Tuesday, November 07, 2006

966 How to "Get" Someone

Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Used to be if you were vindictive the easiest way to get back at someone was to anonymously claim that they had large quantities of drugs in their home. Or if they had children or animals, to call child protective services or an animal welfare league on them. Or if they had income, to report them to the IRS as having cheated on their taxes.

You've got a new one in your arsenal, and this one sounds like more fun.

Someone made an anonymous call to the police in a city up the river from here, claiming that there was a murdered person buried in the back yard of a certain house.

The police are digging up the back yard. We're talking heavy machinery and 10 foot piles of dirt. They haven't found anything but a few animal bones so far, but they're not giving up. They've expanded the search to a vacant lot next door. A police spokesman has admitted that they have no idea who the victim might be, or any idea who the perp might be, or, really, any reason to believe there is an actual body, but "we're treating this as an active murder investigation".

Hmmm. Might be a good way to get the yard dug up for a new septic system, for free.

1 comment:

Kate said...

Sheesh, that's more vindictive than publishing a classified ad for free Cocker Spaniel puppies with their phone number!