Bear Island break-ins

[Island Life]

Originally Posted by wildwoodfam

We close up at the end of summer and anything that even "looks" valuable, even though we may have purchased it at the Christmas Tree Shop for $4.99, gets put into the interior closets and locked up, the drapes and blinds closed, the doors shuttered, and the bulkhead padlocked. As unfriendly as this may look and seem we have never been robbed - while neighbors on all side report break-ins almost annually!

If I went to the trouble of putting everything worth over $5 away in a closet, I, for one, would leave the drapes and blinds open to let any would-be robbers know there was nothing of value in the house. I'd rather they know that then have them look at the closed blinds and wonder what exactly the blinds are hiding. That being said, I do pull the shades (habit) and there is nothing worth over $5 in my camp anyway; I just don't bother putting anything in the closets. Closets, who has closets in a camp?

In the old days, a relative used to leave her door unlocked for the winter, with a note on the table to "Friends we have not yet met," explaining where they could find some crackers and water and blankets. People do sometimes get stuck out on the ice and she'd rather not have them break her door/window while trying to get shelter. I guess the old days are gone.