A California woman was fed up with porch pirate thieves stealing her packages right off of her front porch. So she decided to do something about it!
Stephanie Igoa said the security camera on the front porch of her Fresno home has repeatedly captured so-called “porch pirates” thieving from her front porch, including one man who made at least two visits while wearing a mask.
Igoa said she posted footage of the thefts online and received some enticing advice.
“Why don’t you put cat poop in there? And I’m just like, haha. But then I started thinking about it and I’m just like, why not? That’s a good idea,” Igoa told KMPH-TV.
She said it didn’t take long for someone to take the bait.
“I was kind of scared they were gonna open it be like, ‘ew it’s cat poop!’ and throw it at my door or something. Anyway, I looked at the cameras, and nope! He didn’t. He just got it, he was super-dope, excited about it. He had his backpack, and he stuck it in his backpack and I’m like, yeah that’s what I want you to do buddy,” Igoa said.
Igoa said she is planning to put out a second box of poop using tea bags to mask the smell.
This isn’t the first time that poop packages have made their way into porch pirates hands. One man rigged his packages of poop to explode shortly after they were picked up by thieves!