Homeowner dumps 100 dog bones onto neighbor's backyard as payback: 'Over the years I accrued quite a collection of them'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Apr 10, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

This entitled guy next door kept tossing dog bones onto the new homeowner's backyard. Did he really think he'd never get caught?

The homeowner discovered these bone chunks when he was cutting the grass in his backyard, but at first, he wasn't entirely sure who the culprit was. While his yard was fenced in, there were numerous potential neighbors who could have been behind this. However, he wasn't going to point fingers until he had more evidence that might narrow down the possible offenders.

Eventually, he figured it out based on how large these dog bones were. Only one dog in the neighborhood could have been large enough to chew on these bones regularly, and it turns out that the dog's owner was an entitled curmudgeon who had been living in the suburb for decades. It all checks out.

Still, what the curmudgeon next door underestimated was the homeowner's ability to patiently wait until the perfect opportunity for payback.

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  • A next-door neighbor cuts grass using a machine
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  • while Occasionally, cutting grass, I would find small chunks of bone scattered about my backyard. Maybe once every other month.
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  • The kind someone would give to their dog to gnaw on. My yard is fenced in, and of all my neighbors only one has big enough dogs for that kind of thing.
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  • So I had my suspicions about who was responsible, but I never knew for sure. It was a mild inconvenience, but I always just picked them up and tossed them inside this little storage container.
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  • Over the years I accrued quite a collection of them. One day I came home from work in the early afternoon and as I was pulling into my driveway I saw something get lobbed over the shared fence with my neighbor who I always suspected.
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  • Older guy, I think he was cutting grass, I'm guessing he didn't want to run it over with his mower and instead of acting like a human being and disposing of it properly, he throws it in my backyard because he's a piece of s
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  • Rather than be rash and immediately confront the next-door neighbor, the homeowner decided to slowly wait it out. In the meantime, he collected each bone chunk he uncovered in his backyard over the course of several months. Eventually, he amassed a total of 100 dog bones from this curmudgeon. How could this guy seriously not think this behavior would ever get back to him?

    He likely did this kind of thing before with the previous homeowner, but the current resident had no idea that this was going to be an issue when he moved in. Still, he wasn't having it, and once he collected those 100 dog bones, he decided to dump them all on the neighbor's lawn at once. 

    It's not like the curmudgeon could really get upset about this. After all, if he threw a tantrum, he would be admitting to tossing those dog bones over to the homeowner's backyard daily. This is what you get when you make your own bed, sir!

  • Now, I pride myself on being a reasonable person, but I can also be a petty, vindictive little a ole under the right circumstances.
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  • I could call him out on it and he might stop, or he might do it more just to be a p k.
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  • So I decided to just return his bones, and if he wanted to have a conversation about it afterwards, we could absolutely do that.
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  • Fast forward to sundown, I go outside and proceed to throw probably 100 bone chunks over the fence over the course of a half hour.
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  • There was something deeply satisfying about it. Cathartic, even. A week or so later we see each other when we're both leaving our homes.
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  • I'd only Id eyes on the guy 2 or 3 times in the 5 years I lived there (night shift hours.) I would characterize his facial expression as severely disgruntled.
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  • I couldn't stop smiling. He didn't say a word about it. How could he? He'd have to acknowledge what he'd been doing for years.
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  • Haven't seen a bone since.
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  • KayDizzle1108 Sooooo satisfying!!!
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  • bbibbyrapskyle1975 Original Poster's Reply I just wanted to be there when he discovered them. He had to think "Wait, I did this to me?!"
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  • CFHQYH I'm glad they were bones for dogs and not bones from dogs.
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  • bbibbyrapskyle1975 Original Poster's Reply Haha yeah I should have worded that differently. Story would have taken a much darker turn if they were bones of dogs.
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  • UserNotFound23498 Man. Keeping it for 5 years is some level of long term planning
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  • bbibbyrapskyle1975 Original Poster's Reply Initially I was just getting them out of my way and never really thought much about it. When I realized it was a person using my backyard as a trashcan, I decided it was worth collecting them for a big payoff.
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  • Theotherone56 I love that he wasn't sure if it was that guy and held off until he KNEW it was him.
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  • bbibbyrapskyle1975 Original Poster's Reply I had to be sure. I couldn't let some innocent person get caught in my petty crosshairs.
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  • KayDizzle1108 Trust me, he thinks about you a lot now. Muhahahahaha!
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  • bbibbyrapskyle1975 Original Poster's Reply We walk around like a couple of gunslingers now, but he is quite old so I could be mistaking squinting for scowling.
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  • PercyFlage I guess he now has a bone to pick with you....
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  • bbibbyrapskyle1975 Original Poster's Reply Put a dollar in the pun jar.
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