I'm hunting the guy or anything.

Right on schedule.

It's actually called the "tack room".  A place for members to congregate, it has a kitchen and a bar.
Not sure what the big fucking deal is about me calling it a ranch...it's a fucking ranch.

It was in the thread title, I try not to piss of Mods with Fucker, Cocksucker and piece of shit.

No, it's not a fucking ranch by anyone's definition other than your own. And it's certainly not a "working ranch" as you characterized it. But, if you want it to be a ranch, you can call it a ranch.

The dogs were in the house, they don't have free reign of the property.
They have a backyard but weren't out.

Reminds me of a home invasion near me where the perp got ventilated.

What do you call a place with equines, barns, pastures, tack rooms, tractors and 50 tons of hay?  Seriously smart ass.
Fucking GD never ceases to amaze me.

Duh, OP already mentioned his cats.  He is cat ranching.  Read people, it’s all right there.

I would call that a hobby farm, or stables, but you call it whatever you want. It really doesn't matter what you call it, because it's not important to the story. Your property was invaded and you were a victim of theft, so not a big deal if you want to call it a ranch. Good luck figuring something out.

Looks like you need to do some "ranching" shit.

Start digging a deep hole OP.

He’s a troll.

Only thing he’s good for.

Just ignore him or block him. Or just roll your eyes and move on.

He’s the epitome of the old Brad Paisley song “Online”

It really doesn't matter what you call it, because it's not important to the story. Your property was invaded and you were a victim of theft,

There you go, yet some members want to bust my balls about it, including you.  Pretty fucking petty actually.  At least you recognize
the bottom line of the story.

https://dakotaalert.com

Wtf is a loafing shed and do you live on a baseball field? Clubhouse?

Tie perp to tree…coat with honey…problem solved…problem staying solved….

Sounds like horse stables or maybe a hobby farm. 50 ton of hay is only 2 semi loads.

3 sided shed, no baseball but I do use the pasture as a driving range.

Now that we have beat the shit out of the definition of a small ranch, you want
to define a Clubhouse?
A place for socializing by a club.  It has a commercial kitchen a bar
and holds many private events.

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Nope. OP's perp is now armed with a Gamo air rifle. He might catch a pellet before he can sap the guy

1) it would piss me off quite a bit to find a stranger  poking around my property.

2) that person taking my stuff would crank me up quite a bit more.

3) finding out that turd is doing this stuff while there are obviously multiple folks around indicating to me that turd thinks he can somehow handle things if he comes face to face with someone would really light my fire.

This is way more than petty theft .

I am not at all sure how much effort local cops might put into this situation ,not sure how I would handle things .

I would for sure tune up my surveillance equipment.

I am thinking getting even with said turd would not be worth risking my freedom.

One of the issues when you have a standoff of property owner against a creepy turd is the turds have plenty of free time (as they mostly don't work) to think up ways to  mess with property owner.

I do agree with the folks here that think the turd will return .

Can't think of anything that would piss me off more than watching video of someone trespass, go through my stuff and stealing it.   Except maybe having to watch video of somebody fucking with my family and not being able to do anything about it.  

Anyway don't do anything stupid or illegal no matter how satisfying it might seem.

I found a straightened coat hanger out in the parking lot this morning.  This has prompted me
to file a report with the Sheriff.  Waiting to hear back from them now.  The cars are protected from
the one camera out front and the IR only works so well, so I didn't see anything on video from last
night but I only scanned a few hours from 8 to about 10.

FUCK!

Give you a papertrail if he returns and does something stupid. Maybe even give you the ability to recover stolen items found at a pawnshop in the future.

As far as actively trying to catch the perp, yah doubtful.

SSS

My ranch neighbors have a mini-excavator, we can be there in 2 hours.

"hobo bum" is an oxymoron.  Technically speaking, hobos work for a living.  Bums don't.

So you guys get alerts all day while people are working/walking around your own farm or ranch?

Note to self

Check local pawn shop?