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

[Michael Murray]

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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