I forgot about it until Thursday morning when I came back from my walk. I came up the alley and went to turn into the yard and said "What the heck is this mess." There was a huge box, and a long streamer of brown packing paper. "Thank goodness it's recycle day tomorrow" I said to myself.
As I role up this whole huge roll of brown paper I see the little white box above. Inside there is three small boxes with silver envelopes. I'm thinking maybe a shake of some sort. I didn't see any markings.
When I left for school, everything was a mess again. I picked up the box and there was an address. Initially I thought it was the people next door. And there was actually two small boxes. One was oranges for the house in the alley. (all the boxes were open!). I walked it down and placed it on the porch.
I was driving to school when I realized that it was an even number as the house address, and we live on the odd side of the street. When I returned home at 9:30 I turned on the flashlight on my phone, and looked again. It was a whole block away.
This morning I went out to clean up the mess again. The small white box (above) had an address on it. I walked it to the house. THe big box is empty, I filled with with the brown paper and left it out there. Next week, if it's still there, I'll put it out for recycle.
My guess: Someone stole packages from porches, and dumped the stuff they didn't want in the alley. It somehow ended up at my house.
I hope I did the right thing. Maybe I should have tossed it. Maybe I should have called the cops. Who knows. Everyone I asked had a different opinion.
What is the protocol for this situation?
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