AICHI, May 07 (News On Japan) - A 61-year-old woman was arrested and sent to prosecutors on May 4th in Togo, Aichi Prefecture, for allegedly throwing a bird carcass into her neighbor’s yard, in what police say was part of a long-running neighborhood dispute. Security footage captured the entire incident.
Around 4 a.m. on May 5th, several police officers gathered outside a house in Togo, where the woman, a resident, was arrested. The arrest stemmed from repeated acts of harassment targeting a neighboring household.
Rewinding to the afternoon of May 4th, shortly after 3 p.m., the woman was seen returning home and getting out of her car. Moments later, she approached the neighboring house carrying something in her right hand and tossed it into the yard — it was the carcass of a bird, partially decomposed and showing signs of skeletal exposure.
"I was bringing in the laundry from the balcony when I saw something strange in the yard. When I looked closer, I found the remains of a bird with feathers still attached. It was so odd I initially thought the wind might have blown it in, but checking the security camera confirmed the woman had thrown it. It felt eerie and disturbing," said a neighbor.
According to police, the woman was arrested on suspicion of violating waste disposal laws by discarding a single bird carcass into the neighbor’s yard. The neighbor also reported that this was not an isolated incident — they had been subjected to various forms of harassment, including stones and trash being thrown onto their property.
"There were two or three confirmed cases caught on camera, but the harassment was daily. She would blast loud bass music at night, throw stones that scratched our car, and dump garbage near other homes. We even captured some of it on our security camera," said another resident.
Residents say the woman moved into the neighborhood around summer last year, and problems began soon after.
"Things escalated after the Obon holidays. My child came home by car, and she complained about the noise from the car door closing. That triggered verbal abuse from her — shouting 'shut up' and 'drop dead' from inside her house. It became a regular occurrence," one neighbor recalled.
In a video recorded in October, the woman was seen entering her neighbor’s yard, facing the security camera and yelling "stalker" before returning to her home.
The trouble didn’t stop there. A resident recalled confronting her late one night: "I saw her reaching over the fence through a back window around 1 a.m. and asked, 'What are you doing?' She yelled, 'You're the noisy one!' and started shouting loudly."
Attempts to resolve the situation through conversation were unsuccessful. Recordings captured her shouting, "What are you doing?" and "Get a grip!" along with repeated banging sounds and shouts of "drop dead."
Police say they have received more than 50 reports related to this neighbor dispute. The woman has admitted to throwing the bird carcass, and authorities are continuing to investigate the broader circumstances surrounding the harassment.
Source: Nagoya TV News
