MReeter
Platinum Member
Dark Side? We live in Mo.,in the middle of farm country.I have a cousin by the name of Robert.Robert owns and operates over 3,000 acres of land,most of which is River bottom land.All the ground in the "bottoms" is protected from flooding by levees.These levees were built by him at his expense,not DNR or Corp structures.In the summer months when its dry the local Morons go out and do a little 4-wheeling on peoples private land in the bar ditchs of the levees.Understand, Robert has invested a LOT of money in his land and a LOT of money in planting his crops.He has been plagued with trespassers,pouchers,trash dumpers,you name it.He has built expensive entrance gates and done about everything you can immagine,trying to keep these idiots off his property.Well,one Saturday night the Morons went out to tear some stuff up,and literally buried two pick ups in one of his bar ditches.Sunday morning Robert and his wife were out looking over the crops when they spy these trucks stuck in the muck up to the bottom of the windows.Robert calls the county Sheriff and asks him what he could do about this and what were his rights.Sheriffs reply,do whatever you want,it's you property,you'll never hear a word out of us.That's all it took,about 1/4 mile away sits Roberts Trackhoe,now this a specialty hoe with about a 60 ft. reach and a big bucket,designed for cleaning out drainage and levee repair.In just a little bit he grabbed the first truck and has flipped it over about 4/5 times and drags it out the edge of the field.He rolls the second truck over 4/5 times and sits it right next to the first.After getting them positioned where he wants them,side by side,he walks the hoe up and over whats left of these two trucks.Before he flattened these things he got the licence numbers off both trucks,his wife called the Sheriff back to find out the owners.Sheriff called owners(two kids) still living at home with mom and dad,and told the parents they better get the kids toys out of this guys field while they still could,not knowing what had already happened.Well,when everybody started showing up,including the Sheriff,the poop hit the fan.Sheriff basically told parents and kids they were S.O.L. They had abandoned these vehicles on this mans property,and he was justified to do whatever he saw fit.And that was it.Robert and his wife returned home,brought back a 4 wheel drive Deere,hooked on to the scrape,and pulled them out to the county road off his property and thats where they lay.First thing Monday morning a flat bed car hauler shows up,wenchs these two "things" up on the bed and off he went.There was never another word said about this incident,at least not from the kids or the parents.Needless to say,Robert has not had any problems with Morons and the like for a couple of years now.
