Maybe It's My Drone
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (112717)
United States
March 28, 2023 4:46am CST
A couple of years ago my wife bought me a drone while she was out shopping. I had been wanting one for a while but didn't want to spring for one. Cheap me. It wasn't much. About $20 or so she paid for it.
I opened it up, took it into the backyard and set it on the patio table, hit the button and "vvvvvvvrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeee.....," it shot straight into the air and disappeared.
That was it. Not even 20 seconds.
Now, just the other day, on the Metro East Crime page someone posted finding one in their backyard not far from where I live.
I'll bet that's my drone. lol
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11 responses
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
28 Mar 23
Very slow drone. It took couple of years to land into nearby backyard 
or did it travel long and came back crashing near you
or did it travel long and came back crashing near you2 people like this
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
28 Mar 23
Why didnt you go find it Jim in the first place"
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@porwest (112717)
• United States
25 May 23
My guess is that it probably went miles and miles into the air when it happened. I literally could no longer see it. Because they are so light I am sure it hung in the air having caught the wind and just traveled as far as the wind would carry it before it finally lost momentum and crashed somewhere. I don't think any amount of effort to find it would have been fruitful. That baby was GONE! LOL
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Mar 23
I bought my son a mid-priced drone for his birthday several years ago. He promptly went outside to try it out and immediately got it stuck in a tree way too high up for us to get down. It is still stuck up in the tree to this day. lol
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@porwest (112717)
• United States
5 Oct 23
lol. I imagine one could put together an entire and very long book detailing all the follies one has run into with those damn things. Hell of a business though. I mean, if people keep destroying and losing them...presumably that's good for business.
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@porwest (112717)
• United States
5 Oct 23
@moffittjc Thanks. That was a bit of a long one. 5 months or something like that. Have I missed much?
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@lovebuglena (52143)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 23
Why didn't it fly back to you?
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@lovebuglena (52143)
• Staten Island, New York
29 Mar 23
@porwest But isn't there a remote control button that does that? That lets you maneuver it back to you?
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
17 Apr 23
That's the end of a lot of drones. Vreeeeeee and they crash into the garage door or they disappear. Sorry you lost yours.
