Been here all my life, it ain’t just Skidmore that handles business when need be. Bullies get theirs, sometimes even one with a badge. The most shocking part of the story to me was this guy living as long as he did. Been lots of folks lost in the woods or drowned in a lake for less. Sometimes a lot less. Them folks in Skidmore are a patient bunch.
Too patient. First time some son of a b**** shot at me for no damn reason he ain't going to do it again. I'll take my chances with the law
Same here. That's the point of my original post. That SOB would have simply disappeared earlier and for less, in most places in MO. You really piss off folks here, you got it coming, and what or who you are doesn't matter. If the lights went out here for long, we'd be back to Hatfields and McCoys in a flash. The mentality still exists, it's just under wraps with most folks.
Some reading this thread may think the Missouri attitudes described may be just bluster and baloney. I lived down in Dent County for eight years. I can assure you that the attitudes and descriptions in this thread have basis in fact. Treat folks right and with respect and they were.... for the most part....real good folks. Mess with them more than once or twice and real trouble can come your way.
Just one of dozens of stories.... I shot a snapping turtle down at my pond one morning.... an hour or two later, I had three kinda owly guys at my door asking about their recently gone missing coon dog. They were not happy and certainly accusatory. I was an outsider and they thought I might have shot the dog. Sure glad I wasn’t that guy.
The Skidmore incident fits right in with attitudes I observed.
