[Cliff R]

It was talked about it on occasion but then you put yourself at their level and also risk spending the rest of your life in jail even though you were doing the community a huge favor.

They also stayed behind the high fence and in the compound most of the time, and very seldom seen during the day. It wasn't like you would ever go over there and see someone out throwing stick for a dog, or cutting grass, etc. The only way you would see one of them is if you ventured too close to their property and they picked you up on camera.

My very first encounter with them was also in 2003 a few weeks before they came in where I was bowhunting and fired dozens of rifle rounds from 40-50 yards away. I was going down Ghilcrest road and passed their "compound" and saw two bucks fighting in a field on the same side of the road. I stopped the truck and got out to get a closer look. I wasn't stopped 2 minutes and a Chevy Blazer came rushing up behind me and pulled over. This guy jumps out and started asking what I was doing. I told him I was watching two bucks fight and also if he was the Game Warden? He stepped back for a moment and said no. He wasn't nice at all, but calmed down some when I told him I just moved in and was driving around the neighborhood. The conversation was brief and we both left after our short echange of words.

At that time I didn't know who he was and didn't learn about their exploits till after the shooting incident bowhunting. From that point on my guard was up and I NEVER went anywhere without being armed to the teeth and made it a point to avoid their compound at all costs.

One also has to remember that 20 years ago the encounters with them were less often and less violent. They begin to happen more often and more violent as the years went by, then they really escalated two years ago when their father passed away. Most likely he was keeping them at bay, but that's just a guess on my part........

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-new...Qhe02tDOGhH1q4

PS: I'd like to see some pics of the seats in that armored vehicle.......I'll bet the two SWAT officers greased them up some when those two rifle rounds hit right in front of their faces!