What could’ve caused this? 🤔

[jessej]

@Deputy819
Steel or fiberglass door?

 

[steel2]

Tagging in for "the rest of the story" ! My Sherlock self says it was an animal over time going in n out of a cracked open door lol but I'm just a mechanic…..

 

[Bucklowery]

Yea the wear on the trim paint is not consistent with the wear on the door. A animal would leave deep claw mark that would be unmistakable.

Thanks

Buck

 

[Earnhardt]

Get down there and smell it…

I'm guessing a male cat sprayed it…

Stinks like pee/musk, and eats/stains metal like acid…

It'll have an oily feel/texture to it

 

[Hugnot]

Black light makes pee (urine) glow yellow - but this mark does not rub off & is dated & might not smell enough for human nose. Cat pee (urine) is extremely corrosive & sticky (ugly stuff!!) and might still glow yellow upon black light. Might also be the mark of some human pervert on bedroom door. Might be some chemical used to clean deck surface.

 

[Critter Picker]

I had a small dog (20 pounds), when we let her out she would do her thing, then come back and wait for us to open the door. If we didn't get it open fast enough,she would scratch at about that location. When she passed away (12 years old) I painted that door. Steel door,and it was in better shape than that door.

 

[Victor3Ranger1]

Any ideas as to what could've made this "mark" on the bottom of this door & frame? NO….it was not a dog. I'm open to ANY and ALL suggestions because I don't have the first dang clue. Yes, it's part of a case I'm working….
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Almost looks like something poured isopropyl alcohol on the door and lit it up

 

[southpa]

Is this trick question.

 

[Deputy819]

Steel or fiberglass door?

It's a metal door..

 

[Deputy819]

@Earnhardt
I felt it with my bare hands and it was dry, smooth and none of it would scratch off with my fingernail. I did not smell it, though.

 

[Deputy819]

Is this trick question.

No, it's an honest question.

 

[Deputy819]

Looks like exhaust from ICE of some sort. Was deck power washed? Footprint related to kicking ICE that got too close?

You lost me…."ICE"? Immigration & Customs Enforcement?

 

[jessej]

It's a metal door..

If steel, it's not an old mark. Would be corroded.

 

[BK6x47L]

You lost me…."ICE"? Immigration & Customs Enforcement?

Internal combustion engine.