If it were just trash, why go to so much trouble to make sure the lid stayed on? I'd just have to know what was in there and because I'd be worried it was something previously alive, I would want someone else to open it.
I know what you mean... I sure don't want to open it.
We get deputies out front here at least once a week or so. They sit out front and chit chat, or do paper work or something... Next time maybe I'll walk out there and talk to them about it. I do wonder....