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Nanday – Shrike – Woodpecker Talk: Franklin Fire – 12 December 2024 . by Alice B. Clagett

  • INTRODUCTION
  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
  • VIDEO CREDITS
  • CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

In this video I was making sure that the San Fernando Valley was not being threatened by the Franklin Fire that started in Malibu.

I got to Mulholland Highway at Las Virgenes Road and found the police had blocked westerly access on Las Virgenes Road at that point. Nanday parakeets in the trees near the police vehicle warned me emphatically not to go that way.

From the traffic southbound on Mulholland Highway I gathered that might have been an emergency vehicle route during the Franklin Fire.

I had a talk with a bird that called itself a shrike while I was walking along Mulholland Highway. I don’t know if it really was a shrike. I saw an Acorn Woodpecker, but it seemed the Nandays had flown away before I could question them.

Just before all that, I had stopped by the National Park Headquarters at King Gillette Ranch, which is across the road. It seemed to me that might have been a rest stop for emergency vehicles that were dealing with the Franklin Fire.

There is a Summary after the video …

VIDEO BY ALICE

[and also on https://youtu.be/E30qbOm6Cus ]

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

“Nanday – Shrike – Woodpecker Talk: Franklin Fire – 12 December 2024”
By Alice B. Clagett

Alice to Nandays: Nanday, Nanday! … Nanday, Nanday, Nanday!

Alice to Readers: I’m at Mulholland and Las Virgenes and the road is blocked here because of the Malibu fire and there’s a police car over there.

[CAPTION: The police car was blocking Las Virgenes Road south, preventing access to the ocean.]

Alice to Readers: But the Nandays are … there is a bunch of Nandays around there, and I started to go the other way, but the Nandays were just going on about … [they] said, “Fire! Don’t go that way!”

Alice to Readers: They were very informative. [Coughs.]

[CAPTION: There is a little smoke in the air that is irritating my throat.]

Alice to Readers: I’m going to try to sneak up here and talk to them [the Nandays] even though the policeman is here. So probably I won’t accomplish my goal. But we’ll see.

Alice to Nandays: Where’s the Nandays? Where’s the Nandays there?

A Bird says: Shrike!

Alice to Bird: Shrike!

The Bird says: Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep.

‘Shrike’ to Alice (speaking for Nandays): I’m RIGHT over there.

[CAPTION: I don’t know if this bird is a Shrike, or just pretending to be a Shrike.]

Alice to Nandays: Nanday, Nanday!

Alice to Nandays: Nanday, Nanday! … What’s up?

Alice to Nandays: I love you! … Nanday? … Nanday! [coughs from smoke irritation]

Alice to ‘Shrike’: Shrike!

[‘Shrike’ looks at her.]

Alice to ‘Shrike’: Shrike?

Alice to ‘Shrike’: Where are you? … Where are you?

Alice to Woodpecker: Woodpecker!

[Shows Acorn Woodpecker.]

[Shows Acorn Woodpecker.]

Coyotes (prompting the Woodpecker): I am a Woodpecker. I am a Woodpecker.

Alice to ‘Shrike’: “Shrike’, What IS that?

Coyotes (prompting Woodpecker): I am a Woodpecker. I am a Woodpecker.

Coyote to himself: He doesn’t understand.

[Woodpeckers are not strong on vocal speak. They are Passerines, not Songbirds.]

Acorn Woodpecker to Alice: Pecker, Pecker, Pecker, Pecker!

‘Shrike’ to Acorn Woodpecker (interrupting): Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep.

Acorn Woodpecker to Alice (continuing): … Pecker, Pecker!

Another ‘Shrike to Acorn Woodpecker: Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep. Yep, yep, yep, yep.

Another Acorn Woodpecker: Pecker, Pecker, Pecker, Pecker, Pecker, Pecker.

Alice to Acorn Woodpecker: Ok.

Alice to ‘Shrike’: Where did you go?

Alice to Readers: They’re gone. The Nandays are gone.

Alice to Readers: There is a lot of traffic. I think this is an emergency route down Mulholland.[Highway].

Alice to Readers: Darn!

Alice to Nandays: Nanday!

A Songbird says: Nandays were here but they are gone now.

Alice to Songbird: Are you ok?

Alice to Nandays: Nanday!

A Songbird says: Nandays were here but they are gone now.

Alice to Songbird: Are you ok?

Songbird to Alice: Yep. We are ok.

Alice to Songbird: Oh, good!

Songbird to Alice: Thank you for asking that.

Alice to Songbird: Are you ok?

‘Shrike’ to Alice: Yep!

First Songbird to Alice: Yep.

Alice to Songbirds: Where did the … Where did the Nandays go?

Songbird to Alice: They went off somewhere else.

Alice to Songbird: Oh, Thank you.

Alice to Readers: They went THIS way … back THIS way, they said.

Alice to Songbirds: Where ARE they? They’re GONE.

Songbird to Alice: That’s IT.

Alice to Songbirds: Nandays are gone.

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VIDEO CREDITS

“Nanday – Shrike – Woodpecker Talk: Franklin Fire”
By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 12 December 2023
Produced on 22 December 2024

Location: Mulholland Highway at Las Virgenes Road,
Santa Monica Mountains, CA

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CONCLUSION

God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Filmed on 12 December 2024; produced and published on 22 December 2024; youtube transcript edited on 10 March 2026.
This is a high-definition video.

NOTE: For other posts on the Franklin Fire search my site for the term: Franklin Fire

Nanday - Shrike - Woodpecker Talk: Franklin Fire - 12 December 2024 (HD)

Image: “Self-Portrait 3,” by Alice B. Clagett, 10 June 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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Raven Talk and Mountain Lion Talk: Franklin Fire – 12 December 2024. by Alice B. Clagett

Listen twice for the Ro-a-ar! of a Male Mountain Lion on the video!

  • INTRODUCTION
  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
    • [CAPTION: Raven Snapshot]
    • [CAPTION: Franklin Fire Report: 3 Days after the Fire Started]
    • [CAPTION: Raven language: Crackling’ means ‘fire’.]
    • [CAPTION: Here is the promised changeup in my interpretation of
      the Raven ‘drinking water’ pantomime mentioned above …]
    • Sidebar: Coyotes or Badgers Have a Discussion
    • Sidebar: Raven Language
    • CONCLUSION (tidied up)
  • VIDEO CREDITS

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

In this video I was making sure that the San Fernando Valley was not being threatened by the Franklin Fire that started in Malibu. I was talking about this with the Ravens and the Mountain Lions on Castro Peak Motorway in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Please note that the Mountain Lions talk slowly and impressively. Consequently they take some time to speak a sentence. While they are saying that sentence, the Raven and I might talk together a few times.

There is a Summary after the video. I grouped all the conversations within a particular ‘blip’ of time together. I separated out each ‘blip’ by adding blank lines. If you see one sentence with blank lines before and after, then the ‘blip’ contained only that sentence.

There is a Transcript in the youtube video. Click “… more’ beneath the video, and then click “Show Transcript.”

Listen twice for the Ro-a-ar! of a Male Mountain Lion on the video!

PREP WORK
Here are other people’s videos with Mountain Lion roaring sounds …

Video: “Hear the Cougar Roar!” by dholpathakworld, in youtube … https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rqkm6okBVpsCOMMENTS: I also hear a rough and tough mezzo-soprano voice saying: “I want OUT OF THIS …D-MN PLACE!” Can you hear it?

Video: “Backyard Growl! Mountain Lion in Santa Barbara!” by AtCatsPeacocks, in youtube … https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KiRE8ebnH_8COMMENTS: I also hear a tenor voice say: “I don’t know why you are looking at me when I am going away.” Do you hear it?

Video: “What Does a Mountain Lion Sound Like? (Terrifying Growl of a Cougar),” by Nozy by Natures, in youtube … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScA4Q1fqMvgCOMMENTS: These are clips of different kinds of purrs and growls. Here are the words I hear along with the roaring sounds …

  • Clip 1 (2 Mountain Lions on a Rock): While roaring, the Mountain Lion on the left says in a low, burred voice: I am snoring now. I am old.
  • Clip 2: While yawning and roaring the Mountain Lion says: I am yawning.
  • Clip 3: While walking, the Mountain Lion says: That lady does not love me at ALL. NO, NOT AT ALL!
  • Clip 4: Who ARE you. [licking lips] Ohhh, I will eat.
  • Clip 5 (very brief, Mountain Lion approaching from right) and Clip 6: another Mountain Lion walking. The first Mountain Lion (presumably that’s the one) screams: I DON’T LOVE you!
  • Clip 7 (Mountain Lion with reddish hair growls/purrs): You are looking at me, hoping I will walk along.

VIDEO BY ALICE

Also published on WordPress here … https://youtu.be/uHa_N_nuXt ..

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

“Raven Talk: Franklin Fire – 12 December 2024”
By Alice B. Clagett

[CAPTION: Raven Snapshot]

Raven: Fire fire fire fire fire … Fire fire fire fire fire.
Alice to Readers: That Raven there [shows Raven perched on telephone pole, then flying away] …

Alice to Readers (continuing):… that was up there on the telephone pole …

Alice to Readers (continuing): … that Raven was warning the other Ravens about the Franklin Fire.

Alice to Readers (continuing): … It tried to say ‘fire’ … I told it ‘fire’ …
but the Ravens called it ‘Crackling’.

[CAPTION: Raven language: Crackling’ means ‘fire’.]

Alice to Readers (continuing): … You know? … the sound ‘crackling’.

Alice to Readers (continuing): … So the Raven said: ‘Fire, Fire, Crackling’.

Alice to Readers: And prior to that, [the Raven] was showing … it was standing on the telephone pole and it was pretending to drink, from the top of the telephone pole, over and over again, …

Alice to Readers (continuing): … to warn the other Ravens they should go where water is right now …

[I may have gotten this sign language wrong, as will be told later in this video.]

Alice to Readers (continuing): … in case the fire in Malibu and Santa Paula
should spread out this way in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Alice to Readers (continuing): … Pretty cool, huh? Very cool.

[CAPTION: Franklin Fire Report: 3 Days after the Fire Started]

Alice to Readers: I am over here at Castro Motorway … Castro Peak Motorway.
Male Mountain Lion 1 (beneath my path, sounding hoarse) to Alice: You will not see the Mountain Lion at ALL.

Male Mountain Lion 1 to Alice: You will not see the Mountain Lion
as he walks away from you right now.
Alice to Readers (speaking at the same time): And I was wondering how the fire looks from here. I do not have a lot to report. Down Stunt Road towards the Pacific Ocean I am not seeing anything [any fire].

Male Mountain Lion 1 to Alice: I am not running away from you, but I am farther from this place right now.
Alice to Readers: The sky is clear and overcast. But farther to the west, past Malibu Creek …

Male Mountain Lion 1 to Alice: I don’t want to hear about all these @#$! ideas, God d-mn you.
Alice to Readers: … State Park, there is smoke over a mountain that way.
Male Mountain Lion 2 to Male Mountain Lion 1: Kit, Please stop. I want to hear what she’s saying to me. So, uh …
Alice to Readers (continuing): Maybe near Kanan Dume Road? Let me just show you …

Raven Talk: Franklin Fire - 12 December 2024 (HD)

Image: “Santa Monica Mountains, California: Overcast with Smoke 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 12 December 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Santa Monica Mountains, California: Overcast with Smoke 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 12 December 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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Male Mountain Lion 1 to Male Mountain Lion 2: I don’t feel good about the lady saying these things at all.
Raven: Stop, stop, stop, stop!
Alice to Readers: The Ravens are going on about this. See? …
Raven: Stop!
Alice to Readers: …Far off over there [to the west] …

Alice to Readers: … this mountain over … far over there …
Male Mountain Lion 2 (above my path) to Mountain Lion 1 (beneath my path): Why don’t you? She is trying to help.
Male Mountain Lion 1 to Male Mountain Lion 2: Oh.

Image: “Santa Monica Mountains, California: Overcast with Smoke 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 12 December 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Santa Monica Mountains, California: Overcast with Smoke 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 12 December 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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Alice to Readers: That’s, I think, smoke over the mountain, coming up the mountain from the left [from the Pacific Ocean, which is to the south], …
Male Mountain Lion 1 to Male Mountain Lion 2: You think so?

Alice to Readers: … and piling on down towards Freeway 101 [to the right … which is to the north].
Male Mountain Lion 2 to Male Mountain Lion 1: Yeah, I think so.

Male Mountain Lion 1 to himself (very quietly, bewildered): Why would she do that thing?
Alice to Readers: Smoke!
Raven to Alice: CRACK-ling!
Alice to Raven: Crackling!

Raven to Alice: Call it HOT FIRECRACKERS.
Alice to Raven: Crackling! … Crack, crack, crack.

Alice to Raven: That way, over there [telepathically casting an image of the terrain on the other side of the mountains at the top of Stunt Road] …

Alice to Raven: … a lot of, lot of smoke and fire …
Male Mountain Lion 2 to Alice (grumpily}: D-mn right. That IS correct.

Alice to Raven: Stay away! Stay over here! Don’t you think?
Male Mountain Lion 2, together with Raven, to Alice: GOT that thing, Alice Clagett.

Alice to Raven: Smoke and fire there.
Male Mountain Lion 2 to Alice: Right.

Alice to Raven: That way. [casting a clairvoyant image of the mountain by Kanan Road]. Way over there. That far mountain …
Male Mountain Lion 2 catches the image strongly, and says along with me: THAT WAY!

Alice to Raven: … Way over there.

Raven to Alice: Stop it!
Alice to Raven: What, what?

Male Mountain Lion 1 (beneath me, softly menacing) to Alice: Roa-a-ar!
Raven 1 (muttering in a very quiet voice) to Raven 2: I said stop talking …
Alice to Raven: What?
Raven 1 to Raven 2 (continuing): … and she just keeps talking!
Male Mountain Lion 2 (above me): My GOD. That woman …

Male Mountain Lion 1 (beneath me, softly menacing) to Alice: Roa-a-ar! … Roa-a-ar!
Raven 1 (very quietly) to Alice: That guy is very angry with you.
Raven 2 (slightly louder) to Alice: I said stop talking, that’s all. Stop talking about that fire.
Male Mountain Lion 2 (to himself): … has that Power.

Alice to Raven 2 (misunderstanding the Raven’s word ‘talk’ to be ‘Hawk’): Hawk?

Male Mountain Lion 1 (beneath me, softly menacing) to Alice: OH, God. Can’t hear my ‘Roa-a-ar!’
Alice to Raven 2: Hawk? [shows Raven in flight, heading north]
Raven 2 to Alice: NOT HAWK! STOP TALK-ing ABOUT THAT FIRE!
Alice to herself (quietly): Here you go [meaning, I got the image of the Raven in flight].

Male Mountain Lion 1 (beneath me, softly menacing): I roa-a-r now-w-w.
Raven 2 (far away) to Male Mountain Lion 1: Mountain Lion, Stop! Don’t eat that …
Songbird to Raven 2: Throw dipsh-t in!
Raven 2 to Male Mountain Lion 1 (continuing): God d-mn lady!

Alice to Readers: I am going to go look for the fire.

Raven to Alice, with Raven chiming in: Stop that WALKing!

Young Mountain Lion (from below): STOP that TALK-ing too.

Raven 2 to Alice (helpfully repeating what the Young Mountain Lion said): Stop that TALKing too.
Alice to Raven 2: What?

Raven 2 (quietly, embarrassed) to Alice: Mountain Lion says ‘Stop that talking’.

Alice to Raven 2: Bye, Raven. See you later.

Male Mountain Lion 1 (with menacing good humor): I KILL everything I WANT TO, GOD D-MN IT ALL!
Alice to Raven 2: I love you! Thank you! Bye.
[DISREGARD THIS embedded caption?:  “It sounds like two human telepaths (or maybe two coyotes … or maybe two badgers, as one of my readers suggests) over at Gillette Ranch are adding their votes to the Raven caveats. Can you hear them? Their voices are very quiet, and less gruff than is that of Mr. Raven.’]

[DISREGARD this embedded caption?: “One of the human telepaths (or maybe coyotes, or maybe badgers) says: We don’t think that they are telling her to be quiet.”]

[DISREGARD this embedded caption?: “Another of the human telepaths (or maybe coyotes, or maybe badgers) replies to the first: Right. It sounds like they have things to do and don’t want her to interfere with their assigned tasks.”]

[DISREGARD this embedded caption? “The second human telepath (or coyote?) says in a hushed voice: Righty right right.”]

[CAPTION: Here is the promised changeup in my interpretation of
the Raven ‘drinking water’ pantomime mentioned above …]

Alice to Readers: Oh faux pas here! …

Alice to Readers: … I was just talking telepathically with the Ravens about what it meant dipping down as if to water on top of the telephone pole.

Alice to Readers (continuing): And they said they were explaining about the … they understand what the word ‘ocean’ means.

Alice to Readers: I was saying, on the physical plane, …

Alice to Readers (continuing): … that I had heard, on the telepathic plane, that the fire was spreading up and down the coast by the [Pacific] Ocean.

Alice to Readers (continuing): And I had asked them what this ‘ocean’ … “Do you know what ‘ocean’ means?”

Alice to Readers (continuing): Then they pantomimed [drinking] the water for me.

Alice to Readers: So there are two possible explanations [of the Raven’s ‘drinking water’ pantomime].

Alice to Readers (continuing): Both of them are right cogent, I think.

Alice to Readers (continuing): I think Ravens are quite intelligent.

Rabbits to Alice: We think so too. 
[The first explanation was that Ravens should head for water when there is a fire. The second explanation is that the Raven was hoping to make clear to me that Ravens know what the word ‘ocean’ means.]

Alice to Readers: God bless you all, and keep you safe, and be with you through all your days. In love, Light and joy, …
Male Mountain Lion 2 to Alice: Please don’t ever say that thing any more.

Alice to Readers: … this is Alice B. Clagett. I Am of the Stars … and so are you! Come and visit me …
Male Mountain Lion 2 to Alice: I just can’t STAND it when you say that type of thing.

Male Mountain Lion 2 to Alice: I really cannot TOL-erate that feeling.
Alice to Readers: … at my world class, …
Raven to Alice: STOP it!
Alice to Readers (continuing): … WordPress website …
Raven to Alice: OH GOD! STOP it!
Alice to Readers (continuing): … “Awakening with Planet Earth”
[DISREGARD THIS embedded caption? … “Mr. Raven calls humans or maybe coyotes or badgers by an uncomplimentary nickname and says: Don’t listen. That’s not what she wants us to hear.”]

Raven to Alice (somewhat hysterically): Stop it right now!
Alice to Readers (continuing): … https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Male Mountain Lion 2 to Alice (menacing, stalking, speaking very softly): I can’t STAND it …
Raven (hysterically): Ha, ha, ha, I can’t stand it any longer.
Alice to Raven: Raven? Raven, Raven?

Male Mountain Lion 2 to Alice (continuing): … when you won’t do what I say.
Alice to Raven: Raven? … Raven?
[Raven’s silence is deafening, isn’t it?]

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Tidied Up …

Sidebar: Coyotes or Badgers Have a Discussion

It sounds like two human telepaths (or maybe two coyotes … or maybe two badgers, as one of my readers suggests) over at Gillette Ranch are adding their votes to the Raven caveats. Can you hear them? Their voices are very quiet, and less gruff than is that of Mr. Raven.

One of the human telepaths (or maybe coyotes, or maybe badgers) says: “We don’t think that they are telling her to be quiet.”

Another of the human telepaths (or maybe coyotes, or maybe badgers) replies to the first: Right. It sounds like they have things to do and don’t want her to interfere with their assigned tasks.

The second human telepath (or coyote?) says in a hushed voice: Righty right right.

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Tidied up …

Sidebar: Raven Language

Crackling’ means ‘fire’. The word comes from their term ‘hot firecracker’

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Tidied up …

Conclusion

God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Filmed on 12 December 2024, produced and published on 20 December 2024, and transcribed on 22 December 2024; youtube transcript edited on 9 March 2026
This is a high-definition video.

OLD TITLE: Raven Talk: Franklin Fire – 12 December 2024 HD

NOTE: For other posts on the Franklin Fire search my site for the term: Franklin Fire

VIDEO CREDITS

“Raven Talk: Franklin Fire”
By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 12 December 2023
Produced on 20 December 2024

Location: Castro Peak Motorway, Santa Monica Mountains, CA

CC BY-SA 4.0 International

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Cormorants on Ocean Rocks . by Alice B. Clagett

Cormorants on Ocean Rocks

Image: “Leo Carrillo State Beach, Malibu, California 3,” by Alice B. Clagett, 22 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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  • INTRODUCTION
  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
  • VIDEO CREDITS
  • PHOTOS BY ALICE

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

Here is a short video of Cormorants on ocean rocks at Leo Carrillo State Beach in Malibu, California.

There are no words in the Summary …

VIDEO BY ALICE

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

Cormorants on Ocean Rocks
By Alice B. Clagett

Hello, Dear Ones, It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Filmed on 22 August 2024 and published on 26 August 2024; youtube transcript edited on 9 February 2026

My website is “Awakening with Planet Earth” … https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

VIDEO CREDITS

“Cormorants on Ocean Rocks”
by Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 22 August 2024 and produced on 26 August 2024
Location: Leo Carrillo State Beach, Malibu, CA

CC BY-SA 4.0 International

PHOTOS BY ALICE

Image: “Leo Carrillo State Beach, Malibu, California 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 22 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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Image: “Leo Carrillo State Beach, Malibu, California 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 22 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Leo Carrillo State Beach, Malibu, California 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 22 August 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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Crime Alert: Check Your Yard for Spyware Set by Burglary Tourists in Los Angeles . by Alice B. Clagett

Crime prevention: Cameras disguised as ivy leaves are being used by burglary tourists in Los Angeles.

Crime Alert: Check Your Yard for Spyware Set by Burglary Tourists in Los Angeles

Crime Tips

Dear Ones,

This morning I read an interesting article about a spy camera disguised as an ivy leaf …

Link: “LA County Neighborhood Rattled by Hidden Flowerbed Camera,” by Paige Austen, 30 May 2024, in Patch.com for Los Angeles … https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/la-county-neighborhood-rattled-hidden-flowerbed-camera ..

The spy camera was found in an upscale yard in Los Angeles. Someone sighted a suspect driving in the area and apprehended him. They found dirt disturbed in a planter, and figured a ring of burglars was using the spyware to find out when the homeowners might be away from home, so they could break in undisturbed.

The police also found a hard hat and a vest, which they figured might be worn by the thieves to allay suspicion as they approach a house they intend to rob.

Considering these facts, what course of action ought homeowners in Los Angeles take?

Check our ivy plants for surveillance cameras disguised as ivy leaves? Check for solar battery. If it is regular battery, then it will need to be replaced from time to time, so notice who has access to ivy in your yard.

How about this?: REMOVE ivy in your yard!

In a similar vein: Who has access to the software that displays your security camera images on your handheld? What country is the software company located in? Does that country’s Department of Defense have access to cameras in your front and back yards?

If that country is territorially aggressive, to whom would they give access to the software?

  • To Realtors in the United States?
  • To criminals in the US?
  • To ‘burglary tourists’ from other countries, such as the South American Theft Gangs mentioned in the Patch.com article?

If the latter, then the ivy camera in the article is a way for them to get images of your front and back yards should surveillance camera access be unavailable.

This may sound daunting, but much can be done to deter would-be thieves.

I am a member of Neighborhood Watch. We do our best to keep our neighborhoods safe.

Please join the Neighborhood Watch in your home town, and help us keep our homes and neighborhoods safe. Together we can do what may be done to foil these spyware devices and to foil the plans of would-be burglars!

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Written and published on 30 May 2024

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