Boy, Robert, that had to be nerve wracking. Glad it turned out OK. We/ve
got nutso's here too.

John

On 9/14/2012 11:36 PM, Robert Keezer wrote:
> OK- it's my turn to add my true story from years ago about river access back when I had a splittie..
> I met the Deliverance local!
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>   I launched a canoe in a slough and when I returned a day later, my 1964 VW bus was chained to a high voltage utility pole.
> There was a note on my windshield telling me to go to the farmhouse up the road to get the vehicle unchained. I unchained it myself seeing it was just bolted together .
> I left the chain on the ground, drove up under the one car railroad bridge and stopped in front of the farmhouse. A farmer was in the front yard mowing his lawn. I never should have stopped. He was wearing a gun holster.
> He looked over at me, drew his gun, and demanded to know what I was doing on his property. My map showed the area is a wildlife refuge, so I stood my ground and told him I was canoeing and never sit foot on his land.
> He demanded his chain , and aiming his pistol at me, he demanded I get his chain.
> So  sped down the hill, got the chain , and when I got back to the bridge, he was blocking it with a pick-up truck.
> he was standing next to it, and pacing back and forth across the entrance, he said "Were going to do this my way" .after I asked him to call the police. At this point I think I heard banjos..
> Next, I said , I'm leaving! and I turned the bus around, and drove it to the dead end where the freeway is. I ran up the bank and there just happened to be a State Patrol parked nearby, who gave me a ride to town. He said he could do anything about it, the it was out of jurisdiction.
> By midnite the county sheriff arrived , 5 hours after I called, and found that there was a tractor blocking the road under the bridge instead of the truck. They arrested the farmer and made him move the tractor.
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> I drove out of there and never went back to that slough don't know what they did, if anything, to the farmer.
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> Robert
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> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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