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Seriously Fucking Creeped Out

So I got home from dance, sat down at my computer, moved the mouse, and nothing happened. Puzzled, I restarted the system, and when I bent down to do so, I noticed what was wrong. Both my monitors had been unplugged. I left home at 5:15 and got home at 7:30; nothing is out of place, nothing if missing, and the door was locked. But both my monitors were unplugged and the monitor set up had been changed to one monitor, low resolution. And there's evidence that Jonie was freaked out about something.

She's not the only one. I'm seriously fucking creeped out. And I don't know what to do about it. I think I might ask the landlords to change the locks.

Can anyone think of a NORMAL reason this might have happened? Cause I sure as shit can't.

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Well,

saracariad is out of town for the week. Does anyone else have a key to your apartment? If not, I would call the landlords. They may have let someone in for some reason. *hugs*

Perhaps you can have someone sleep on the couch tonight? Tomorrow morning you might want to get a chain for the door, some 1" wooden dowels and a hacksaw (the dowels and saw are to create a physical block for a sliding door or window). I'm sorry!

Eeek! o_O

No, given what you've mentioned, I can't think of a normal reason as to why that might have happened.

Good idea to get the locks changed. I hope the landlords can help out.

The only normal thing I can think of is maybe Jonie was messing around down there, unplugged them, and got shocked. Then maybe it reset your moniter? Yeah, I'm stretching.

other than that, yeah, report to your landlords. And check for missing stuff!

My kitten regulalry unplugs the modem. But it's really easy for him to run past and knock it out of the wall.

Good luck, and stay safe!

I'm still thinking that Windows might change the setup to 1 monitor, low-res, if it figures out that there's a problem with the signal going out. So I wouldn't be surprised if pulling out the plugs while the computer is on would change those settings.

I also think Jonie could have simply gone a little wild today because she's a crazy dog... after Occam's razor came up this evening in another context, it started to seem more plausible that there was some strange dog-psychology at work. Here's hopin' she's to blame.

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Definitely change the locks, bar all doors, and lock/bar all windows.

*big hug* Sorry honey.

Wow...I would have been too scared to stay in the apt if that happened to me. I hope you get the locks changed soon and I hope nothing else like this happens in the future :-\

I don't know if we talked about this already, but there was the possibility of a theif breaking in, preparing to steal your monitors, and then getting chased off (perhaps scared off my your imminent arrival or something?)

Quite belatedly, I'm glad that everything seems to be okay for now!!! *hugs*

So, I don't like this story. I live there (sometimes) and I don't want people to steal our shit, or unplug our stuff! Just a really selfish question- did you check to see if stuff in my room is missing or tampered with? I mean, my room is closer to the door, and if there were a weirdo stealing our stuff, I'd go for my room first.
I also second that E is AWESOME.
Dyrecorn and Moonzie also have keys, but despite both of them being computermonkeys, I see no reason for them to fuck around with your monitors.

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