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My Devious Mind

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My Devious Mind

We have a pretty nice park at the top of the street. Yes it does have a LaCrosse field and we do have to share it for about three months of the year, but it’s very easy to work around their schedule.

There are some lovely hiking trails surrounding the park.  One of the trails leads out of the park and from their, you can hike to any number of lovely areas.  The other trails are fairly short.  You could wander for some time following all the different trails or you can make a quick lunch time walk pretty easily.

Most of the trails are marked but there are some trails the deer and other wildlife have made and if you know the woods well, there’s no issue with following these other trails.

While the dogs and I absolutely adore the woods, the park does not come without its challenges.

  • As I’ve mentioned a million few times a lot of people walk their dogs off-leash up there.  I’m not without some guilt myself, as I’ve let both dogs wander free when the park seems deserted.
  • A good percentage of the dog walking people do not pick up after their pets.  The town has installed a poop station at the entrance to the park and they provide poop bags and dispose of the bags and yet, you still finds piles of poop throughout the park.
  • Local kids love to go into the park and party.  This pisses me off to no end.  Not that they party, but that they smash glass bottles, leave their debris and have bonfires.
The mess in my park.

Those are trees that have either fallen, or the kids have broken them.

I worry about animals getting a hold of the debris, or cutting themselves or worse, swallowing the broken glass and the bonfire….well some of the area around this park does not have public water, they are on wells.  Should the fire get out of control, well it could burn a neighborhood down.

When I stumble upon this mess, it gets my writer’s mind wandering as to how to rectify the problem.  I mean, apparently the kids aren’t afraid of fox, coyotes or fishers.  I’ve thought about pranking the kids.  Is it right?  No.  Is it funny?  I don’t know, you tell me. 

The kids are all sitting around the bonfire, they’re swilling alcohol, smoking cigarettes, maybe a little pot.  They’re laughing, maybe telling jokes or ghost stories.

All of a sudden, they hear a chain saw start up and then the sound of a woman screaming.  The screaming gets louder, whatever it is it’s coming closer, then suddenly a woman bursts from the wood line, she’s got blood dripping from her face and she’s screaming “Help me, help me!”  She stumbles out into the field, followed by a man swinging a chainsaw.

See I told you it wasn’t right. 🙂  

BUT while I was thinking about this post, I came up with another idea for a book.  Honestly, now all I have to do is write the damn things!

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  3. Teenagers can really be a nuisance! They can cause so much trouble and they don’t seem to care one bit about anything and have no fear. We got our ticket to BlogPaws and reserved our hotel ages ago, don’t want to miss it and I am excited to meet you in the fur, I mean hair, or skin, whatever you humans say! Mom is excited to see you again too.

  5. Make sure Chet wears the “Jason” mask!! Lol! And make sure you call me……I’d LOVE to help!!!

  6. Well you could sure freak the kids out with your prank, but do kids these days really freak out about much? lol

    I guess Blog Paws is doing things differently this year. Instead of doing a presentation to a group, you will be sitting down one-on-one with bloggers? So how long is the meeting and how many will you see? I suppose I missed where you explained how it will work. 🙂

  7. Well it may not be right – *maybe* – but neither is what they’re doing and it’s damn funny and would be well deserved. Also might make them think twice about going back again. I’d leave some fake blood behind splattered around their favorite site in case they come back to check things out in daylight. (I’m a writer too!) 😉

  8. I think that would be a great prank. We have the same issue, but the kids here actually set up a little tent city. Once the cold weather set in they abandoned it…but left all their crap up there. Where are the parents?

  10. Ah, I remember bonfires in the desert in my youth. I don’t remember smashing anything and I have no idea who started those bonfires or where the wood came from…I just didn’t think about those things…maybe because I wasn’t taught that wrecking nature like that isn’t a very good thing.

    One time, when I was less old than I am now, my younger brother and I were in the desert (during the day) and we decided it would be fun to start a fire in one of the designated barbecue grills (we were stone cold sober, btw). Then we thought it would be even more fun to throw various things in there to watch them catch on fire (plastic, etc). We never realized that extreme wind plus a roaring fire near a dry desert tree would equal things getting out of control. The tree nearest the grill caught fire SO FAST. Thankfully, there were some old people in RVs nearby and they graciously put out the fire with jugs of water. Sadly, I don’t think my brother and I even thanked them (we were pretty freaked out by what we had done) and we high-tailed it out of there. Looking back now, I am surprised that the park rangers didn’t fine us or call our parents. To this day, I have never attempted to barbecue. Even when I strike a match to light a candle, my hands shake. I have a very healthy fear of flames.

  12. It is your devious mind that brings us here to hear more about S and D. I definitely think you should do your scenario for the local partiers.

    I always forget about Bites and Bytes.

  15. Maybe you could talk to some SCOUT groups or Church Groups or Civic Groups to see if they would be willing to do Dog Park Clean up days… once or twice a month…

  17. Hi Y’all!

    You’re too funny! Too, too funny! But seriously, aren’t you afraid of getting mugged out there alone wandering around those woods?

    Y’all come on by,
    Hawk aka BrownDog

  18. I think you should to do that prank – seriously. It’ll at least give them something to remember and talk about for years. I can see them now in a few years away at at college “this one time in the woods by my house…”

    • No, you know I’m not good with the technical stuff. 🙁 And I’m not versed at all on typepad. Did you use the correct code for Typepad? You can always go in and add a link back to either Linda or my blog. I’m sorry.

  20. If you do decide to prank the kids, make sure you get video of it. 🙂

    We had a close call near my Mom’s house with some kids starting bonfires. End up burning 250 acres and coming really close to a few houses. It’s pretty scary.

    Monty and Harlow

  21. lmao, pranking would be so fun but these days I don’t know if I would do anything with all the crazies out their with their guns and such. So cool you are going to be speaking at blog paws.