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Yep. The laundry window faces the shed, although unfortunately not the side gate. I've mounted the camera on top of the washing machine which had a decent vantage point
It’s probably too dark now but tomorrow place the can back in front of the door.
Also check for fresh signs of smoking.
Don’t confront anyone that you notice, call the authorities instead.
Also sometimes an automatic sensor light coming on might spook them.
Tonight I put one of our wooden outdoor benches next to it. it's fairly light, so i'd suppose they would still move it if they wanted to. We do actually have an auto sensor light, but theres a spider living in there which sets it off every couple of minutes, and my new camera is good in low light or regular light, but takes a solid 20 sec to adjust between sudden light changes, so I decided to just flip the light switch a few times which makes it stay on until turned off again
Edit: I realised I needed to text the cameras motion detection thingy, so I went outside and put the paint cans back. To be honest, I want whoever's moving it to do it again tonight so I can get them on camera and know for sure who/what/when it's happening. Or if by some almost miracle it is the wind or some sort of wild animal, I want to know so my mind can be put back at rest. I don't want whatever's causing it to get spooked and leave it alone. I confirmed the camera's motion detection works fine as well.