A 60-year old man from Forest Lake, Minnesota, is in jail after threatening his apartment building’s caretaker with a handgun after the caretaker attempted to remove a bird nest from the building. Details as to what species was involved are not available, but the gun was reportedly a .45 caliber, and it was given up to police without confrontation when they arrived to arrest the bird-nest-protecting gunslinger. The fate of the nest is unknown.
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Well, threatening someone with a gun is always bad.
However, I can’t deny a certain amount of sympathy.
Although he went a bit too far, good for him sticking up for birds! We should start a defense fund.
Nice catch! You must have a hell of a good google alert system going!
@Jochen and Pat: I agree…though I don’t think that the defense fund will be getting a contribution from me.
@Greg: Thanks! I have my methods…
The original article has moved. It is now here:
http://forestlaketimes.com/2010/07/08/dispute-over-bird-nest-leads-to-gun-play-arrest/