Chuck_thehammer wrote:
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a friend lets a friend use it for on hour or a day..
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This is an interesting statement. I live in the country with neighbors on both sides of my property. Down the road is a cross road (country roads) and down that road was, what appeared to be, an abandoned house.
Every week-end there were a group of "red neck" idiots (literally) hanging out there driving their 4 wheel drive vehicles through mud, racing engines, and then after dark begin shooting across the fields.
The neighbor beside me and I talked about this situation several times, but really couldn't do anything about it, since we had no investment in the property, just noise, autos racing in mud, and shooting (which is not uncommon where I live).
Until one day (or week-end night I should say, bullet holes appeared in my neighbors garage AND the side of the church down the road from us.
My neighbor called the county sheriff and they did some investigating. Found out, the abandoned house actually did belong to someone who lived in Indianapolis and supposedly he bought it so fix it up and eventually live in it.
One day, my neighbor saw a vehicle parked at the house and decided to ask questions. Turned out to be the actual owner of the property, and when my neighbor explained the gun fire and two building shot full of holes, he became outraged and explained:
He let a friend of his have access to the property on the weekends for private use, under the assumption, bonfires and family get togethers. He did further investigating with HIS friend and HIS friend invited someone else to the house and it was the FRIEND of the FRIEND that took the liberty to go over on their own, do the mud 4 wheeling and the gun shooting! Of course the owner was outraged, apologized to my neighbor for the bullet holes, and forbid HIS friend from every setting foot on the property again!
Ever since, it's been quiet across the field!
True story! Never trust anyone with YOUR property!
