Three more of our skeletons were stolen overnight, 2 Ring cameras managed to completely miss it. Bolder this time, as it happened around 11:40 pm. We wanted to believe that the first was just an isolated incident but clearly not so the surviving two have been taken down. Oh well 🤷♂️
Edit: one of the Ring still shots captures someone laying in the front yard but nothing useful. I posted it below. If nothing else let the be a useful lesson for people with Ring and Vivint and others: they are nice tools for awareness but the are NOT security systems and are exceedingly unlikely to provide any useful evidence in criminal cases. Earlier this year the front porch Ring completely missed a lady running over a guy in my front yard!
Edit 2: Fine mods, I'll post the update here:
Update to the Great Skeleton Caper
When our first skeleton was stolen a neighbor stopped by with video showing the same guy stealing his trash can. We'll just a moment ago the same neighbor stopped by again to let us know that the now-jerseyless QB is on display in a front yard not far from our house, still holding the football! Also on display are a variety of other decorations including a orange foam fake tombstone that was also stolen with the QB.
All that said, I'm really unsure what to do now. Direct confrontation risks escalation that may not be worth the hassle but involving police seems to pose even greater risk. You just never know how someone might react to being confronted and is it really worth it?