{"id":11080,"date":"2025-04-26T10:08:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T10:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/?p=11080"},"modified":"2025-04-26T10:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T10:08:37","slug":"i-found-red-wax-in-my-door-lock-should-i-be-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/?p=11080","title":{"rendered":"I Found Red Wax in My Door Lock\u2014Should I Be Worried?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This morning, I noticed red wax in my keyhole. It\u2019s odd, and I wonder if someone tampered with my lock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>**Possible Explanation:**<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burglars sometimes use wax to check if a home is occupied. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it\u2019s removed, they know the house is in use; if it stays, they may see it as vacant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>**What to Do:**<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Take photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Report it to the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Boost security with cameras or lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Inform your neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay vigilant\u2014if something seems off, act to keep your home safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I found red wax in the keyhole on my front door.I don\u2019t have anything on my key that would do this, but I did notice some on the tip after I took the key out when locking up this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> A little concerned that someone may have been messing with my lock last night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, I noticed red wax in my keyhole. It\u2019s odd, and I wonder if someone tampered with my lock. **Possible Explanation:** Burglars sometimes use wax to check if a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11082,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11080\/revisions\/11082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}