In my neighborhood , there’s an unknown walker

Maybe he walks a route

and picks it up when he passes again ... so he doesn't have to carry it the whole time.

We did this when we lived next to a park.

Dog would poop and we'd bag it, leave it by the entrance, then grab it on the way home.

Unspoken rule, few folks violated it. Lots of dogs off leash against regs, though.

Does he wear a blue jogger outfit? Was he ever caught? *

Are you asking for a friend? *

If you punch me in the stomach, I'll tell you. *

And nobody returns it to him?

He’d never get away with that in my neighborhood

A phantom bagger? *

... could be a Curb Your Enthusiasm plot. *

I used to find some of those. Baffling, especially given

That it was a rural mountain road with the houses spread out about 1 every 1/4-1/2 mile. If you don't want to pick it up, fine, just kick it to the side and the flies will eat it in a few days, but don't bag it, that just means someone has to deal with the damn bag.

Used to have neighbors that would ride their horses and leave their leavings in the road too... always thought that was a bit rude. But after afew days it'd get run over by enoigh carsto more or less disappear.

I figure that people intend to walk back and collect.

Dog shits at the beginning of a walk. Person bags it, then figures they don’t want to carry it for a mile so they will just stash it over here and pick it up on the way home. Life happens and they forget. That’s my charitable explanation.

I have a less kind explanation

I live in a suburb with about 300 homes on 6-7 streets. People bring bags because they know people will see their dog crapping and be on alert to see if they bag it. I know I will take notice to see if that happens. So they bag it and move along, but when they are in an a more private area when nobody is looking they drop it and keep moving.

I think a lesson in tying a slip knot would help these jerks

I'm racking my brain trying to understand what would motivate one to drop the bag and leave it. Here's where I've landed: Carrying a tied bag holding it from the top is annoying. Your hand is encumbered, and although the bag is not heavy, grasping it continuously for a long time is a nuisance. Holding it from the bottom is just yuck. So the assholes among us drop it when they figure they can get away with it.

With a simple slip knot I make a ring with the clean part of the bag that I then slide my pinky through and then tighten. Solves the problems above. My hand is mostly free to do whatever I'd like with no trouble. I have zero issue holding the bag throughout long 30-45 minute walks, after the dog poops 3-5 minutes in.

This is infinitely more detail than I ever thought I would write on how to carry a dogpoop bag. Now back to my day.

That's probably not the worry in my case *