Unexpected household item mysteriously appearing in US mailboxes heres why you should leave it there

Opened your mailbox lately to find a random household object in with your daily selection of bills and junk? Don’t be creeped out by the mysterious placement, and definitely don’t remove it — your mailman will thank you.Here’s why it’s there: As temps rise, out come the yellowjackets and wasps.And apparently, they’ve got a thing for dark, cozy mailboxes. Unless, of course, there’s something in there they don’t like: scented dryer sheets.

Which is why mail carriers across the country are turning to the unlikely weapon. “We’re almost to the month of May which means… the return of those dastardly devils,” wrote one postal worker in a Reddit post that’s buzzing across the internet and resurfacing the timetested method just in time for the summer seaason.“We’ve found that they hate scented dryer sheets,” the aforementioned letter carrier revealed.“If we encounter a box that is a problem for nests, we’ll often put one in there and it does the trick.”So before you freak out and think your house has been marked for a home invasion — yes, someone in the thread did float that theory — consider this your official PSA: Leave the sheet alone.“I can’t tell you how many times… I’ve opened up a box to see a little nest with 3-5 Yellowjackets just chillin,” the same carrier wrote.

“Last year alone I was stung 10 times on 10 separate occasions.”And these aren’t gentle greetings from nature.“We all know how temperamental these little douchebags are,” the mailperson added.

“Merely existing in their presence is enough to piss them off.”The trick isn’t just a fringe tactic — Redditors have chimed in to say it works at restaurants too.“We learned long ago to put a few dryer sheets under the tablecloths on the patio,” one Californian wrote.

“Yellowjackets often get into the guests’ plates, especially if they smell salmon.”The scent is the secret sauce — not the brand.And while it’s a handy deterren...