Post by coolplanet on Aug 30, 2013 22:10:14 GMT -5
There is a vandal in my neighborhood.
I first noticed it back in 2008 when my Obama For President sign was thrown into the street three times, and then finally burned.
I reported it to the police, telling them “Now I know how it feels to have a cross burned in my yard.”
Every year since I’ve noticed strange goings-on in my yard, like new bamboo plantings yanked out, sequoia saplings hacked up, and a magnificent 12-foot sequoia by the mailbox suddenly die. I attributed this to deer although it sure looked like the work of human hands. Of course I’m crazy.
Then last Spring I notices that our big rose bush had been hacked to the ground, and that it had been cut with sheers. The only animal I know that can make such a clean cut is a beaver, but we don’t have beavers in my suburban neighborhood.
I was ready to report this to the police but my significant other talked me out of it, pointing out how crazy it would appear. So I didn’t.
Today I was spraying my two remaining sequoias with sulfur soap - to treat the sudden blight that appeared last month - when I noticed that a bunch of limbs from my Dawn Redwood were on the ground. When I examined them I immediately noticed that they were cleanly cut from 10 feet up in the tree.
We don’t have deer that big in Pennsylvania and as far as I know, beavers don’t climb trees. And squirrels are not capable of making such a clean cut.
What else can I suspect besides a neighbor or a stalker? About 10 years ago we received nasty notes in our mailbox complaining that we were feeding the deer, and then two of our expensive bird feeders went missing. It intimidated us enough to stop feeding wildlife.
What I most hate about this is suspecting my neighbors.
I am reporting this to the police tomorrow. Not that they can do anything about it. I just want it on the record. Because I will catch the sick bastard fucking with my trees and prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law.
I first noticed it back in 2008 when my Obama For President sign was thrown into the street three times, and then finally burned.
I reported it to the police, telling them “Now I know how it feels to have a cross burned in my yard.”
Every year since I’ve noticed strange goings-on in my yard, like new bamboo plantings yanked out, sequoia saplings hacked up, and a magnificent 12-foot sequoia by the mailbox suddenly die. I attributed this to deer although it sure looked like the work of human hands. Of course I’m crazy.
Then last Spring I notices that our big rose bush had been hacked to the ground, and that it had been cut with sheers. The only animal I know that can make such a clean cut is a beaver, but we don’t have beavers in my suburban neighborhood.
I was ready to report this to the police but my significant other talked me out of it, pointing out how crazy it would appear. So I didn’t.
Today I was spraying my two remaining sequoias with sulfur soap - to treat the sudden blight that appeared last month - when I noticed that a bunch of limbs from my Dawn Redwood were on the ground. When I examined them I immediately noticed that they were cleanly cut from 10 feet up in the tree.
We don’t have deer that big in Pennsylvania and as far as I know, beavers don’t climb trees. And squirrels are not capable of making such a clean cut.
What else can I suspect besides a neighbor or a stalker? About 10 years ago we received nasty notes in our mailbox complaining that we were feeding the deer, and then two of our expensive bird feeders went missing. It intimidated us enough to stop feeding wildlife.
What I most hate about this is suspecting my neighbors.
I am reporting this to the police tomorrow. Not that they can do anything about it. I just want it on the record. Because I will catch the sick bastard fucking with my trees and prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law.
!!!!!! :-)