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My father kept his old house as a rental. One time, a tenant of his kept a bedroom locked with padlocks and had the blinds drawn shut. This tenant in his late 30s claimed to be on SS disability due to epilepsy, and was soft-spoken, hence my trusting father at first believed his story that he kept a lot of cash and valuables locked up in that room.
After a while, my father got suspicious and gave him an ultimatum that the room be opened for inspection. On the day of inspection, my father got to the house to find out that he moved clean out overnight. That room was empty, except for a bit of potting soil spilled on the floor. In cleaning up the house, my father scooped up that soil and dumped it in the corner of the back yard. Guess what sprouted and grew there a month later?
After a while, my father got suspicious and gave him an ultimatum that the room be opened for inspection. On the day of inspection, my father got to the house to find out that he moved clean out overnight. That room was empty, except for a bit of potting soil spilled on the floor. In cleaning up the house, my father scooped up that soil and dumped it in the corner of the back yard. Guess what sprouted and grew there a month later?