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Seems really creepy

Kids in the neighborhood watching, would be my guess.

or not in the neighborhood seeing if they can make the news. the new fashion activity.

Your scenario is possible. Could be some neighborhood kids (or a mentally disturbed neighbor) pranking him for some odd reason. Especially if they somehow got hold of his credit card info.

This reminds me of something I was involved with as a kid. Back in those days, magazines had all those "blow-in" cards in which you could sign up for subscriptions, not just for magazines but for things like record clubs and other products.

Well there was a neighborhood bully that my friends and I wanted to "get back at" so we would collect those cards and fill them out, carefully using block letters so we weren't exposed by our handwriting, and sign this kid up for pretty much everything under the sun.

Pretty soon, this kid had all kinds of crap showing up on his doorstep by way of the US Mail. We were pretty detailed in our mischief too, signing him up for Playgirl magazine and ordering nothing but Barry Manilow and Donny Osmond albums from Columbia House and whatnot, in order to cause the most embarrassment possible as he tried to explain to his parents.

We finally stopped when we realized that postal inspectors were probably starting to investigate and would soon get on our trail. We were never caught and it's something I'm not very proud of today, but back then, we thought it was the most awesome prank ever.