The Intruder...

I couldn't find a good before shot of the trees I will look some more and post one if I find it...but this is the after. Our trees were so full and obviously was over the fence and he cut down half of it!!! My Wisteria Lane neighbor Ashley (crazy neighbor lives behind me and across the street from her) got these shots of the man hiding the branches in his trunk...We think he was hiding the evidence of his trespassing! HA..we have proof!

This is how it all played out....

Sammy had a half day and I took the kids to the library on my way home I was talking to my friend Sarah on the cellphone. I walk in and from my garage door I can see out to my backyard and I say "there is a man in my backyard" he was in the tree so my first thought was "Benson must have hired landscapers" but as I thought for a second I realize that he probably would have mentioned that and there was no truck or anything out front...I am still on the phone with my friend (I had more courage being on the phone feeling like Sarah could call 911 if I got hurt or something) and I open my sliding glass door....heres the conversation

Me: Excuse me?

Crazy Neighbor (imagine super thick Indian accent): I am so sick of your leaves I have to cut your tree...

Me: (noticing crazy neighbor has a machetti like weapon) you can't just come in my backyard and cut down my tree...you have to leave right now!

Crazy neighbor: I have to because I call the police and they tell me to cut it down

Me: the police told you to come in my backyard and cut my tree down?

Crazy neighbor: No, I call the Home Owners Association I call the police I don't know what to do because your leaves are all over my yard.

Me: So the police did or did not tell you to come into your neighbors yard with a weapon and hack up their tree?

Crazy neighbor: I called the police..

Me: I get that...what did they tell you to do? (at this point I am trying to catch him in a lie) Look, I am going to call the police because you need to get out of here!

Crazy neighbor: I don't want to fight with my neighbor.

Me: Well you should have thought about that before you came into my backyard when I wasn't home and hacked my tree.

Crazy Neighbor: I knocked on your door first and you were not home.

Me: That doesn't mean you get to come in my backyard...you need to leave RIGHT NOW! And like I would have opened the door to a man I didn't know with a sword!

Crazy Neighbor: Okay, Okay I will leave.

He than hops over the back fence where he came from. Mind you he was wearing No shoes (weird) and I had never seen this guy before in my life!! Who does that kind of thing???

SO I talked to my cousin Meredith (also the previous owner of my home) and she convinced me to call the police. SO I called and the dispatcher informed me that my crazy neighbor had just called and some officers would be out...WHAT IN THE HECK DID HE CALL THE POLICE ON ME FOR???? I informed her of my side of the story and she laughed when I ask her why he had called the police on me and told me because of the leaves...LOOK AROUND...I don't know about your neighborhood but in mine there are leaves everywhere. This guy is NUTS!

Anyway, when Benson got home he gave the guy a piece of his mind and defended our trees honor...poor tree. AND the crazy man had the audasity to get mad at Benson because he had scratches all over his arm from our tree...DUH thats what you get when you cut down a tree with a machetti! Thats when Benson lost it a little but again only to defend the honor of our tree..very important!

The police told us we could file a civil suit but other than that they couldn't do anything. I think we could push the issue if we want because I can't imagine that going into someones backyard and cutting up their tree is legal.

And just so you know, these were really awesome trees (he cut 2 trees) they were sooo full and beautiful and provided so much shade for our yard. We loved them and our neighbor DESTROYED them with his sword (can you believe he used a machetti?) ! Such a crazy day!