We have a very visible metal hoop barn, which can be seen from the intersection of a busy state highway with our county road. That is well over a mile away, which is saying a lot for a place where there are huge stands of trees all around. It evidently draws them like a moth to a flame.
The last one that came by gave the name of a prominent neighbor as a favorite customer of his. I had him standing on the office stoop, and Mike saw him, slipped up behind the truck and saw the SC plate...we are in NC, near the VA line, so he was a good ways from home. I called the sheriff with the plate when he left.
In our part of the South, there are all sorts of scammers. Some drive around with a piece of rotten wood, and claim to find it in tne framing of the house, after doing an " inspection". They beat people - especially elderly ones -out of a great deal of money, where there is little to spare.
I think they run slip and fall scams on small businesses, too. Like I said, that movie is very instructive. Interesting culture and clan....
