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A Texas man shared online that just two weeks after moving into his new home, he discovered strangers using the backyard pool
The strangers claimed the previous homeowner said they could swim there “whenever,” but he told them the “invite is no longer valid”
He has since put locks on the gate and added “no trespassing” signs to ensure that people don’t use his pool without his permission
A Texas man came home to an unexpected sight — strangers cooling off in his backyard pool.
On Reddit’s “Entitled People” forum, the man shared that the incident happened two weeks after he and his wife bought their new house, which came with a pool, a big “part of [their] search criteria.”
Less than a month after they bought the property, his wife and daughters took a trip to “visit family” in California while he remained home.
One night, when he came home from work, he heard “splashing and screaming” that sounded like “people and kids playing in a pool.”
However, he “didn’t think anything of it” because his neighbors also have pools, so he just “assumed it was one of them.”
“I’m standing in the kitchen reading mail and enjoying a drink and i realize the ruckus sounds like it’s coming from my back yard,” he recalls. “I open the blinds and sure as s—, there are people in my pool.”
He went outside to investigate, asking why they were out there.
The parent told him that the previous owner of the property said they could use the pool “whenever we wanted.”
The man then told them that he recently bought the house and that the “invite is no longer valid,” which didn’t go over well with the stranger, who told him that his “kids just want to swim” and that they had “been swimming here for years.”
Still, the owner of the property suggested that they go to a “community pool” or “build” their own pool, instead.
When the group still refused to get out, the homeowner threatened to call the police.
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He said the trespasser responded, “Come on, kids… this guy is a jerk and doesn’t want y’all to have any fun.”
As for the Redditor, he warned the man that if they returned, he’d “file a trespass affidavit.”
In an update, he shared that he had taken additional measures to ensure that trespassers wouldn’t return, adding locks on his “6-foot-tall wooden privacy fence with gates.” He also added “no trespassing” signs and painted a purple stripe on the fence, which, according to local outlets, signifies “no trespassing” in the state.
The poster noted that “if the dad had come over and introduced himself” and explained the situation beforehand, he “probably would have extended an invite for him and his family to come swimming when i’m home.”
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Still, several people sided with the property owner, including one commenter who noted that he “is liable” if “someone gets hurt or drowns in his pool.” Another agreed that it was an “insurance nightmare.”
A third person noted that the family who went into the property owner’s pool should have “had no expectations that the invitation was still valid,” especially since the person who gave them that permission no longer lived there.
“Since these people obviously have zero judgment and a massive sense of entitlement, you can’t trust they won’t do it again,” another wrote. “They clearly waited until they thought the house was empty to try this, so they knew from the jump their behavior was wrong.”
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