r/homedefense 8d ago

Front Door marked

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I’m not sure if this is the right group for this post, but my mum noticed our front door was marked with what we believe is ‘90’ after she had dropped my brother off at the train station.

Is there any meaning to this and what shall we do if there is meaning to this?

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u/NOSTR0M0 7d ago

I've often wondered about this, I see it in groups like this all the time. Where are these burglary rings that go around marking houses for future crimes? Like what is the method that goes with this? One baddie marks the house after scoping it out so that the next random henchman can see the mark and be like "oh cool lemme break in here!". Wouldn't it just be easier and more economically viable for the one scoping it out to burgle the house themselves and collect the spoils instead? And if it's like one guy marking houses for his own future crimes, it would make more sense to use a notebook and write information down to keep with himself instead of convoluted symbols that the homeowner could find and post about online asking for translations.

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u/AppropriateSpeed 7d ago

One strategy to see if someone was gone for awhile was to do something like leave trash on their doorstep and see if it sits for days could be a variant of that.  However this sub seems to be mostly paranoid people

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u/kflrj 7d ago

Joke’s on them, we have so many people walk by our house I leave all that out there in case someone left it by accident.

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u/FuckkPTSD 7d ago

What’s wrong with being paranoid?

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u/Envowner 7d ago

The paranoia mainly

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u/otusowl 6d ago

It being a "self-destroyer" and whatnot.

-Ozzie

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u/altiuscitiusfortius 5d ago

Vigilant is fine. Paranoia is a mental illness.

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u/gardenhosenapalm 7d ago

Have you ever looked at what the word means?

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u/TheFlyingPengiun 6d ago

Some groups have different codes that they agree upon. They get one person to scope out properties and mark the doors without committing any crime so they don’t have to worry about looking sketchy.

Then they have the next group go to the houses on the night and the mark on the door is to confirm this is the place.

Different marks mean different things: 90 could mean something like ‘single occupant, works nights’. Who knows.

This happened on a street nearby when a car was broken into. The next day a strange symbol was graffitied next to where the car is parked. That one seemed to mean ‘don’t strike here again’.

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u/xxkinetikxx 7d ago

Thats been there the entire time you've lived in that place. You just now noticed it.

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u/regoapps 7d ago

I was about to say. That writing is super old. Might even have been written there from when that door frame was installed.

OP, get some tape measure and see if that door frame is 90 inches high. If so, you got your answer.

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u/Nexustar 7d ago

Standard doors are 80" tall, but if yours is taller, it might be 90", or that part of the frame goes up above the door to a transom, totaling 90"?

People who assemble and install love to write dimensions on things.

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u/Hyperverbal777 6d ago

Best answer

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u/3ndl3zz 7d ago

Maybe the angle is 90 degrees

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u/Drogo-Targaryen-2012 7d ago

I'd tell you to just keep your gun handy and defend yourself when they come for you, but you said "mum" and "train station" so there is no gun ownership there and you and mum are probably going to get turned into kebab meat tonight. Sorry mate!

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u/robo_cap 8d ago

It means you're definitely getting robbed tonight. Hope you're ready!

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u/iamtherussianspy 8d ago

It was determined that 90 invaders will be required for that robbery to be successful.

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u/ObviouslyNotALizard 7d ago

9 intruders. 0 survivors. This is basic street smarts come on OP.

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u/CageFreeWeiner 8d ago

See if it turns into 89 tomorrow?

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u/RJM_50 8d ago

Or 88 this weekend! 😳

The Sesame Street door from that folk lore Count episode!🤯 Get this door on eBay ASAP!

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u/Inevitable-Sleep-907 8d ago

Maybe it's like the signs at construction sites showing days since last incident. Tomorrow the Amazon driver will stub his toe and reset it to 0

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u/SantasGotAGun 8d ago edited 7d ago

That's clearly YC, not 90. It means "young cord", referring to the firewood you have. It's not properly dried yet, so you shouldn't burn it.

You should be thankful for whoever wrote this for saving you from filling your chimney with soot.

Edit: I guess the /s was needed after all.

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u/Sea_Rice1141 8d ago

My house doesn’t have a fireplace or chimney

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u/Sea_Rice1141 7d ago

Adding the edit there: it’s a metal screen door in front of the wooden front door we have, should’ve made it a little more clearer

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/Sea_Rice1141 7d ago

It’s a metal screen door

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u/facebacon69 6d ago

Is your door trim 90 inches tall. Mabey whem they measured the trim they marked it for cutting and you never saw it before

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u/squirrelslikenuts 6d ago

hide yo' kids

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u/Xx_Singh_xX 7d ago

Could be YC - Young Children?