The enthusiast flying the drone didn't try to go into my backyard without my permission, but I still feel violated for snooping into my backyard.

And why should I thank him for not just barging onto my property. I did tell him we do have big dogs and that he was lucky that the dogs were inside. Had they been out, his expensive quadcopter would have been mangled into tiny pieces. I don't even know this person or where he lives. Not on my street nor the street over.

Why do they think its okay to fly into/over someone's back yard and snoop around with the remote video camera. How RUDE!

What would you have done and how do you feel about some stranger peering into a secluded private backyard?