kir_kenix
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i recently moved (actually 3 days ago) about 20 miles north to a country home ouside of columbus, nebraska. my new wife and i moved in w/ her parents, as i will be deploying soon and she will need the support of her family to help her through the times. anyway, we live pretty much out in the middle of nowhere, even though we are just a few miles from town. there are about 5 houses w/in about a mile and a half of eachother and we live on a pretty sizeable cattle yard/feed lot.
first day out here while i was moving in i was warned by the family to lock my car doors and watch my dog because there is a man living down by the river. i was shocked to hear that, because i would never allow something like that to happen. her parents are really nice, non confrentational people and i guess this has been going on for a while. they told me that they had confronted him twice and asked him to leave (actually offered him money/ride/food). this had no affect to they called the sherifs department, who made one trip out (you have to walk about 1/2 a mile down to the river and the guy was long gone by then) and dont really seem to give a damn about some homeless guy living on the property.
he has been seen 3 or 4 times digging through the dumsters on the property, but not confronted again. i got sight of him today (thru a 20x spotting scope) and hes a pretty scurvy fellow. i told my wife i was going down to the river and to watch me thru the scope and call the police if i was attacked or whatnot and i walked down there. i was armed and walked down (getting very muddy as it rained a bit today).
i said hello and he just pretty much walked away. i didnt want to get super close or chase him down or anything but all i got out of him was a "go the %$&% away!" at about sundown i observed him return to his folding chair and backpack he has set-up down there.
so what should i do? we cant just have some guy living 1/2 a mile from the house, and the sherif department apparently doesnt want to put forth the effort to "evict" him. he's probably not dangerous, but my wifes family is very naive...they dont even lock their doors, thinking that the 6 or so dogs and working farm hands are plenty of security.
what is the legal rights of this guy? the land on the other side of the river belongs (i believe) to platte county, and he is just about on the property cut-off to someone elses land. i think tomorrow before work i am going to go in and talk to the police department, but what other options do i have? is their some government agency i can call? nobody is really ever here alone, but i still dont like the idea of some guy living on the platte river and digging thru my garbage. anyway, any suggestions would be much appreciated.
first day out here while i was moving in i was warned by the family to lock my car doors and watch my dog because there is a man living down by the river. i was shocked to hear that, because i would never allow something like that to happen. her parents are really nice, non confrentational people and i guess this has been going on for a while. they told me that they had confronted him twice and asked him to leave (actually offered him money/ride/food). this had no affect to they called the sherifs department, who made one trip out (you have to walk about 1/2 a mile down to the river and the guy was long gone by then) and dont really seem to give a damn about some homeless guy living on the property.
he has been seen 3 or 4 times digging through the dumsters on the property, but not confronted again. i got sight of him today (thru a 20x spotting scope) and hes a pretty scurvy fellow. i told my wife i was going down to the river and to watch me thru the scope and call the police if i was attacked or whatnot and i walked down there. i was armed and walked down (getting very muddy as it rained a bit today).
i said hello and he just pretty much walked away. i didnt want to get super close or chase him down or anything but all i got out of him was a "go the %$&% away!" at about sundown i observed him return to his folding chair and backpack he has set-up down there.
so what should i do? we cant just have some guy living 1/2 a mile from the house, and the sherif department apparently doesnt want to put forth the effort to "evict" him. he's probably not dangerous, but my wifes family is very naive...they dont even lock their doors, thinking that the 6 or so dogs and working farm hands are plenty of security.
what is the legal rights of this guy? the land on the other side of the river belongs (i believe) to platte county, and he is just about on the property cut-off to someone elses land. i think tomorrow before work i am going to go in and talk to the police department, but what other options do i have? is their some government agency i can call? nobody is really ever here alone, but i still dont like the idea of some guy living on the platte river and digging thru my garbage. anyway, any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Ah, I see now. With all that wind and rain, plus the speed and short duration of lightning, it's a test. Yes, the test that only the true master of the gun can pass.
