MOULTRIE, Ga. — “Good fences make good neighbors,” wrote poet Robert Frost, but a taller fence may have made a better neighbor for one Colquitt County family Tuesday night.

Locking the doors may be a good idea as well, as the man seen swimming in the pond was spotted an hour later walking out of their house.

Colquitt County deputies were dispatched at about 12:50 a.m. Wednesday to the 600 block of U.S. Highway 319 North. At that time a firefighter in the area reported that the same man had been “acting strange” and walking in between fire trucks.

Police also were told that a neighbor was upset because the man had been on their property and possibly inside their residence.

But before that firefighters were dispatched at about 11:03 p.m. to a report of a fire under a shelter at the Chevron station at the intersection of Veterans Parkway and U.S. Highway 319.

There was no fire at that location but firefighters were directed to a nearby residence where a Chevrolet Tahoe under a carport was fully engulfed in flames, according to Moultrie Fire Department reports.

The fire was under control at about 11:18 p.m. The owner of the Tahoe, Jonathan Weaver, told firefighters that he had driven the car at about 6 p.m. and it seemed to have no issues.

Exploding tires could have been responsible for loud bangs reported around that time.

Later when deputies arrived just after midnight, the man reported for wandering around said that he had moved into the same block about a week ago and “was just trying to get to know my neighbors.”

One resident told police that his son and daughter had seen the neighborly gentleman jump the fence into their yard several times. At about 6:30 p.m. one of them saw him in their pond “bathing in the rain,” and an hour later walk out of their house.

A family member thought is was a friend of the father’s at the time.

Police gave the man a trespass notice informing him not to return to the property. No arrest was made.