Why not take a 12-gauge shotgun and shoot the image of our hobby? It would have the same effect.
I'll wait to hear Mike and Sonny's side of the story before I pass judgement, but unless it's a good explanation - they have both lost my respect and business. MikeG On 4/2/09, Darren Garrison <[email protected]> wrote: > Finally, a detailed account: > > http://www.wjbf.com/jbf/news/crime/article/meteorite_hunters_jailed_in_burke_county_for_trespassing/12297/ > > The True Citizen | Liz Billups > Published: April 1, 2009 > > Burke County, GA—According to “The True Citizen,“ two Southwestern meteorite > hunters found fame they weren’t searching for. > > Just one week after Las Vegas meteorite hunter Ralph “Sonny” Clary, Jr. was > interviewed by WJBF News Channel 6, he and Arizona hunter, Michael William > Miller, were arrested for criminal trespass in Burke County. > > According to officers, the pair was searching for debris from the big March > 20th > meteorite sighting, when they zeroed in on a farm in the northern portion of > the > county, without permission. > > “They went from famous to infamous,” one ranger said, after the pair was > carted > off to jail. > > The landowner called authorities, Monday morning, when she saw a strange Kia > Rio > parked on her property, and suspected poachers. DNR rangers say they were > thrown > off by the tiny white compact car, which is not popular among turkey > hunters, > but backed the landowner’s suspicions when they saw camouflage clothing > inside. > > After an unproductive search in the nearby woods, the landowner had the Kia > towed. > > The landowner and meteorite hunters came face to face when they came out of > the > woods and found their car missing. They knocked on her door for help; she > ordered them to stay put, then both parties began simultaneously calling the > cops. > > Clary and Miller told officers they hadn’t damaged anything and just wanted > to > pay the towing bill, and be on their way. The landowner said the men were > profiteering on her property, without permission, and that she wanted them > prosecuted “to the fullest extent.” > > The suspects are scheduled to appear in state court, Wednesday morning. > > Would-be criminals should probably take heed. Last October, the same > homeowner, > at age 66, held two burglars face-down in the dirt with her pistol while she > waited for deputies to come arrest them. > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ......................................................... Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network. Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com .......................................................... ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
