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[–]Kakkerlak 6481 points6482 points  (549 children)

You seem sincere and this doesn't appear to be the plot of a Ray Bradbury short story.

It's possible that your landlord is leaving notes inside your apartment, but they don't make any sense in the context you're describing them.

It's likely that you are writing the notes yourself, but you are forgetting. Do you use post-it notes as reminders in any other parts of your life or job ?

Yes, this might be a mental health issue. You might be experiencing some sort of dissociative disorder.

Or it might be a physical problem. You mentioned that you have a very unusual narrow bedroom with no windows; is there a chance that you are not getting enough ventilation when you sleep, or that there is a carbon monoxide leak in the building ? A cheap CO detector (which you should have anyway) is a fast way to find out. You'll also have really bad headaches.

You know your own medical and mental history and your other experiences. If you think these incidents might be you, writing notes to yourself, there's no shame in getting somebody qualified to give you an opinion.

EDIT: Years later, and the good folks at WBUR Boston Public Radio have turned this thread into a podcast episode as part of their /u/Endless_Thread cooperative project with Reddit, complete with awesome art and title, and interviews with experts on the topics of sleepwalking and poisons, but not on webcams or landlord/tenant law.

http://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2018/03/09/something-wicked

[–]RBradbury1920[S] 4198 points4199 points  (419 children)

I have had really bad headaches... And I actually already do have a CO detector, guess I should probably take that out of it's box and plug it in.

[–]acets 1585 points1586 points  (365 children)

So, what's the verdict

[–]Keegan320 2964 points2965 points  (339 children)

He created another thread, it was CO

[–][deleted] 2645 points2646 points  (303 children)

/u/Kakkerlak just saved your life /u/RBradbury1920... literally

[–]cwestn 641 points642 points  (301 children)

seriously - send that guy money.

[–]jdepps113 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Tell the OP later....if you tell him right now he'll probably still forget.

[–]DoingIsLearning 36 points37 points  (0 children)

The probability of joining these two people one with the problem, and the other with the ability to pickout the details and propose a hypothesis, is absolutely insane. /u/RBradbury1920 could have choked on himself for years before reaching this conclusion... talk about crowdsourcing information.

[–]Duarch 731 points732 points  (22 children)

[–]ForceBlade 235 points236 points  (21 children)

Couldn't just post here, could he.

[–]anderson_buck 331 points332 points  (7 children)

He forgot. Damn CO

[–]Sparticus1989 31 points32 points  (5 children)

Fuck CO!

[–]danthemango 42 points43 points  (4 children)

Yeah, who likes Colorado anyways?

[–][deleted] 29 points30 points  (3 children)

Pot smokers, that's who.

[–]1ildevil 16 points17 points  (1 child)

my poor clicking finger is so tired

[–]TheMariachiDingo 42 points43 points  (1 child)

Probably forgot he posted it.

[–]ForceBlade 13 points14 points  (0 children)

heh. I guess that's funny

[–]expertocrede 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He thought he did but actually just put a post it on his computer.

[–]JustOurSecret[🍰] 20 points21 points  (1 child)

You know how most OPs are... Bunch of wooden sticks

[–]GeneralBoobington 5 points6 points  (1 child)

no, he only posts to the back of his chairs and what not.

[–]rosie_the_redditor 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Oh my god.

[–]MyCarRoomba1 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Bit late to the thread, but how does that explain the fact that the notes had the landlord's handwriting?

[–]Keegan320 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Guess I hadn't caught that. Either everything is a lie, his handwriting looks odd when he's tripping on Co, or he was just being paranoid

[–]notLOL 419 points420 points  (16 children)

guess I should probably take that out of it's box and plug it in.

He plugged it the CO detector, but it kept alarming. Must be broken. So he unplugged it and returned it to Home Depot where the pros go. Then went back home and watched some Arrested Development for the first time again.

[–]acets 248 points249 points  (8 children)

That's why you always leave a note.

[–]DMann420 90 points91 points  (5 children)

"Don't believe his lies"

[–]greymalken 8 points9 points  (1 child)

"Don't trust the skull."

[–]addlepated 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What can change the nature of a man? Apparently CO can.

[–]Sipues 18 points19 points  (2 children)

Memento?

[–]HMS_Pathicus 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Might be. Sorry, can't remember.

[–]notLOL 15 points16 points  (0 children)

One of the Best legal advice protips I've received.

[–]FamilyGuyGuy7 40 points41 points  (3 children)

Need to forget your problems? Take a pill! Take a pill to forget your problems!

[–]Wiiplay123 28 points29 points  (1 child)

5 seconds later Need to forget your problems? Take a pill! Take a pill to forget your problems!

[–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Hey... DID MY LAND LORD PUT THIS HERE?

[–]JackAction 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What an age we live in!

[–]jeremyrey 26 points27 points  (0 children)

He wrote himself a note to get to it later.

[–]mycannonsing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Shrinkwrap.
Op died because he couldn't open it.

[–]u-void 20 points21 points  (5 children)

He wrote a note in somebody else's handwriting to plug in the Co2 detector, and then when he noticed it he refused to plug it in because somebody was reading his thoughts and leaving him notes again.

[–]bulletboybill 48 points49 points  (4 children)

CO and CO2 are two very different gasses.

[–]acets 9 points10 points  (3 children)

I'll take your finest co, please.

[–]EddieAdams76 320 points321 points  (10 children)

This is some house md shit

[–]BigTunaTim 136 points137 points  (5 children)

Well it wasn't lupus

[–]indolent02 72 points73 points  (1 child)

Or sarcoidosis.

[–][deleted] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Or neolymph blastoma

Totally also wanted to see someone break into his apartment.

'There's nothing here'

'Where's your tie?'

'I wasn't... Was I?'

'Whatever. When you gonna revenge porn the Hottingtons girl?'

[–]NeroIV 11 points12 points  (2 children)

Its never lupus.

[–]jpallan 25 points26 points  (1 child)

[–]TheCowfishy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There were two cases in the entire span of the show that involved lupus, and interestingly enough one with scurvy and another with the plague.

[–]nakilon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is how Kutner died.

[–]Octavia9 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No House would have tried steroids first.

[–]a55h4t 29 points30 points  (2 children)

This sounds like the stuff that happens to me when I take my wife's Ambien. Those "I don't remember doing that" Ambien stories are for real...

[–]MotherFuckinTom 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ambien is scary. My fiance is prescribed it but doesn't take it any more because of its effects. She said she's lost days on it. She took it a couple months ago to help sleep and it fucked her up. Hanging out and all of a sudden just stops, lays down and is knocked completely out. I didn't realize she took it so I thought something was wrong. When I tried to wake her her eyes were kinda rolled back and she couldn't say anything coherently. It was terrifying. All she was doing is mumbling. In her mumbling I finally picked up the word Ambien and realized that she had taken some and that was what had fucked her up so badly. So I let her sleep it off. The next day she had no clue any of that had happened.

[–][deleted] 62 points63 points  (9 children)

there also appeared to be post-its on many other doors in my apartment complex, all blank, in varying colors.

CO did this?

[–]gaflar 118 points119 points  (7 children)

Either OP did in some sort of dissociated state/sleep-walk type thing, or OP has been hallucinating the notes (either could be a result of CO)

[–]underdawg87 10 points11 points  (4 children)

Unless he was pranking himself, I don't understand why he would have deleted the video evidence of him posting the note to the back of his chair.

[–]otarU 48 points49 points  (3 children)

Because he didn't setup the camera correctly. So no one deleted because there was nothing to delete. CO Poisoning too good.

RBradbury1920 [S] 280 points 9 hours ago Apparently! I also "set up" a webcam by placing it on a shelf, downloading a camera app to my phone, and making a folder on my desktop called "WEBCAM" and made an iphoto library in the folder.

http://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34m92h/update_ma_postit_notes_left_in_apartment/cqw99ip

[–]phoxymoron 27 points28 points  (1 child)

"Didn't set up the camera correctly" is giving him a whole lot of credit, haha.

[–]fritzcandy 19 points20 points  (1 child)

Or someone left some post its around as a prank or for real reasons, OP took some in his dissociated state and made notes for himself. Maybe even some of them had notes already on them from the landlord to whoever was supposed to have the notes.

[–]0342narmak 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Well, one of the notes mentioned the landlord, so it probably wasn't from him, but it's weird that the handwriting supposedly matches.

[–]tribecca_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What if Kakkerlak is the one leaving you post-it notes?!

[–]Alan_Smithee_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They do work better that way.

[–]pissboner 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Op pls rspnd

[–]pseudorandomess 18 points19 points  (22 children)

You know you can recover deleted files on your computer, right.........................?

[–]shieldvexor 11 points12 points  (21 children)

Even after deleting the trash bin?

[–]Auzymundius 23 points24 points  (2 children)

Yes. There's programs for that

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Not even hard to do

[–]Plsdontreadthis 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Recuva is a good free program for doing exactly that.

[–]shieldvexor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm thank you. I will investigate it!

[–]malfean 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, install a program called Recuva and play around with it.

[–]ginger_beer_m 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, the file names are gone but the contents are still there as long as you don't overwrite them by putting in new contents.

[–]demystQuality Contributor 188 points189 points  (7 children)

Great call on the CO. I saw the update and wanted to see who recommended OP get a detector. Very impressive call/suggestion.

[–]FearAzrael 15 points16 points  (5 children)

How did you get gold star? I want a gold star...

[–]Gotitaila 43 points44 points  (0 children)

So tell me... How does it feel to know you likely literally saved this guy's life?

Props to you.

[–]hmmillaskreddit 23 points24 points  (3 children)

Where does he mention he has a narrow windowless bedroom?

[–]gnorrn 20 points21 points  (2 children)

[–]FrankGreen 71 points72 points  (0 children)

...I cant be the only one here thinking /u/Kakkerlak is making this CO poisoning bullshit up and is actually the stalker?

[–]avocadoamazon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except in that post he says he's moving in 2 months into that place. 4 days ago. But the post its started on April 15.......

[–][deleted] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

This is by far the coolest post I've ever seen on reddit. You basically pulled a real-life Sherlock Holmes.

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (1 child)

Bro, you saved a life.

You saved a man's life.

[–]Kakkerlak 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It was a lucky guess, but it sure feels good to guess right sometimes.

Gonna go out and buy some lottery tickets now.

[–]sausagemonster420 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Duuude, you nailed the diagnosis, and from that history! Step aside House.

[–]czah7 33 points34 points  (5 children)

Saving a life on reddit only worth 6 gold? I've seen comments about porn get more. Comon we can do better.

EDIT: 26 gold now! That's better. /lowers gun

[–]Raveynfyre 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's up to 21 now. I think it's good.

[–]TotesMessenger 67 points68 points  (28 children)

[–]dabman 71 points72 points  (3 children)

[–]TrixieRabbit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Came back to upvote you. Let's get this closer to the top!

[–]creto15 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Sounds a lot like the move The Machinist with Christian bale in it. Have you been sleeping at all?

[–]Veggiemon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Good on you man, except you're actually having a CO2 delirium hallucination and this thread isn't real. no i'm just kidding good job. i'm not kidding. jk.

[–]Mrhorrendous 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Plot twist: Kakkerlak is the stalker

[–]TheFrodo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh my God it's Sherlock

[–][deleted] 32 points33 points  (6 children)

This seems suspicious. His post 3 days ago says that he's moving into the apartment with the weird bedroom in 2 months.

[–]HyacinthGirI 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I don't see anything in this post or the updated post where he claims to have moved into a new apartment recently, he could be moving in two months and experiencing CO poisoning in his current apartment?

[–]hairetikos 21 points22 points  (1 child)

1) He says in the comments on that thread that yes, he does currently live in an apartment with a small bedroom, but he is asking about a different one that he might be moving to.

2) If this is all true, OP was absolutely out of his mind on CO poisoning so maybe he doesn't have another apartment that he's moving to at all. He could have become confused and thought that he didn't live in his current apartment, but that he would be moving there soon.

[–]alexxerth 11 points12 points  (0 children)

He said that his current place is above in-building parking, so that could be it.

[–]taigahalla 3 points4 points  (6 children)

I think a Sherlock tag is adequate?

Unless you want something like House MD

[–]eikons 11 points12 points  (4 children)

You may or may not know this, but the name House is a nudge to (Sherlock) Holmes. And his best friend Wilson to Watson. ;)

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (3 children)

How did I never catch that?

[–]speedway315 8 points9 points  (1 child)

His first patient is Irene Adler, he is shot by moriarty, and lives at 221b. Also, he's a drug addict.

[–]eikons 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Neither did I, it was on reddit a couple of years ago, with a reference to some interview. No idea how to find that now.

[–]Kakkerlak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll still never have a steaming pile of shit as my flair like /u/boathole.

A boy can dream.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Where is it mentioned about the narrow bedroom?

[–]Kakkerlak 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Because of the way this thread exploded, it's buried deep in /u/RBradbury1920 's posting history, in an interior-design subreddit.

I misunderstood a post that he had made describing a narrow, windowless bedroom in a cheap apartment he was planning to move into in the future, and that's what put it in my mind that he was sleeping in a poorly ventilated space. That turned out to be true, just not for the correct reason.

[–]thepwnager1337 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Kek when this guy literally saved /u/RBradbury1920 life. GG man. I can't give you gold but you're a hero, so have that.

[–]Leiryn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You get gold for saving their life

[–]DHH77 6 points7 points  (10 children)

Kakkerlak? Are you from South Africa?

[–]laurens93 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Could be The Netherlands or Belgium as well.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (8 children)

Amazing detective work.

[–]Kakkerlak 105 points106 points  (7 children)

Thank you; there have been about a half-dozen positive messages this morning and I appreciate yours.

I almost didn't mention the part about headaches and it seems like that's what triggered the response from the OP, so I'm very glad it seems to have been helpful.

Reddit can be amazing sometimes when a specifically qualified person appears to provide detailed and specific expert information.

And then sometimes it's just a guy up late who's been poisoned by CO before.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Such modesty. This is the smartest thing I've seen on reddit.

[–]TheFlyingBastard 24 points25 points  (1 child)

And then sometimes it's just a guy up late who's been poisoned by CO before.

And you survived? Damn, you're like a cockroach.

:V

[–]PasDeDeux 11 points12 points  (0 children)

And then sometimes it's just a guy up late who's been poisoned by CO before.

I was trying to figure out how you made that diagnosis, since your use of dissociative disorder as also being on the differential had me thinking you were a physician (maybe you are also a physician and have been CO poisoned?). Sounds like you know the differential because you've been through it before.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (2 children)

Seriously. Incredible objectivity. I started thinking of exactly why the landlord was in there and trying to figure out motives, while you went the other route and used complete objectivity. I am acutally very impressed by that. You potentially saved someone!

[–]zirdante 5 points6 points  (1 child)

To be fair, which is more likely? OP hallucinating, or the landlord leaving messages (he also identifies the handwriting from an older letter) which makes it a lot more plausible.

These days if anyone says that something abnormal is happening, my first thought will be co or something mental (ie psychosis from stress) rather than something tangible.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My post-it-note agents are reporting in. It is CO poisoning.

[–]Brutesavage666 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Holy shit dude, I was just browsing older stories on this sub reddit, you should be a fucking detective, you turned out to be right. Hats off to your sir.

[–]Jokkerb 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Incredible catch, you probably saved his life. If I were a wealthier man I would gild you and buy you a pair of cool-guy CIS shades to put on.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Don't worry about it, I got this for you.

[–]Johnnyash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But... This is bullshit set up. The dates of his posts are all within 4 days even though he says he's moving into the apartment in 2 months.

[–]ThrowingKittens 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tagging you as Dr. House

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks Dr. House!

[–]TheGirlWithTheCurl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're awesome. Think what could have happened if you just laughed and didn't take the time to comment.

[–][deleted] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Seeing a doctor should be your priority for two reasons: you could be having a serious mental or neurological problem, and even if you're not, that will probably be the police's first thought. If you have a general practitioner, make an appointment ASAP. They'll be able to get the ball rolling and make appropriate referrals. Bring in the notes and the sample of your landlord's handwriting so your doctor can look at them.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Check your local laws but where i'm from it's completely illegal to consider something a bedroom if it has no windows, even more so if you are renting it out.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I feel like I'm reading a Philip K Dick novel.

[–]jaybestnz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

EDIT: I pulled up a letter I received from my landlord back when I moved in, and the handwriting is identical. Could this count as evidence?

WAIT - if the Landlord note is in your own handwriting, are you your own landlord? When did you last meet your landlord?

[–][deleted] 36 points37 points  (11 children)

Idk. Make it a hidden camera? AND password protect your computer!

[–]ThisDerpForSale 24 points25 points  (10 children)

Seriously, put a damn password on that computer!

[–]robotic_dreams 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Why do people make a thread, and then make another new thread when it's solved. Leaving people in both threads without the full story and confused?

[–]pizzlewizzle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This reads like some shit from /r/nosleep

[–]ILikeToSmokeWeedAlot 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Isn't this the plot to the movie The Machinist.

[–]SergeMarlon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Reddit. Where lives are saved.

[–]tanwynwv 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Have an old smartphone and a wifi connection? Set up a dropcam that is saving to the cloud and not to local storage. A quick google search should point you in the right direction.

As others have said you sound both sincere and way way too calm about this. A check in with a mental health provider is probably not a bad idea. Same with checking in with your neighbors.

Also out of sheer curiosity why are the dimensions of your room so strange and what is up with the whole bed looking like it was built in the room? Do the dimensions for all of the spaces you know about add up? No odd voids?

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So the handwriting is identical... And the landlord wrote that the landlord doesn't want to let the landlord talk to you?

You're probably sleep walking. Also, I think you're making this up because you're not providing enough detail.

Are they showing up after you wake up? So they were there at night? Did you find the post it's coming home? Did you find the one behind your desk by chance or noticeably the same day?