A TikTok user says a person trying to buy his property for a data center has been leaving him gifts in an apparent effort to convince him to sell. The user, who goes by Homer (@homer4400), shared the claims in a series of videos that have reportedly drawn more than 2.9 million views on one clip alone. According to Homer, the strange behavior started with an early morning text message. He said the message came from someone identified as a realtor or a person looking to buy his property. Homer described the situation as “super weird” in his videos. He said the person who reached out told him a gift had been left for him and his family at the front of his property. “It’s 6 in the morning. I got a text at, like, 5 in the morning from the realtor – or the guy that wants to buy the property,” Homer said in one video. He went on to say the texter told him, “I left you, you and your daughters a gift at the front of your property.” Homer says gifts and contact attempts continued over time In a follow-up video, Homer showed what he said were the gifts left for him, which included a $250 Outback Steakhouse gift card, a $250 Nike gift card, and $400 in cash. Homer speculated that the gifts may have been connected to a previous conversation he claims to have had with the alleged realtor. Homer has claimed in subsequent videos that the contact did not stop there. He alleged that he received texts from multiple phone numbers, and that new messages kept arriving even after he blocked individual numbers. He also claimed to have received additional gift cards, cards purportedly made of 24-karat gold, and that someone paid off one of his credit cards without his consent. @homer4400 #ok crazy ♬ original sound – homer BroBible reported that there are reasons to view the claims with some skepticism, including the credit card allegation, since paying off someone else’s card would typically require account information that a realtor would be unlikely to have obtained from a simple property conversation. The outlet also pointed out that other content on Homer’s page may raise doubts about the claims. As one example, the outlet noted that Homer has a separate video series in which he claims a branch appeared to float in midair on his property. @homer4400 #update ♬ original sound – homer Homer apparently is not the only person who has claimed that companies seeking to build data centers have used unusual or aggressive tactics to get homeowners to sell. As demand for artificial intelligence processing power has grown, companies have increasingly sought out land for data center construction, sometimes through eminent domain and more commonly through direct purchase offers. Most of these offers reportedly involve cash rather than gift cards, with sums ranging from tens of thousands to millions of dollars, depending on the size and location of the property. In Greenleaf, Wisconsin, property owners received offers between $50,000 and $120,000 per acre from a company looking to build a data center in the area, according to Fox 11 News. On the other hand, a Kentucky case saw a farming family reject a multimillion-dollar buyout offer for similar reasons. Commenters on Homer’s videos used the comments section to share their own views on data center development and how landowners might respond to offers, regardless of whether his specific claims could be verified. “Tell them you’ll lease it to them for 99 years at $1,250,000 a year and it goes up $100k every ten years,” one user suggested. Another proposed, “40 yr lease for 1 million a year per acre, plus 10% profit off of their business.” Other commenters focused on the early morning contact described in Homer’s video. “If they texted me at 5am id automatically never sell it to them,” one wrote. Others offered more direct encouragement, with one commenter writing, “Please don’t sell out,” and another simply stating, “say no to data center.”