[meteorite-list] -2 arrested update (Dude-- Where's My Car edition)

From: Michael Murray <mmurray_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:07:21 -0600
Message-ID: <BD00DB3C-B6E7-4D12-9F44-A95A2F588FC0_at_montrose.net>

Not saying anything against this farmer in particular but that's a
real possibility anywhere... to run onto a clandestine lab or weed
patch. Or, even a shroom growing operation. Not entirely impossible,
especially here in Colorado. The people involved in these types of
activities might react to your presence in any number of goofy ways.
I'd rather take my chances with a rattlesnake.
Mike in CO


On Apr 2, 2009, at 3:20 PM, MeteorHntr at aol.com wrote:

> List,
>
> I haven't talked with either Sonny or Mike yet, but some of this
> story
> smells a little fishy.
>
> Not that you can believe anything you see or read in the media, as
> stories
> seldom get confirmation before deadlines have to be reached, and
> stories tend
> to get sensationalized for sales and ratings purposes. After all,
> the first
> story just gave the teaser info and for only $28 more you can read
> the rest
> of the story on the paper's website.
>
> One thing that sticks out in the second story, was that it was
> reported that
> Honorable Judge Jerry M. Daniel told the guys to each pay their
> $2,000 fine
> then told them "to get out of dodge.? Now, if he actually said
> that, isn't
> that a bit strange? I mean, after child molesters pay their debt
> to society,
> even they still get to move back into their old communities. Does
> a judge
> actually have authority to ban people from an entire county from
> the bench?
>
> Does this imply that meteorite hunters are worse than child
> molesters?
>
> It was mentioned that there often is a "good ole boys" network that
> supercedes the rule of law in many places. I would never imply
> that this might be
> the case here, but it makes one wonder.
>
> Of course, I can understand someone not wanting people on their
> property.
> And that is why it is always good to get permission to hunt, and if
> that
> permission is in writing, all the better.
>
> I had an "Aha" experience when I was driving with a fellow
> meteorite hunter
> at West a couple of weeks ago as we drove up on a land owner and I
> stopped,
> got out and introduced myself, and asked for permission to hunt on
> his ground.
> The man said quite plainly "No." So I asked him "Why not?" And he
> could
> not (or would not) give me a reason. We talked a little more, when
> I asked
> him if he was planning to look himself, and he said he was too busy
> to do it
> himself. Again, I asked him why I couldn't look.
>
> He did not say "I don't want you spooking my cattle." Or "I don't
> want the
> liability if you get hurt." Or "I don't want you making money off of
> something that I would just as soon let rust away."
>
> He didn't offer a good reason or even a bad reason for that matter.
>
> When it was obvious I wasn't going to get permission, I excused
> myself and
> went back to the car to go find another land owner down the road to
> ask. When
> I got in the car, my friend asked me: "You know why he doesn't want
> to let
> you hunt don't you?" I said "No, why?" He stated matter of
> factly: "He
> didn't want you to find his Marijuana Patch."
>
> Aha!!!
>
> Of course I don't know if that was the real case, but if it was, it
> made a
> lot of sense, and it would explain why he couldn't give me a
> logical reason on
> why he didn't want me on his ground. If he had a $500,000 cash
> crop growing
> out there, only bad could come out of someone wondering around his
> land.
>
> I am not saying that Sonny and Mike almost stumbled onto a secret
> garden in
> Georgia, or that the judge and other law enforcement personnel
> might have
> been partners in some "Southern Mafia" where they would want ALL
> meteorite
> hunters to stay out of the ENTIRE county and away from their
> retirement fund.
>
> I am just saying something seems a little fishy with this story. I
> am sure
> we will never know the full story.
>
> Steve Arnold
> Arkansas (some day soon I hope I can drop the "Arkansas" tag for
> good)
>
>
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Received on Thu 02 Apr 2009 07:07:21 PM PDT