A Burlington resident who has noticed a man taking her family's garbage from the curb says the mystery man's strange actions make her feel "really violated."

Natalya Smardon captured the man on video twice, but says it has happened at least five times.

"It's creepy, it's really, really creepy. I feel violated," Smardon told CBC News.

Smardon's mother first noticed that the garbage was going missing about 10 weeks ago. They weren't too concerned at first, until they actually saw it being taken a few weeks later.

"The third time I happened (by) pure luck looking out the window saw a car pull up, take my garbage," Lorraine Smardon told CBC News.

The family decided to keep an eye out so they could capture the man on video. Two weeks ago, Natalya Smardon captured the man while sitting in her car.

"I had my seat reclined back a little bit watching him do his thing," she said.

She didn't get a good shot of the man's face but did get the car's licence plate.

On Thursday, she filmed the second video that clearly shows the man's face.

The man drives up and leaves his car running and stopped in the middle of the street. He gets out and looks up and down the street before running up to the bags, grabbing them off the curb outside the home, stuffing them in the trunk and driving away.

The family still doesn't know why he's taking their trash.

"You don't know what people are thinking, you don't know what they're trying to do, what they're looking for," Dave Smardon said.

The family contacted Halton police, but were told there's nothing they can do.

"Although unusual, it does not constitute the offence of theft under the Criminal Code," Halton police told CBC in a statement.

"Garbage placed at the curb is deemed to be abandoned by its owner and therefore any expectation of privacy is removed."

The family hopes that going public with the story will yield some answers.

"All I can do is share the story and hope that people know that this actually happens," Natalya said.