Man Says His Neighbor Drives by 10 Times a Day — Then Pulled Into the Driveway When Nobody Was Home

A homeowner says he tried to tell himself his neighbor was probably harmless, but after years of slow drive-bys, odd stops, a stolen weed eater, and one strange Walmart parking lot encounter, he started wondering if he was being paranoid or if the man was watching the house too closely.

He explained in a Reddit post that he and his wife had lived in their home for about three years. The neighbor lived up the hill, not far away, maybe a tenth of a mile or so. In a small town, that kind of closeness can make neighbors run into each other often.

But from the beginning, this neighbor’s behavior felt a little off to the homeowner.

The first real interaction happened around 9 p.m. not long after they moved in. The neighbor stopped by and said he thought he had hit a cat, then asked if it belonged to them.

The homeowner told him no. But instead of leaving right away, the man lingered. That made the new homeowner uncomfortable because it was late, they barely knew each other, and the reason for stopping by had already been answered.

After that, the homeowner started noticing the man driving by. A lot.

He said the neighbor would drive past their house probably five to 10 times a day and would often look toward the property. Before they put curtains up, he said the man would drive by slowly and look in the direction of the house.

That might not mean much in a rural or small-town area. People drive around. Some folks take the same route every time. Some stop and talk to anyone they see working outside. But the homeowner felt there were too many little details adding up.

The neighbor also stopped to talk whenever he saw the homeowner outside working in the yard. The homeowner described him as friendly but overly talkative, and he admitted he is more of a hermit. So part of the discomfort may have been a personality clash: one neighbor likes to stop and chat, the other would rather be left alone.

Still, the pattern bothered him.

Then his weed eater was stolen.

The homeowner said that happened when no one was home, and at the time, he did not have a camera. After that, he installed a Blink camera. That camera later caught the neighbor turning around in the driveway while the homeowner was away at work and his wife was also gone, visiting family for Thanksgiving.

To the homeowner, the timing felt suspicious. No one was home, both vehicles were gone, and the neighbor pulled into the driveway. He thought it looked like the man noticed the camera and left.

He was not claiming he had proof the neighbor stole anything. But the coincidence bothered him. Last year, no one was home and a tool was stolen. This time, no one was home, a camera was up, and the same neighbor who had been driving by constantly pulled into the driveway.

There was another incident that stuck with him too.

He had been at Walmart in his wife’s recognizable Bronco, selling a gun to a friend. A car pulled up beside him. When he looked over, it was the neighbor. The neighbor saw him, waved, and drove away.

The homeowner thought that was strange. In his mind, the man had recognized the Bronco and pulled up thinking the wife was inside. Once he realized it was the husband instead, he drove off.

That part especially made him uneasy because it raised a question he did not like: was the neighbor trying to approach his wife when she was alone?

To be fair, the homeowner repeatedly admitted he might be reading too much into it. He said he had military experience and might be paranoid. He also said the neighbor was friendly, had a wife and grandkids, and seemed like someone who had maybe had a hard life rather than someone obviously dangerous.

But he could not shake the feeling.

He lives in Ashland, Kentucky, which he described as a fairly small country town. Some commenters pointed out that in small towns, people drive around constantly and stop to talk when they see neighbors outside. The homeowner acknowledged that could be true.

Still, he kept coming back to the same details: the late-night stop, the slow drive-bys, the Walmart encounter, the stolen weed eater, and the driveway turnaround when no one was home.

His wife was unsure too. She did not want to start drama if there was no drama, but she also was not totally comfortable.

By the end, the homeowner was not asking Reddit to declare the neighbor guilty of anything. He wanted a “third eye” on the pattern. Maybe he was being dramatic. Maybe the neighbor was just a small-town guy who drives a lot and talks too much.

Or maybe the man had been scoping the house more than any neighbor should.

Commenters were split on this one. Some said the homeowner was probably overreacting, especially because the neighbor lived close by and small-town people often drive around, use the same routes, and stop to chat with neighbors.

Several people said the neighbor may have had the same driving habits long before the poster moved in. They suggested asking other neighbors about him casually, without making accusations, to find out if he always drives around that much.

Others thought the pattern was strange enough to take seriously. They said driving by once or twice is normal, but five to 10 times a day, pulling into the driveway when nobody is home, and approaching the wife’s recognizable car at Walmart all made the homeowner’s concern understandable.

A lot of commenters suggested practical security steps instead of confrontation: more cameras, motion lights, dusk-to-dawn bulbs, and possibly a gate if the driveway setup allowed it.

Some also told him not to accuse the neighbor without evidence. If the man is simply lonely, talkative, or used to country-town routines, a direct accusation could create unnecessary bad blood.

The strongest practical advice was to trust the discomfort enough to document the pattern, but not enough to escalate without proof. Cameras, lights, and quiet conversations with other neighbors could give him more clarity without turning suspicion into a feud.