Pulling in the driveway one night after a high school basketball game, I see a vehicle running across the back of my place. As I pull out the lane to investigate, they zoom back South and run right into the ditch at about 40 mph. Dead stop. I pull farther out and shine the headlights downhill to the truck, and see a person exit with a long gun, and slip into the cornfield. I shout out to identify themselves, but no reply. I drove back to the house, called the local police and grabbed a pistol or two. I could see the truck from the barnyard, so I kept watch, the officer was there in a matter of minutes. We drove out the lane and hiked down to the truck. Two gutted deer in the back, no tags. The officer calls in the plate number and it starts to get interesting.
Truck is registered to the old guy who owns 20 acres next door, but lives about two miles down the road. He just rents out the little shack on the 20 acres. I had never seen that particular truck before. I think, "crap, what have I stirred up now". As we walk up to the car, a car pulls into my driveway and drives out the lane to us. It's the 80 plus year old man himself! Claims he was driving the truck, got stuck, then walked two miles home to get another car and drove back over (all in about 20 minutes). He's clean and dry, swears he was driving. Police, with backup want to stop up to the rental house. There they find a 13 year -old grandson, covered in mud and corn fodder, quite upset. About that time, the son shows up, drunk off his you know, and lights into the officers about the situation. Despite a very checkered past and his current state, they talk him down, and size up the situation. They had some story of shooting the deer up north a few days before and some new tags to put on them. When they come back to me, ask what do I want to do? I say- let the old man come drag the truck out with his tractor, no charges, nothing . He shows up the next day, pulls it out and gone, blames me for calling the police and getting his wonderful family in trouble.
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