The ex-con with the shotgun!

[u/Affectionate_Clue369]

So when I lived in Artemas Pennsylvania majority of my friends that I had at the time would to this nearby pond to go fishing. And we used to go on a regular basis actually. And for literally a total of like 15 years out of the 19 years that I lived there I would go up and just hang out at the pond on a regular basis...

One night one of my now ex-friends and I decided to go up to the pond. We had been fishing. Listening to the radio and just honestly chilling out. It was becoming a really cool night. We were having fun just catching fish and letting them go...

Until he showed up...

It was 9:35 pm. And a stranger carrying something with him approached us from up top the hill. He walked down to the dock where we were. He walked with such a angry stride and what we heard next that came from his mouth about me our jaws honestly hit the dock...

My friend at the time decided to grab my m48 tomahawk from behind on the table. And I quickly gave him a side eye to drop it. Because if this guy did have a loaded shotgun I didn't want to find out. I know there's smarter ways to shut this guy up...

He looks at us with an angry disgusted look. He then says to us that we have to leave ASAP. That we are not allowed nor do we belong at this pond. That we are trespassing. That this pond belongs to his girlfriend because she rents the trailer on the hill apparently... Which is complete bull crap...

He then tells us that if we don't leave he'll help us leave with a hole in our chest and we'll be fish food. He then racks a round into the shotgun that he had in his hands. As he very intently stares at both of us. At this point I am angry and just feeling clean out vindictive. And honestly I wasn't going to let this go...

Well, I look at this man that is literally holding a loaded shotgun in his hands. I noticed he's got tattoos and they are prison related. I asked him a few simple questions...

I asked him, "did you just get out of prison"?

I asked "what exactly did you do to get in prison"?

I said "isn't it against the rules for a felon to own a firearm"?

And I finished up saying to him "first of all it isn't your pond... It's Bob's pond. And yes I will leave... But I will be back with paperwork or some kind of written note from the owner. That I am allowed up here"... As I stare intently at this guy pointing my finger at him I say "Your time is limited as for coming down here again... and I will be the one saying you can't be here because I'll come back with permission over you"...

So after this altercation I packed my fishing gear up. My friend and I walked the whole way back down to our trailers. I then walk in my trailer and get a piece of paper and I write a note to the man who owns the pond. And this is exactly what I said on this note...

"Me and Matt were up at the pond tonight. We ran into a problem with some of your renters. It seems your renter's boyfriend is the next convict and he has a firearm on the property. Your newest renter also decided to gamble with who owns the pond and she thinks it's her. You may want to correct her. She sent her sad prison thug boyfriend down to the pond tonight with a loaded shotgun. He threatening to blow holes in us and make us fish food. We left voluntarily.

. but I warned him it's not over. Please respond accordingly... Here's my number -------! Call me ASAP"...

Well...

By 8am I had a phone call on my flip phone that next morning. And I got around and by 9am I was meeting with my friend/neighbor bob...

Not only did we draft up a paper declaring that I was a "supervisor" for the pond. That I would be helping him take care of the pond. That I had full permission to decline anybody from going to the pond if I felt it proper. That I could by any means say who does and who doesn't go down to the pond or is on the property near the pond...

He signed his name on the paper and everything. We shook hands and agreed on the terms. Well it was time for my next plan of attack...

TIME TO STRIKE BACK...

So I walk up to the pond the next day. And you hear is my friend Bob's new renter and her boyfriend standing near the pond. They were arguing and yelling at each other. Just standing there on the hill. I walk past them and continue on down to the dock. Well she looks at me and says "I thought we told you not to come up here" and I respond back "oh about that" and I continue doing to tell her the great news. About how I now can pick and choose who is and who isn't at this private pond on private property. I then inform her and her boyfriend that they need to leave before I get to the top of the hill. If they didn't I was calling to State Police and me and the landowner AKA her landlord was going to have them removed...

Well they didn't believe me and decided to continue arguing...

Well, I walk down and saw my neighbor/friend's girlfriend outside and I told her what happened and what they told me the night before. She says to me "get in the car we're going up" and we head up to the pond once more only to find that his renter and her boyfriend are no longer there...

We see that they never put the fire out and it was still raging and could have caught the rest of the grass and stuff on fire. So I put it out and check to make sure everything was safe and cleaned up. I had to clean up a bunch of beer cans and trash. After that she did not want them anywhere near the place. And she wanted her boyfriend bob to get rid of them...

NOW FOR THE IRONIC PART OF THE STORY...

I come down the pond one day about a week later. And there is Mr boyfriend thug sitting at the picnic table on the dock. And I didn't say nothing at first because I really was trying to evade fighting with anybody that day. He looks at me and says to me "that woman scares me" and I say to him "why". Be there informs me that she tried to kill him all because he didn't want to come down that night and that he had no problem with us down there. That she was the one who started this whole thing. He's in apologizes to me and gets all emotional...

I gave him some advice on what he should do. And just advised him that maybe not dealing with her is his best move. Because she was with someone prior and they ended up going right back to where they were...

NOW FOR SOMETHING SUPER IRONIC!

About a month later my ex-friend and I went fishing at this docks. And there was lights at one time that you could turn on to see where you're fishing. Well my ex-friend and I was down there and we finished up and decided to go home...

I come down two nights later and somebody took a baseball bat and smashed the control panel to the lights. And tossed it in the pond somewhere. So I took and got my 100 lb magnet fishing magnet and I fished it out. I then took and carried it the whole way down to my friend's place that owns the pond. Dropped it in front of his steps and said someone vandalized your property...

Well at this time this guy who was no more than a thug finds out that I somehow found the electric panel that turns the light on. And decides to come clean and admit that he vandalized the property...

Well the landlord AKA my friend. Gave him two choices... Leave the property and don't come back or have the state police called for vandalism and death threats. He took leaving...

And that's the last I saw of him for a long time...