Secret GPS tracker terrifies Ontario man

Ontario Provincial Police unable to identify who planted device on truck

by Kathy Tomlinson
CBC News
February 21, 2012

An Ontario man says he’s angry and frightened after discovering someone hid a GPS tracking device under his vehicle, apparently to secretly monitor his movements.

“I was doing just a regular inspection on my truck and I found this black box under my truck … with flashing lights inside,” Ben Ferrill of Warsaw, Ont., told Go Public. “I didn’t know what it was. I didn’t know if it was a bomb. We were scared to death … It felt like a movie — unreal.”

After making the discovery last fall he reported it the next morning to the Ontario Provincial Police. Ferrill said the OPP tried to find out who the device belonged to to lay a mischief charge, but were stymied in their investigation.

“I feel powerless. I can’t do anything about it and I really wish the police did more. I really wish they would do more — and I’m upset,” Ferrill said.

Ferrill said he and his wife haven’t been able to sleep properly since, because they are worried someone is watching them.

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