Not entirely sure where to post this...
Went scouting unit 10 (big bo ranch, specifically) this weekend with a buddy of mine. It was the opening weekend, and near as we could tell we were close to the first ones there for scouting, or at least very near to the first. Drove to check out a couple spots for familiarization, and coming around a bend in the road we saw what we thought was a huge bonfire next to the ranch road. As we got closer we saw it was a juniper on fire.
So my buddy pulled over his vehicle and I pulled mine over, as a white pickup had three kids run into it from across the road, after having just set another fire there. There were now three fires total on both sides of the road.
My buddy and I were unsure if it was some weird controlled burn at night. After a couple seconds we used what we could, a fire extinguisher and some water. The truck put its brake lights on and came to a complete stop about 40 yards from us. Then continued driving and took off down he road.
We figured if it was some sort of controlled burn that they would have asked us to stop putting it out, and we didn’t think a mid 30s guy with three kids would be setting them... and then leave them unattended.
Having no cell reception we had to drive down the road to high ground to make a call. We spotted three more fires about another half mile down the road. Contacted game and fish as well as sheriffs office. No ranch contact info in our possession. Gave them all the info and the vehicle and people descriptions.
Drove along seeing if we could find any other burns to call in as we had no way of putting them out at this point.
The next morning by the time we got back the burns were out, and dug around, and marked with “second spot” “fourth spot” etc. we thought this all to be extremely odd, any ideas as to what might have transpired, so we might better understand? We called it in as we thought it was arson.
Crappy cellphone pics.
Went scouting unit 10 (big bo ranch, specifically) this weekend with a buddy of mine. It was the opening weekend, and near as we could tell we were close to the first ones there for scouting, or at least very near to the first. Drove to check out a couple spots for familiarization, and coming around a bend in the road we saw what we thought was a huge bonfire next to the ranch road. As we got closer we saw it was a juniper on fire.
So my buddy pulled over his vehicle and I pulled mine over, as a white pickup had three kids run into it from across the road, after having just set another fire there. There were now three fires total on both sides of the road.
My buddy and I were unsure if it was some weird controlled burn at night. After a couple seconds we used what we could, a fire extinguisher and some water. The truck put its brake lights on and came to a complete stop about 40 yards from us. Then continued driving and took off down he road.
We figured if it was some sort of controlled burn that they would have asked us to stop putting it out, and we didn’t think a mid 30s guy with three kids would be setting them... and then leave them unattended.
Having no cell reception we had to drive down the road to high ground to make a call. We spotted three more fires about another half mile down the road. Contacted game and fish as well as sheriffs office. No ranch contact info in our possession. Gave them all the info and the vehicle and people descriptions.
Drove along seeing if we could find any other burns to call in as we had no way of putting them out at this point.
The next morning by the time we got back the burns were out, and dug around, and marked with “second spot” “fourth spot” etc. we thought this all to be extremely odd, any ideas as to what might have transpired, so we might better understand? We called it in as we thought it was arson.
Crappy cellphone pics.
