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May 07, 2006 |
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Do Right Now
FOUND by Gwen
in Oakland, California
Here's one of the notes that have been slipped through the mail slot in my door for years and years. They'd stopped for awhile and then I got three more within a week. No idea who this person is.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
that is just weird... does it scare you?
Sounds like a Jehovah's Witness to me.
It would scare me. Somebody hasn't been taking their meds. I would keep them all and if they get threatening at all, file with the police.
Does this person have multiple personalities? The middle of the note seems to be Anti-God, while the outside "suggestions" are not to disappoint God. Very scary.
Seems like a 21st century version of the 10 commandments...but only 6 of them are numbered.
i wonder if he/she had been up for 118 nights for God when they wrote this...i'd hook up some kind of camera to watch the mail slot. too creepy!
A JOHAVAH'S WITNESS WROTE THIS.
BUT THE "PIMP"/"THUG" THING HAD ME GOING, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? IT'S GOOD FOR A LAUGH!
Whoa.
I thought it was a rasta, since it said "Lord's Name Jah" but who knows. Pretty strange that somebody feels the need to share this with you through your mailslot.
I thought it was a rasta, since it said "Lord's Name Jah" but who knows. Pretty strange that somebody feels the need to share this with you through your mailslot.
Defintiely Jehovah's witnesses. A novel way of getting their message to you I suppose. Better than beating down the door...
This is not jehovah witness - this was written by a very distrubed person.
People always assume that when they see something about not celebrating holidays then its a Jehovah's Witness...this is not...this person is just crazy
Gwen, do you think this person is making these suggestions to you or are they just writing down their personal thoughts and for some reason, decided to put it in your mail slot? Do your neighbors get them? What do the other ones say? Very strange.
He could be professing these things thinking that he is acting on behalf of the Jehovah's Witnesses and also be deranged. There are a lot of crazy people out there that use their religion in unhealthy ways.
I would feel a little strange if they stopped placing them in my mail slot like they had finally given up trying to save me. Then BOOM! he/she's back "saving" the world one mail slot at a time.
Don't be a pimp or playa; now that's just good advice, but what in heaven's name is pussy vedashankle?
Yes I too noticed the pussy vedashankle family like, I also second the camera idea. I dont think this person is healthy.
I did a google search for vedashankle and it brought me back to this site. I sure would like to know what that is... Thinking of this arriving at random times in my mail slot will keep me up at night......
stalker,definately, Gwen have you done any of this? Maybe this person feels the need to save you, definately messed up could be dangerous I would suggest you contact police immediately. Especially the do right and nothing happen to you part, that's a threat.
I searched 'Veda Shankle' on google, but there was nothing. In Oakland, there's an Ayurvedic herbal products store called Amrita Veda...
I think it may be two phrases: "Don't like pussy." and "Vedashankle Family do right..." Vedashankle might be the last name of the person leaving the notes? or the note receiver? In any event, it's an odd list...
i'd be a bit worried that a person who'd write such has taken a notice to me. if you are single, please consider a security system and a gun
can anyone tell me what god is supposed to forgive us of? it says something like "we all people done god wrong, please forgive us of yasesadfh?" can anyone tell what that is?
and remember, god is no vodo either
it says 'we all people done god wrong, pray, forgive us of yesterday'.
What's sad is that this person probably really believes all this stuff, as inconsistant as it may seem. They probably feel compelled to spread their ideas, and for whatever reason just keep sending it to the same person. I feel bad for them :(
maybe God is not voodoo? vodo..voodoo. misspelling, maybe. creepy though, thats for sure.
maybe it's a just a troubled person that has pieced together bits and pieces of various sects like JW and Rastafari looking for relief. as they say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. as to what we are all supposed to have done, judeochristian belief is that we were all born into sin and haved sinned in thought, word or deed and that is messiah is needed or why jesus was born and crucified and resurrected depending on whether you are jewish or christian, though this person doesn't seem to be either.
meanwhile, it seems like the numbered list is of things this person needs to change about himself, while the outside list is just rules in general. Maybe they are sporadically torturing themselves over those things they want to change?
Oh my god, this person knows where you live!
what if they were placing these notes in the wrong mail box?
Do they sell Christmax trees at Office Max?
its not a j.w, at least not a sane one ..... i would know
Personally, I think Veda Shankle and her family might be the people the author thinks they are addressing when they're putting the notes through the mail slot. It sounds like an imperative statement right there when you add punctuation- "Veda Shankle family, do right! Now! Nothing going to happen to you!"
But one way or the other, it's kind of an alarming thing to find, especially repeatedly!
He seems to hate..and love God?
This is just downright bizarre.
I HATE DOUBLE NEGATIVES!!!!!!
ERGHHHHH
definitely an acid tripper.
I don't call God "Bad News" to my family, and I would never by tapes on music about cursing.
btw- I've seen ChristmaS and Xmas, but never Christmax.
I love this find!
If anything, this should show how much compassion this person needs. Maybe this is their way of crying out for help. Perhaps someone with no family to share these things with. Maybe he has been disowned and is in need of love. Some of these things seem to be him trying to build himself credibility, not scare someone away: "not a pimp or playa" "no tapes/music about cursing" "don't use the Lord's name in vain." OR he's simply repeating things that he was told. Like, when you're tramatized and you can only remember the weirdest details.
Whoever he is, he does need help. He deserves it.
my first impression from this was perhaps someone who was raised quite religous, and found themselves to be a contradiction. Perhaps a gay person writing angry random thoughts. Some Psychiatrists suggest writing the thoughts that plague your mind is a good release... maybe that's what this person is doing, maybe placing the notes in your mailbox is like burning photos of a lover who hurt you.
I agree with Ry, I don't think these notes are aimed at you as an individual, I think its just a form of release and he (OR SHE!) for some reason needs someone to read them.
It is slightly odd though. and very interesting.
You have to be prepared for the possibility that god does not like you, never loved you... in all probability, he hates you.
Yeah, that Veda Shankle sure IS a pussy...
so, I was thinking about the veda shankle thing and decided to google it and try something like "veda's hankle" just on a whim. well, it came up with a weird link to some sort of list (I'm pratically comp. illiterate so what it actually is I have no idea.) But thought it was creepy, and figured I'd share :http://www.google.com/search?q=veda%27s+hankle&
Oh, and I agree that finding out where these notes are coming from is a good idea.
what in the world. It didnt happen to me but that freaks me out. Makes me want to actually open the door when a jehovah witness comes to my house. Then again naaah!
Gee, I gleefully do most of those things everyday. Am I going to hell?
Well, they've convinced me. No more pimping vedashankle pussy or thug shit for me. I have found The Lawd, Almighty Gawd, and he ain't no vodo either!
Maybe these are notes from some kind of service for some kind of religion and the parts we don't understand where transcribed when someone was speaking in tongues. Then he spreads the good word by putting it in your mailbox, even the parts that are indecipherable.
Celbrate! Celbrate!
So, obviously this guy is over the pussy & he won't like being gay anymore. So, at least he isn't a sexual predator. What kind of predator he is boggles the imagination, however.
I would get this note and all others to the police station. You may end up dead one of these days. This person is obviously NOT WELL.
crazy jehovah's witness for sure. save them all and take them to the police department...dont know what they could do about though because they havent really threatened you yet and you dont know who they are. trust me, when it comes to stuff like that, unless you have a really cooperative police dept., they wont do anthing.
hes against lies, which is good, but also against birthdays which is crazy.
this guy needs to take a long look at himself
Don't like being gay.
ok.
don't like pussy.
ok.
as long as I can be a pimp or a player I'll be fine.
WHAT I CAN'T DO THAT EITHER!?!?
Can I, at least, buy lottery tickets?
OH, COME ON!!!
Yikes! To me this looks like six good reasons to get a restraining order.
almost certain this guy is schitzophrenic without meds.
Are there any Jehovah's Witnesses that live near you?
Don't let the bullshit continue
Don't let some crazy person run ur life
Don't install cheap camera to find out who the creap is...
Don't let creap kill u in they're sleep
Come on people the person is a creep and should be jail
Okay - seriously ? This is sexual harrassment. Very creepy. I'd move. And yes, it is written by someone who has mental illnes.
i went on the link kate gave and it is kinda creepy. =/
heres the link.
http://www.openswan.org/download/umlrootfs/psk
somewhat a dictionary?
This person is sadly screwed up. (S)he was probably raised in a very religious, though extremely traumatic environment and does not have the capacity to deal with life on a day to day basis. Barely literate, and without a support system to rely on, (s)he is reaching out to "god" and trying to reconsile the inconsistancies that are a part of his/her history and current daily life. The notes probably stopped coming due to a stay in a mental institution.
Schizophrenics are statistically less likely to commit a violent crime than are members of the general public. This person isn't making any threats, so i wouldnt worry a whole lot about getting murdered. Any violence that would occur, would likely be something very random, and disorganized.
He/she does need psychiatric help tho.
confused teen, the "dont like being gay" in the centre is a dead give away, probabaly a lad from a very religiuse family trying to make hime self "better" as it where, i dont think its ment to be creepy r anything, just venting to a stranger
The Fifteen Commandments
1. Don't buy a Christmas tree.
2. Don't celebrate Easter.
3. Don't celebrate birthdays.
4. Don't like being gay.
5. Don't like doing music.
6. Don't call God bad names.
7. Pray as God saves lost souls.
8. Don't be a pimp or player.
9. Pray to forgive us of yesterday.
10. Don't buy tapes or music about cursing.
11. Don't curse God's child.
12. Don't tell a lie.
13. Don't buy lottery tickets.
14. Stay up 118 nights for God.
15. Don't like pussy.
If only He had stopped at 14!
Gwen, we are all waiting to find out if you are ok. I too believe this is from a mentally ill person. Perhaps a schizophrenic off meds because they often have religious delusions. I am more than a little freaked out for you. Please tell the police about them or at least buy a giant dog and some pepper spray.
perhaps this note is from someone who feels you need religious guidance. someone who REALLY feels you need religious guidance. to an obsessive degree.
To me, it seems like notes... maybe taken during some kind of religious class or Sunday school or something?
In a very odd way, this looks like Kurt Cobain's (the late singer of Nirvana) handwritting.
Did the notes stop in 1994 LOL
This note is from someone who either is or has had exposure to JW's. Almost everything on the list matches JW beliefs. But this person is very ill. A healthy JW would never approach a potential convert this way. Take this and other notes to the police. Be careful.
Veda/Vedic could also be a reference to something like: http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/index.htm
I don't know what to say...
The note is extraordinary, but even more so is the feeling I get from reading everyone's comments - like a mad novel. There is something wonderful about this collective American voice you all speak with. Bless you all.
This note caught my eye as a thumbnail on the bottom of another page... maybe I'm seeing things, but has anyone else noticed that it sort of resembles... Satan? I wonder if that was intentional or just an eerie coincidence. The note-leaver certainly doesn't seem to be the brightest candle on the altar ("don't by lottery tickets"), so I wonder about their ability to construct full sentences, let alone subtle word-drawings.
Either way, seriously creepy. I wonder if she received a photocopy or an original? I would call the police if someone stuck things like that in my mail slot on a regular basis. And maybe move too.
The Vedas are ancient sacred texts of Hinduism. I don't know what a "hankle" would be then. As for the pic looking like Satan when minimized, I think that's reaching. It does seem to make some sort of shape as if the words were purposely written in certain forms, but I think the human brain is always looking for "faces".
Creepy frigging letter, though. Sheesh!
Technically, they wrote "Don't like beginning Gay."
How do you begin gay?
LOL
I work at a theatre in Seattle and someone puts notes almost exactly like this in our mail slot at times. It's happened more than a dozen times. Very strange. Is there a group responsible for this? I've thought of sending it to Found but there were just so many of them. I'll try to send one next time.
Wow I love it! It seems to me like the person is writing this to themselves not to you. It's almost like you can see the person's thought process in this note. Would love to see more of what this person puts thru the mail slot.
It seems like someone really liked the idea of becoming jehovahs witness, and then something struck them as not ok so they started mocking it after that. like there were just too many rules the person disagreed with.
I found another very similar not on this site. This must have been written by the same person, as it is very similar in appearance and subject matter, plus from the same city: http://foundmagazine.com/comments/1104
OK, guys, I spent 8 years as a JW. The very first things you learn is that holidays/birthdays are no more. I had 8 very sad years. Since these are in the middle, seems to me that this person was making notes during their first bible study or even during a house call (house call, what they call it, more like intrusion) and then mabye is a little crazy, looking for God, and thought the best way to send it to God to show they were making steps is to mail it to God, through a random mail slot. My husband, a letter carrier, gets weird notes like this all the time in collection boxes, like they think the boxes are portals to heaven or something like that.
what is vedashankle?