wonderpony
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- Jul 24, 2020
The Ben Saga.
Preamble: one corner of my property is at an intersection of two roads, with a third road a hundred feet away, or so. It is also in a dip. People go way too fast here. Three weeks ago, some dude missed a turn and slid sideways across my road and ended up against some trees, which is good. If he hadn't, he would have ended up in a ravine. That was on a Tuesday. My horse gets Tuesdays off, and I plan on sleeping in. That didn't go as planned. The dude was fine, his dog was fine (my bigger concern), and as the day wore on, a tow truck and a trooper showed up and remove the truck from my property. Somehow, the guy had managed to extricate his truck from the trees across the road and get it into the ditch on my property Thanks. But, whatever, and it was gone.
A week later, some other dude (Ben) crashed on the corner, and has become a major PITA in my, the troopers, and all of my neighbors' lives. He wanted me to lie to the troopers that I had given him permission to park in the ditch on the corner of my property. Fail. He has been back to my house four times about various things relate to the crash. This past Sunday, he stopped one of my neighbors (and her large, rowdy GSD/Husky/Wolf cross) asking to borrow a phone because he had left his at the convenience store. She said no. He flagged me down for the same, I said no and came in to do yoga. Ben hung out on the road near my house for an hour, flagging people down, trying to get a phone to use. Eventually, he left. Later, I found out that he went to my barn owner's house, and she gave him her phone to use to track down his phone. Today, I got an email from a guy that lives around the corner, that I have only met a few times, that Ben had run into the guy's wife, and used her phone for the same purpose Only, it turned into a 15 minute phone call, and the wife couldn't get the phone back. Today, Ben hung out in the field next to their house for three hours. If Ben is telling the truth, he doe live around the corner, and lives next to the guy who emailed me. He has also creeped out my ex and his GF, who live around the corner from me.
So, the long story, short ending is... In the past two weeks, some weird dude crashed into the corner of my property, pissed me off and is creeping out my neighbors. He doesn't seem to be sober when you talk to him. But. So far, Ben, has been very respectful when he has come to my house. I was cooking one day and told him it was a bad time and to wait, which e did, and made himself at home on my porch. My son also gave me a tune up lesson on the Ruger. I felt much better after that. My gun skills were rusty.
WP
Preamble: one corner of my property is at an intersection of two roads, with a third road a hundred feet away, or so. It is also in a dip. People go way too fast here. Three weeks ago, some dude missed a turn and slid sideways across my road and ended up against some trees, which is good. If he hadn't, he would have ended up in a ravine. That was on a Tuesday. My horse gets Tuesdays off, and I plan on sleeping in. That didn't go as planned. The dude was fine, his dog was fine (my bigger concern), and as the day wore on, a tow truck and a trooper showed up and remove the truck from my property. Somehow, the guy had managed to extricate his truck from the trees across the road and get it into the ditch on my property Thanks. But, whatever, and it was gone.
A week later, some other dude (Ben) crashed on the corner, and has become a major PITA in my, the troopers, and all of my neighbors' lives. He wanted me to lie to the troopers that I had given him permission to park in the ditch on the corner of my property. Fail. He has been back to my house four times about various things relate to the crash. This past Sunday, he stopped one of my neighbors (and her large, rowdy GSD/Husky/Wolf cross) asking to borrow a phone because he had left his at the convenience store. She said no. He flagged me down for the same, I said no and came in to do yoga. Ben hung out on the road near my house for an hour, flagging people down, trying to get a phone to use. Eventually, he left. Later, I found out that he went to my barn owner's house, and she gave him her phone to use to track down his phone. Today, I got an email from a guy that lives around the corner, that I have only met a few times, that Ben had run into the guy's wife, and used her phone for the same purpose Only, it turned into a 15 minute phone call, and the wife couldn't get the phone back. Today, Ben hung out in the field next to their house for three hours. If Ben is telling the truth, he doe live around the corner, and lives next to the guy who emailed me. He has also creeped out my ex and his GF, who live around the corner from me.
So, the long story, short ending is... In the past two weeks, some weird dude crashed into the corner of my property, pissed me off and is creeping out my neighbors. He doesn't seem to be sober when you talk to him. But. So far, Ben, has been very respectful when he has come to my house. I was cooking one day and told him it was a bad time and to wait, which e did, and made himself at home on my porch. My son also gave me a tune up lesson on the Ruger. I felt much better after that. My gun skills were rusty.
WP
