Brian Bowman uses the K word...
Bowman dirt pile issues Bowman fence issues Hole in Sam's truck Visit from the Sheriff Brian uses the K word Missing compost bin Hurled Screw Driver Brian poisons our dog
Things had calmed down a bit and all had been quiet for a while. Then...
In the early evening of June 12, 2012 I was out in the back yard cutting down some weeds that had grown up about 2 feet higher than the wooden fence. (The photos here show the scene after the weeds had been removed) In order to get to the weeds I had to work close to and, in fact, between the two fences. Since I was poking around and making some noise there it didn't take long until Brian Bowman's dog, "Sugar", who is the exact opposite of sweet, started barking furiously and trying to rip the wooden part of the fence down so she could get to me and do whatever that kind of a dog would like to do.
In the past when Sugar has come onto our front lawn to defecate Brian Bowman has cautioned us to, "Stay inside, Sugar WILL attack you." He is quite proud of it. Sugar is loud enough and vicious enough that many people, even with the last name of Bowman, will not approach if Sugar is out and about.
In this case, however, I saw that the two fences were holding and that, although only inches from me, Sugar was not going to "get me". I continued with my weeding. It certainly had not occurred to me at this point that there was about to be another "incident" with Brian. Yet Brian Bowman eventually came over to the fence (on his side). I heard his approach. He came up very close to the fence and quietly said (without preamble), "If anything happens to my dog, anything at all, because of whatever you're doing there, I will kill you." I replied (as calmly and quietly as I could under the circumstances), "Brian, do you really think that my doing some weeding is going to harm your dog?" Brian said, "Anything AT ALL. You've been warned." Then he walked off - perhaps to polish off another quart or two of vodka, his favorite.
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Update from June 13 - Alas we live in Lane county, not the city of Eugene - even though our address is Eugene. It's complicated. The police say, "We don't work in the county, only the city. Call the sheriff." Nor will the Eugene Police accept reports from county residents. On the outskirts of Eugene, Oregon one household may be "in the city" while the immediate neighbor is "in the county". It's a patchwork. The sheriff knows about the Bowman family... Last night one of them walked out into the middle of the street, chambered a 12 gauge round, fired it off, then walked calmly back into their house - for no particular reason. We're a long way from civilization...
Bowman dirt pile issues Bowman fence issues Hole in Sam's truck Visit from the Sheriff Brian uses the K word Missing compost bin Hurled Screw Driver Brian poisons our dog