Another unsolved mystery?

Normally, I love receiving gifts.  I am always thankful and appreciative, no matter how big, small, expensive or inexpensive the gift is.  However, this latest gift I received, IF it is a gift, has left me feeling more than a little ambivalent, quite confused and totally in the dark, actually.

I returned from celebrating a birthday weekend, to find the following package in my mailbox. Now this mailbox is not my Canada Post one; it is just a box wall mounted by my front door. 

This package of two butane lighters, President's Choice brand, was not wrapped, nor did it it have anything at all attached to it, or any markings.  I was immediately curious as to who would have left what was really an odd gift, so I set out to find out the giver, to thank them. The giver would have to have known that a) I don't have a BBQ, and b) I only use these lighters to light my candles.  Not many people would even know that.

Well, forty eight hours later, messages I had sent, coupled with texts and phone calls, still had not revealed the giver.  I had asked all my closest friends, and many family members, if they had left these lighters in my mailbox. I even checked with neighbours, to see if they had been expecting these items to have been left in their box. The responses were all negative. 

It was the next evening, and a thread I started on Messenger with my brothers, lead to such comments as, "Maybe someone is telling you they want to burn your house down."  Bad joke from my jokster brother. Another brother warned me that that was very dangerous, as drug addicts could be roaming my neighbourhood, checking for items they could steal to support their habit, and butane lighters were very dangerous. What? This is Bathurst, not Edmonton.  I don't doubt we have our own social problems, but this kind of speculation was a stretch.  

However, I was beginning to get upset, as it was late in the evening, I hadn't slept well, and as a woman who lives alone, for the first time I felt a little vulnerable.  It WAS ridiculous to feel that way, but... I think my youngest brother sensed this, and bless his heart, added this to the thread, "Maybe someone thinks you are a hottie!"  Well, that was totally ludicrous, but it made me laugh out loud, laugh at the situation, and laugh at myself. 

A good friend who had been perturbed by my inquiry, and had sensed my growing frustration, dropped in to see me the next day, worried that I was flipping out on this conundrum.  

Thankfully, a good night's sleep gave me a brighter perspective. I put the package in my camping gear box and resolved to not give it a moment's thought.  Obviously, I HAVE, because I am blogging about it, but I have accepted that I will probably NEVER know why this package of lighters was left in my box.  

One last thought has me thinking that maybe the giver was rattled by my questioning, so much so that he/she is afraid to own up, since I did tell one person that if I found out they had lied to me, I was going to kill them. That wasn't very nice of me, was it? :)