Wow, neighbors not affected. To wierd.. Do you have an enemy? like made some
kids mad recently? Sounds like this person knows you,and has a personal
vendetta against you. Hope you catch the jack ass on tape and make him or
her, or them pay for the damages. Good luck.
----- Original Message -----
From: Sevrence, Sean (S.J.) <ssevrenc@visteon.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 5:50 AM
Subject: DML: NOW: Damaged lights WAS: offtopic - holiday - USA
> Good Morning DAKnuts!
>
> I need to vent a little. Some moron has decided to make "its" presence
felt
> by destroying our lights. Not just once, but two separate incidents. We
use
> white lights on the house, red on our wooden fence, and green on the
> evergreen and trees. All in total 2,800 lights.
>
> Incident 1:
> Thursday Dec 6 - Friday Dec 7 between the hours of 11:00PM and 6:00AM.
East
> side of house has wires cut and bulb sockets removed. Not just the bulbs,
> but the socket itself was cut away! On our 12' tall tree, across the top
was
> cut in half (approx 10' high) with some more plugs cut off. Here's the
> kicker the set on the eves.....at the end of one string and beginning of
> another, this connection was laying on the inside of the gutter. The wires
> were cut and the end of the one string. Mind you this is 8.5' off the
ground
> with nothing to stand up on for access.
>
> At first, we just noticed that the end of that string was cut -- could
have
> been a squirrel being that it was in the gutter. When replacing that
string,
> we noticed the rest of the damage.
>
> Incident 2:
> Sunday Dec 16 between 1:20AM and 7:30AM. Got home from a Christmas party
> (Driving the Dak!!) The house was lit with the exception of the original
> damage (too busy with school to fix them). My wife woke me up after
letting
> the dogs out (Yes dogs!! No barking!!) to ask if I left the lights on?
Yes.
> Were they all lit? Yes. Including the garage? Yes. Now, only the peak of
the
> house and one of the sections on one string (33 lights) work. That's
it!!!!
> The perpetrator must have used pliers and pinched the bulbs themselves to
> darken the lights. All along the house and fence and trees, only 233
lights
> remain. Sheriff was notified around 7:45AM. These unknown case will be
> difficult if impossible to solve.
>
> Now, I ask you. Why? What on this Earth is the reason for this? Did this
> effect the spirit of Christmas? No! Did this upset us? Yes! Are we going
to
> fix them? Yes! Is there going to be surveillance? Yes! Will "it" be
caught?
> Only if "it" does it again before Christmas! Christmas day they are coming
> down after the family leaves.
>
> None of the neighbors are having any problems. We have been here for 6
years
> without any problems. I don't get it. Thanks for your time! I wish you and
> your families all the best this holiday season!!
>
> I will advise if "it" is caught.
>
> Sean
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>
>
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