most drivers could easily identify these duct-tape wrapped shapes as the universal sign for “caution: crazy person ahead,” but our submitter in boston actually pulled over and parked in order to get a better look. up close, “the signs were even crazier than we thought,” she reports. “seriously, what happened to this guy?”
related: movin’ out (anthony’s song)
145 responses so far ↓
#1
goose
> “There is a ’single’ male living here”
No shit? Wonder why that might be…
Jun 16, 2008 at 3:46 am rating: +57
#2
Nathaniel
Looks like someone’s address got used as a drop spot for an ID theft ring. I can imagine that driving someone crazy if dozens of bill collectors or victims keep showing up harassing the guy who lives there.
Jun 16, 2008 at 3:49 am rating: +16
#3
J
what does this guy have against dogs and girls? and good ol’ glue? f’in misogynist.
Jun 16, 2008 at 4:01 am rating: +2
#4
Ray
I’m confused. So does the quadruple negative mean there are “pre-paid legal executives” living there?
Jun 16, 2008 at 4:25 am rating: +24
#5
David
Id theft, mail fraud, fraud, theft, trespassing and forgery aren’t THAT serious of crimes in this case, seeing that the victim is a crazy guy that calls the police about every woman or animal that gets anywhere near his house. People just want to rent out his fabulous bachelor’s pad!
Jun 16, 2008 at 4:32 am rating: +4
#6
park rose
Wondering what’s happened to your girlfriend/dog/ Prepaid Legal executive or employee? See that row of trash cans by the side of the building…
Jun 16, 2008 at 4:55 am rating: +27
#7
ErikaBlare
It seems as though one symptom of paranoid schizophrenia is the ability to write fairly neat block letters. Who knew?
Jun 16, 2008 at 5:21 am rating: +32
#8
marcopuffin
Above the “no apartments” sign there is a very small one that says, “If U do not live here, keep out!” The tempting ladder leaning up against the house seems a clumsy attempt at entrapment.
Jun 16, 2008 at 5:25 am rating: +26
#9
Dan
Interesting that ‘trespasses’ is spelled correctly but ‘tresspassing’ isn’t…..
Jun 16, 2008 at 5:30 am rating: +4
#10
PANU
You should always read the fine print around this guy.
Jun 16, 2008 at 5:36 am rating: +4
#11
Anis
Why would a woman say that she is married to that nut case???
Jun 16, 2008 at 6:45 am rating: +7
#12
anglophile
The progression of underlining styles in the ’single’ male sign is fascinating. First we go from discrete and decorative underscoring, then a little further down, the entire line is drawn with decorative separators, then plain distinct underlines, then, sadly, some weak and uneven attempts. Almost as though the sign maker suffers some sort of mental inbalance….
Jun 16, 2008 at 6:50 am rating: +18
#13
anglophile
ANY PRE-PAID LEGAL EXECUTIVE THAT TRESPASSESS
THIS PROPERTY– IS GOING TO THE
PRE-PAID LEGAL EXECUTIVE POUND!
If owner does not claim pre-paid legal executive.
Jun 16, 2008 at 6:54 am rating: +9
#14
park rose
Well id theft is a serious crime. See what happens when the super ego runs rampant?
Jun 16, 2008 at 7:43 am rating: +26
#15
Aijaz
We’re walking, we’re walking… we’re stopping.
All righty, folks. Our next stop in the first annual “Boston’s Most Eligible” walking tour is the residence of local playboy Heisa Monster. Men, keep an close eye on your women, because this cat is most definitely single!
Jun 16, 2008 at 8:00 am rating: +15
#16
marcopuffin
The submitter should have included the address, then we could have all dropped by! He might have met someone…. and rented out some apartments. Then he’d only have to worry about the dogs and pre-paid legal executives – because they’re a real no, no, no, no…
Jun 16, 2008 at 8:41 am rating: +3
#17
Jeffrey
Is this a note or a series of handmade signs?
['SINGLE'] is proper because it is a marital status. If the sign-maker were to solely indicate that there were ‘a single man inside,’ his marital status would be unresolved. I would like to snark that the rest of the signage secures his longterm unavailability for consorting with 0ther hominids, but crazies sometimes find each other!
Is ‘dog pound’ redundant? (it was tempting to phrase this in the negative)
Jun 16, 2008 at 8:44 am rating: +1
#18
Mishee
Funny, even before I got to the bottom and saw the “related:” link, I thought… wow… Anthony Grosso is really getting around now!
It’s almost like “Where in the USA Is Carmen Sandiego” – but with a spider on crack….
Jun 16, 2008 at 9:04 am rating: +16
#19
Mishee
I wonder how many stray dogs he gets knocking on his door that it needs a note for people to know that he is NOT a Doggie Hotel….
I also wonder how long he keeps them there to be “claimed by owner” until they get carted off to the pound.
Jun 16, 2008 at 9:08 am rating: +4
#20
RALPHY
I think that someone has been having a lot of fun messing with this guy’s head. It’s always tempting to tell a crazy guy that your Zorg from Mars or a pre-paid lawer with a pit bull, but a female trying to tell him that they’re married (possibly for free rent) is living on the edge.
Jun 16, 2008 at 9:18 am rating: +3
#21
Mishee
Apparently women who claim to be his wife also are guilty of passing their hair around….
is there really a crime in “tress passing”?
Jun 16, 2008 at 9:24 am rating: +10
#22
freedomcows007
So I have to ask: What, pray tell, is a pre-paid legal executive? Is it akin to a pre-paid envelope? Pre-paid calling card? Do you fill up the legal executive with money and then use at will?
Jun 16, 2008 at 9:33 am rating: +18
#23
GhostWriter
Kudos go out to the photographer- it’s very difficult to get that close to the servant’s entrance of Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch without having to show a valid I.D. the giveaway clue was, “…and God knows what else!”
Jun 16, 2008 at 9:45 am rating: +31
#24
Quite Contrary
For someone who has no apartments, he certainly has a lot of garbage cans? Perhaps the wives or dogs are really there?
Jun 16, 2008 at 9:51 am rating: +1
#25
Quite Contrary
The only thing missing from this is some razor wire across the top of the fence.
Jun 16, 2008 at 9:52 am rating: +10
#26
GhostWriter
When you compare this place to the actual headquarters of Pre-paid Legal Services, you can easily see why they are often confused.
Jun 16, 2008 at 10:07 am rating: +1
#27
A
This is actually located in South River NJ. And my brave-as-shit friend walked right up and snapped these pics with her camera phone while I cowered away in the corner looking for the crazy sniper that surely lives here.
Also, if you click on the first picture and see it enlarged, the first sign, warning that a trespassing dog will be brought to the pound, has a post script “if owner does not claim dog”. Well, this changes the whole story a little bit, doesn’t it? My heart kinda swells for this poor old sweet crazy sniper lunatic.
Jun 16, 2008 at 10:13 am rating: +10
#28
Ryan
Oh man, I’m in Boston – somebody needs to tell me where this is.
I would love to add a few signs up there and I’m pretty sure that would make that guy’s day!!!
ANYONE CAUGHT HANGING SIGNS ON MY FENCE…. (Blah, Blah, Blah!)
Jun 16, 2008 at 10:13 am rating: +5
#29
claw71
Look beyond the signs.
There’s something wrapped in foil in the first picture and there’s a ladder on the side of the house. I’m thinking he’s afraid of being abducted by aliens too. Strategically placed foil makes it hard for the aliens to track his electrochemical signature and he uses the ladder so he doesn’t have to reset the booby trap on his front door every time he enters or leaves.
Jun 16, 2008 at 10:33 am rating: +22
#30
Mishee
I’m thinking that dude needs to get a locking mailbox and a free annual credit report.
Problem solved.
Jun 16, 2008 at 10:38 am rating: +4
#31
RunBarbara
Is a prepaid legal executive similar to those prepaid phones people buy at 7-11? And when you’re out of minutes and on trial you have to call Matlock?
I want one.
Jun 16, 2008 at 10:53 am rating: +6
#32
Justin
That man’s idenity was fucking delicious!
Jun 16, 2008 at 11:06 am rating: +15
#33
Jimmy Straightline
So evidently, some woman used the address as a drop point for ID theft. And Mr. Duct Tape believes that a FedEx driver would never deliver a package to a woman in the yard with all those signs on the fence. An impeccable counter-strategy since a woman comfortable committing a felony would never remove a sign.
What if the criminal goes back, cuts down all the duct tape signs, receives a second package, and then duct tapes the delivery receipt where the the signs had been?
Mr. Duct Tape, response please?
Jun 16, 2008 at 11:15 am rating: +4
#34
Mishee
This is definitely the weirdest e-Harmony ad I have ever seen.
There are better ways to advertise that you are not only: A.) not a married scum looking for a side dish, but you also B.) have good credit due to your harsh stance on identity theft, and C.) a nice apartment safe from roving packs of dogs and door to door legal advisors, and D.) you are a law abiding citizen.
He’s never gonna get a girl like that!
Jun 16, 2008 at 11:46 am rating: +18
#35
cre8tivewmn
I feel a little sorry for this guy. Something painful must have happened to put him on the train to Crazyville.
Jun 16, 2008 at 11:59 am rating: +3
#36
Mishee
I wonder what makes the “V” in Executives so special that it is the only letter written in block writing in the entire word?
Jun 16, 2008 at 12:06 pm rating: +2
#37
Justin
“identity” is hard to spell.
Jun 16, 2008 at 1:05 pm rating: 0
#38
Sarah
Where the hell is the barbed wire? Or electric fencing? Or Tasers placed at five-inch intervals?
Jun 16, 2008 at 1:12 pm rating: 0
#39
Dr. How
I am a Criminologist…and his writing style is indicative of a very unstable person….the large block letters in addition to the the random changes of character size in this persons writing is very unsettling…I truly hope the viewer of this note is okay….
handwriting typically in common writing style , changes in sizing…the person writing this note underlines randomly…I truly hope the photographer is okay!!!
Jun 16, 2008 at 2:33 pm rating: +3
#40
Mishee
I wonder if this chick was the one claiming to be his wife…
Jun 16, 2008 at 2:45 pm rating: +6
#41
Perceptive One
Does anyone else think this is a joke. This is totally a knock of Dwight Schrute from NBC’s “The Office”. Perhaps the guy is crazy but I am surprised that everyone has seen this as a crazy guy and not the jokester this guy is. He is not that funny but he obviously thinks he is. So perhaps he is a bit unstable, but aren’t we all. Hows that for psychoanalysis!
Jun 16, 2008 at 2:45 pm rating: 0
#42
mere
so, tell me:
-identity theft
-forgery
-mail fraud
-theft (not identity this time)
- fraud (not mail this time).
are all of these SERIOUS crimes?! because, i just can’t figure it out.
Jun 16, 2008 at 3:01 pm rating: +1
#43
secondsout
Does this guy think that the dogs are going to read his sign and heed his warnings? Ooh, damn, I better not sneak into this guy’s yard to take a dump and chase squirrels. This guy will send me to the pound.
Jun 16, 2008 at 4:36 pm rating: +8
#44
Esperanza
I worked for the welfare department in…well it doesn’t matter what state, but we’d get ridiculous amounts of returned mail as well as calls from the people who were supposedly living at the addresses, saying they keep getting mail for people that didn’t live there, or happened to tell their caseworker that they were living there there while they were getting their lives straightened out (when in reality they had simply crashed there a few days) or were straight up using a false address. Landlords also called a lot, saying that people had been evicted or moved out of state months, sometimes years ago.
Jun 16, 2008 at 4:50 pm rating: +1
#45
agong
ALL YOUR APARTMENTS ARE BELONG TO HIM.
ALL DOGS AND SINGLE WOMEN, POSING AS MY WIFE, PLEASE SEE CASEY IN HUMAN RESOURCES.
THX SANDY
Jun 16, 2008 at 5:05 pm rating: +6
#46
Mishee
I imagine this guy looks something Like This
Jun 16, 2008 at 5:13 pm rating: +2
#47
secondsout
So if the guy is single, how is claiming to be his wife identity theft? Identity theft would be masquerading as a real person, no?
Jun 16, 2008 at 5:18 pm rating: +2
#48
ErikaBlare
For some reason, this note is so much funnier when read with the boston accent…”They-ah no apahments heah!” Ten bucks says the ground is littered with dunkin donuts cups.
Jun 16, 2008 at 8:31 pm rating: +2
#49
Vivitop
THIS IS A MEN “GENTLEMAN” HOUSE ONLY . TO
THE THEME OF THE NEXT POTLUCK IS “I MARRIED DUCKTAPE”.
PAY 5$ TO CASEY IN HUMAN RESSOURCES TO GET A HAT MADE OF DUCKTAPE.
THX SANDRA
Jun 16, 2008 at 9:47 pm rating: +8
#50
Russ
I actually understand this guy. This happens all the time…women randomly showing up claiming they’re my wife.
http://death-sentences.blogspot.com/
Jun 17, 2008 at 3:20 am rating: 0
#51
mattyu
i like how “including trespassing” comes after “God knows what else.”
Jun 17, 2008 at 4:15 pm rating: 0
#52
Joy
Any female that says she’s married to this guy has much, much bigger problems than fraud, forgery, ID theft or God knows what else.
Jun 17, 2008 at 6:52 pm rating: +5
#53
Kimberly
ALL DOGS TRESPASSING WILL BE CONSIDERED HOT DISHES FOR THE ABORIGINES POTLUCK DINNER. PLEASE SEE CASEY IN HUMAN RESOURCE.
THX, SANDRA.
Jun 17, 2008 at 8:19 pm rating: +1
#54
memo
I freaking had a WHOLE dream about this nut job last night……Wth does that say about me?!
Jun 18, 2008 at 9:09 am rating: 0
#55
philos
This is my ex-husband’s house.
Jun 20, 2008 at 3:24 am rating: +1
#56
Matt
The only person doing worse than this guy is the person that actually wanted to steal his identity
Jun 22, 2008 at 6:17 am rating: +1
#57
Cricket
in this case, ’single’ means ‘bat shit crazy and full of conspiracy theories’.
Jun 23, 2008 at 1:51 am rating: +1
#58
awesome
if this weren’t in boston i’d say it was terry wagar…
http://aarontodd.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/terry-wagar-dont-worry-im-on-the-case/
Jun 24, 2008 at 1:10 am rating: 0
#59
fuzzy_logic
i’m trying see an actual structure in which said “mad signer” resides, but no dice. maybe his domicile is the large cardboard box behind the signs? might explain the misplaced aggression …
Jun 25, 2008 at 1:43 pm rating: 0
#60
Marisa
This isnt in Boston, it’s in New Jersey. In East Brunswick, on Old Bridge Turnpike. I pass this house everyday!
Jun 25, 2008 at 4:10 pm rating: 0
#61
paranoid
Don’t you guys have imagination?!
This is someone who has been divorced from his wife, but she still wants something… and she’s bringing the dog and the lawyer along, or tries to sneak into the house… but she WILL HAVE NO LUCK HERE!!… supporting this theory is the ladder (repairing the house = overhauling your life) and the paint buckets (?) on top of the trash cans.
Nah.
This guy thinks someone is stealing his mail and trespassing on his property, claiming to be either his wife or looking for an apartment or Pre-paid Services employees there. He is clearly paranoid, but even paranoid people have enemies, maybe because they’re paranoid. Someone must have put a stray dog in his enclosure one day…
Jul 8, 2008 at 6:58 pm rating: 0
#62
aidjohn
Wow. That’s all I can say. Wow.
Dec 2, 2008 at 1:55 pm rating: 0
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