I own a house that’s part of a housing development. This development is located about 30 miles into the woods. There is a “caretaker” who is paid by the HOA to provide minimal services, including what is laughingly called “security.” He mostly drives a small pick up truck around the development 1x or 2x per day. He's worked for the HOA for at least 12 years.

There have been at least 2 occasions I know of where the caretaker has gone on to my property without my permission or request.

In the most recent case, he wrote that he smelled something bad and came on the property to discover a large dead animal behind my house. The back of the house is at least 50 yards from the roadway and I have some doubts he would have been able to smell something from that distance.

I’ve been away from the house for a couple of weeks, and have not had the opportunity to check this myself, but he later wrote that most of the large dead animal has been consumed, about 4 days after he first found it.

This event is kind of creepy. Not so much due to the possible large dead animal, which happens in the woods, but due to the guy touring my property without my permission or request.

Any suggestions on how to handle this? Should I bring it up to the caretaker, HOA or County Sheriff, or just let him continue to stalk the property whenever he contrives a need?