Then one afternoon, things escalated even further. Someone from the HOA actually showed up. They stood outside Darren’s property, spoke with a few neighbors — including Mark — and after hearing enough concerns about the tire stacks, they decided to call the police to have the situation looked at properly.
So Mark waited. Along with two HOA representatives and more than one curious neighbor pretending not to watch, he stood nearby as the police arrived and went into Darren’s backyard. For a few minutes, nobody said much. Everyone just waited. Then the officers came back out.
And to the clear disappointment of almost everyone standing there, they explained that Darren wasn’t actually breaking any laws. The tires were on his own property, inside the fenced backyard, and as strange as it looked, there wasn’t enough for them to take action. Then they left.
And somehow, that made the whole thing even more frustrating. Because now the mystery wasn’t just weird. It was officially untouchable.