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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/velvetchartreuse on 2026-02-11 22:24:27+00:00.
This wasn't today but happened a while back.
I used to live in a house in the suburbs close to some agricultural and industrial land. My house had the largest backyard out of the neighborhood and the house sat on a corner in the neighborhood. Outside of the neighborhood theres an access road that has a railroad and a huge empty field. You could use it to hop my neighbors fence and then you could hop into my backyard.
In the backyard you could see the city but the biggest thing you could see was the water tower. It was right outside my neighborhood.
One night after getting home from a festival I was smoking weed (weed wasn't legal yet) and had this green laser. It was a high powered laser that could pin point, kolidescope, or diffuse through the lense to cover more area with light. I was really into them at the time and had different colors. The purple ones were my favorite.
As I was fidgeting with it in the backyard I aimed the laser to the water tower. The entire water tower lit up green for a few moments and I finished my joint. I went back inside for some munchies, high as hell, unaware of what would transpire.
I knew at the time that it was illegal to point a laser at a plane. Why anyone would do that anyway is beyond me.
Well I didn't break any "laser" laws, but it didn't stop several police officers from showing up at the house. They were asking my granddad who is an airforce veteran if he knew who was pointing the laser at the water tower. Meanwhile I am in the hallway with my sandwhich, chips, and soda out of view from the kitchen or the front of the house hearing this go down, worried I am about to get into some deep shit not because of the laser but because I had weed on me.
My granddad kindly told them to fuck off and get off the property.
Yeah, I could have gotten busted which is really the TIFU part but after that I stopped using my lasers in my backyard.
My granddad had my back and I fucking love him for it.
TLDR: I lit up a water tower with a green laser while smoking a joint and the cops showed up trying to find me. Granddad told them to fuck off and get off the property saving me from having to face the police while high.