OOO ARRRR ME 'ARTIES!!!

I am disturbed... I may have informed some of you that I very much suspect that our next door neighbour is a pirate.

PROOF THAT NEIGHBOUR IS AN ACTIVE YET INCOGNITO (ALLEGEDLY RETIRED) PIRATE:

1. He runs some kind of business from home involving lots of gold candlesticks, which he keeps in his van

2. His 'brother'(?) has a dog with no teeth

3. He has white hair and looks like an aging pirate

4. He has many vehicles but none of them ever go anywhere

5. When looking at one of the aforementioned vehicles, JT said "why would he want that old boat anyway?" A boat!!

6. He (very kindly) said that because there was 'only him', we could throw any excess rubbish in his wheelie bin. No doubt he will dig it all up later when we are not looking.

7. He has a broad GLAARRRSSSTAAAARRRSHHHAAARRR accent (or maybe it is pirateshire?!?)

REASONS THAT SUGGEST THAT HE MIGHT BE INNOCENT:


1. I have not yet spotted a hook, peg, eye patch or parrot

2. ...er....

Whatever should I do?? How do I find out? I have recently had occasion to talk to this man (and his 'brother' with the dog with no teeth) because Twinkle (who I am sure shares my suspicions.....) has been into his house!! I apologised profusely but he just grinned and said "oii loiiike cats!" I backed away thinking "for dinner?!" He then told me that Twinkle had got stuck in a bin bag and that it was really funny! I wasn't laughing, I just had an image in my mind of the bag (marked SWAG) with poor little Twinkle trying to escape. Also, she tried to jump in their van whilst brother pirate was fixing it, but 'the dog' was on the back seat! Advice needed... How do we find out whether or not he is a pirate??