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Have you ever had your power go out and realize that you just need to flip a breaker in the breaker box? When that happens to me, it can be annoying, but it’s usually a relief because it’s a quick and easy fix. It’s not like there’s a bigger issue with the power company that could take awhile to fix.

What would you do if you realized it’s not like a breaker was simply tripped but someone actually turned your power off?

In this story, one couple is dealing with that exact situation. They suspect their neighbors, who honestly sound a little crazy.

Keep reading to find out how they deal with the situation. It’s pretty crazy because the police actually get involved.

Neighbor turning our power off

So my girlfriend and I live in a duplex. New construction.

New electrical code requires an outside disconnect at the meter box.

So to paint the picture on the neighbors side of the house there’s a dual meter panel and a disconnect (a 100 amp breaker) for each apartment.

An issue with the power was quick and easy to solve.

Well Friday my girlfriend gets home she calls me at work and says the power is off.

I say okay I’ll be home in a few to come check it out.

In the meantime one of our other neighbors goes over and sees our breaker is off and flips it back on.

Okay no big deal.

What is really going on here?

I ask this neighbor if it was tripped or if it was off.

He says ehh well I’m not really sure I think it was off but he doesn’t really know much.

Next day we’re headed home and I get a notification that my dogs smart collar base is offline.

Okay sounds like the power is off again.

He was going to make sure that didn’t happen again.

So we get home it’s late at night at this point I walk over to the breaker and find it is off. Not tripped. Off.

Only way that is going to happen is if someone physically turned it off.

So I turn it back on and put a padlock on the door.

Now this isn’t a high traffic area where the meter panel is located. The only people that are ever in that area is this exact neighbor and his family.

The neighbor had a question.

5 minutes later neighbor comes knocking on our door.

“Hey ugh what’re you doing over on my property?!” (For one it’s not his property obviously…)

“Oh yeah our power was turned off I turned it back on”

“Ohh yeah there’s been some power issues here recently that must have caused it”

Yikes! That escalated quickly!

“Uhh no it was off. Not tripped. It was physically turned off by a person no other possibility”

At this point the guy flips his lid (mind you I didn’t explicitly say I think it was him who tampered with it) starts screaming so I just shut the door.

Cops show up about 10 minutes later turned out this same neighbor called the cops.

He starts screaming at the cops (the ones he called???) and demands I get arrested for trespassing.

What a crazy night!

Cops come and talk to me basically say yeah this guy is a jerk we deal with him a lot you should try to get a restraining order.

While all this is happening an ambulance shows up. Turned out the guys wife is having a panic attack and they take her to the hospital.

Cops end up leaving nothing happens and we can hear him arguing with his family for the next couple hours.

Just another insane event with this particular neighbor. There are plenty more.

At least the neighbor can’t turn off their power anymore.

Let’s see how Reddit responded to this story.

This person thinks they should listen to the cops.

Here’s a suggestion to get evidence.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a person who is thinking of alerting the city to their neighbor’s campers being lived-in while parked on the street.

Another person has a question and suggestions.

Here’s an idea that might work.

I’d hate to live next to those crazy neighbors! Clearly, they’re the ones turning off the power, but why? And why would the guy call the cops only to yell at them? I feel bad for the neighbor’s wife. She’s clearly beyond her breaking point.