Woman plots unique way to deal with her neighbour's drone in fierce feud
A woman who claims she's under persistent "surveillance" by her next-door neighbour has come up with a cheeky way stop his "deep invasion of her privacy".
The ongoing feud between the pair started as soon as she moved in and it's only got worse - now she's trying to stop his new daily hobby of flying his drone over her house.
The Aussie woman says her navy veteran neighbour has been making her life 'hell' and also claims he's been recording her, so she's decided to take action - and it's ruffled some feathers.
He just wants to fly his drone and enjoy his new hobby (A Current Affair)
She took to drastic measures to stop his drone flying over her house (A Current Affair)Although he claims he's not harming anyone, neigbhour Walter Gebhard has been flying his drone over Queensland resident Bea's house, and said Bea has caused "nothing but drama" since she moved into the property. He says he just wants to fly his drone as it's his new "favourite past time."
But his new routine has left Bea furious as she alleges it's made her life hell. Walter, who has been living in his house since 1997, told A Current Affair: "I'm 71 now, I just want to live out my life peacefully. Council, police, everyone known to man. She just keeps on me and on me."
'I don't want children staying up late at weekends - I really need adult time'
Meanwhile, Bea claimed: "He's recording me every afternoon. It's a privacy invasion, noise, harassment, stalking, the lot." And it's not the first time the pair have been at loggerheads, as they originally argued about Bea's horses, and then about Walter's rooster. Although living in large properties, it seems as if there still isn't enough space between the pair.
Walter admitted to flying the drone over the neighbourhood for months but insists he's "not spying" but just enjoying his new hobby. He added: "I've told my neighbours...what's going on and they've said 'no problem'." However, Bea came up with a controversial - and potentially illegal - way to put a stop to Walter's flying.
"The wifi wasn't secure, so yeah, I just logged into the drone and I just went 'go' and bang — I was in," Bea explained. She then managed to hack into the drone and see the footage on the device, as well as figure out how to take over the controls of the drone from her phone.
Bea then spied on Walter through a peephole in her fence, which she uses to keep an eye on Walter and to watch his reaction at her tampering. "I can see him stressing out about it through the little hole. Little does he know, it's me," she said.
The drastic move might prove to be problematic, however, as lawyers have warned against it. As a drone is "considered an aircraft, it is illegal to tamper with" says Tom Pils with Macmillan Lawyers and Advisors, reports Yahoo News.
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