Guy gets off work at the same time every day, so I pretend to not be home in hopes that he will break in.

I moved into my new place in July. It's a nice little house, but the only downfall is that I don't have a garage or anywhere to park other than the street and the sidewalk in front of my house. The catch is, there is an alleyway that runs behind the houses on my street, with fences separating each yard from the one next to it, and my house from the alleyway. <br><br>There is a cut out in the fence, enough for one car to squeeze through and park in the alleyway part of my yard. This spot is right next to the fence that separates my yard from my neighbors yard. It is very close to the fence, and when a car is parked there, the passenger side of the car is inches away from the fence. Since I moved in, I've found that parking my car in the alleyway is a lot safer and more practical than parking on the street. <br><br>In the two months that I've lived here, I've noticed that there is a man who walks down the alleyway in the direction of my yard every day at 5:30pm. I've assumed he's the guy who lives in the house across the street from me. Since discovering him walking in the alleyway at 5:30 each day, I've seen him on multiple occasions walking down the alleyway towards my yard. I've assumed he works a 9-5 shift and walks home. He's never done anything weird, it's just weird that he walks down the alleyway every day. He has even given me a nod of acknowledgement when he saw me standing in the backyard near the fence. <br><br>I had the idea to pretend like I'm not home one day and wait and see what he does. I parked my car in the front yard, turned all the lights off in the house, and waited in silence. He walked down the alleyway and I peeked my head over the fence in the cut out where my car is usually parked. He stood there for a moment, looking into the area where my car was usually parked. He had a look of confusion on his face. He looked around for a moment, then turned and walked away. I didn't think much of it and figured maybe he just likes the comfort of knowing my car is home.<br><br>But I was not ready for what would happen the next day. I did the exact same thing, and he walked down the alleyway at 5:30pm. He looked into the area where my car is usually parked, saw that it wasn't there, and then proceeded to walk along the fence that separates my yard from my neighbors yard. He walked all the way down to the corner of that fence where it meets the fence separating my yard from the alleyway. He stood there looking over into my neighbors yard. I stood there watching him in confusion. I was wondering what the hell he was doing, and I'm thinking to myself "if he tries to climb the fence, I'm calling 911." He didn't end up climbing the fence though. Instead he walked back down to the cut out where my car was usually parked and looked over into that area again, then got on his phone and looked at it for a few minutes. I'm assuming he was texting or making a call to who ever he was expecting to be in my yard. He then walked away and I didn't see him again for the rest of the night.<br><br>The next day, I parked my car in the usual spot and he walked down the alleyway at 5:30pm. He saw my car parked there and smiled, then proceeded to walk along the fence that separates my yard from my neighbors yard. This time though, he climbed over the fence and jumped into my neighbors yard. I was not expecting him to do this, so I didn't stick around to see what he did in there, I went inside my house and got ready for work.<br><br>I can't imagine what he is doing or who he is looking for. He looked like a normal guy, but people can be deceptive like that. I'm thinking he probably knows the person who lives in my house now, or maybe they're not even living there anymore and he knows that. I'm just glad I don't have to park on the street, because who knows what he would do if he caught wind that I wasn't actually living here.