I got back to my car at the station quite late last night. I knew I was going to be late, so I parked at the car park where it faces the main road - a quite busy one - thinking that would be pretty safe.

When I got in to my car, it was pouring with rain, and very dark.

I noticed I couldn't get my seat quite right (I normally have it right forward to drive, but I put it back out when getting in and out) but didn't think much of it.

Almost as soon as I got in, I called DH because he'd tested me to see if I could grab something from the shops.

The shops are maybe 100m up the street, so I ducked in there first. I noticed my radio was on the wrong station, but thought I must have knocked the button with my umbrella in my rush to get in.

I went to the shops, got back in the car maybe 10 minutes later. No worries.

Driving down the street, went to turn the radio up - the buttons on the steering wheel are missing. (Tuens out they were on the floor, and one of the clips is broken).

Suddenly, I connect the random dots - seat not quite right, radio on wrong station - damage to car.

Has my car been broken into?

I had a moment of sheer terror wondering whether there was some maniac in the back of the car... I remembered that I'd put the shopping on the back seat, but it was so dark and still raining hard, I can't be 100% positive I really looked in there ... I seriously considered pulling over and just getting out, or doing that thing where they tell you to get in a minor car accident so there's other people and the would-be-abductor runs away, but I figured that if they were going to do something they would have by then.

DH had a good look at the car with a torch, and is satisfied that there's no signs of break in.

So WTF?

What do you reckon?

Someone broke in very neatly to get out of the rain, listened to the radio (magically, without needing to hot wire it) and broke the radio button when leaving?

Aliens?

Clip broke itself, I bumped the radio station button (different buttons) onto another station, and the seat was just me not feeling it?

What do you think?