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My landlady's pretty much estranged husband came to visit for a couple of days, I think they had legal stuff they needed to talk about. Yesterday they called up to me that they were going out. I heard them get in the car and leave. My landlady's little dog came upstairs to sit with me since he hates being alone.

Shortly after they left, I was watching TV when the dog started acting weird, suddenly sitting up and looking around, then rushed downstairs. I thought maybe he'd heard a cat in the garden or something. But he came back up and sat on the floor again and kept looking around like he could hear something. So I stopped the TV, and then I heard my landlady and her husband's voices coming from what sounded like the back garden. I looked out the window and the car was still gone though. I walked to the back of the house and could hear their voices clearly, I recognise them both, especially since the husband has a very strong accent and deep gravelly smoker voice. It was undeniably them although I couldn't make out exactly what they were saying.

I went downstairs to the back and into the garden. I could still hear them, still not make out what they were saying but they weren't there. The dog could very clearly hear it too and was looking for them and very confused that they weren't there. I gave up and went back upstairs. Some time later they arrived home and I asked if they'd popped back and been in the garden but they said no.

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[–] leftAF@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

Possibly crows, they did this to me once. I heard them pretending to be my mom, who was not home, but fed them accidentally and talks to them when they show up. Seemed like they did it to trick another crow into flying to check for food, then laughed at him.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do they have any cameras or maybe a Ring Doorbell?

[–] DisabledAceSocialist@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That is very weird then. I could imagine a scenario where they "butt dial" a video doorbell and don't realize their conversation is being blasted out the front door.

This was out the back anyway, nowhere near the front door. But no there isn't a ring doorbell or anything like that.

[–] gingerbrat@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It sounds like a classic ghost story setup tbh, but I also don't know why both of you heard their voices.

I'm wondering if it was a time slip or something.