https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2022/05...hWGTQeN0ltvG0xv7qoBNU9EWwdB7ooncbq_2dxI0






Ok, well that’s just hilarious.

Kingsland, Arkansas, is a tiny little town in Cleveland County, that’s not known for anything really… except being the birthplace of Johnny Cash.

And in honor of the Man In Black, Kingsland’s water tower features a silhouette of Johnny holding a guitar.

However, according to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, somebody recently put a bullet in right in Johnny’s crotch and not the water tower is leaking conveniently from a place that makes it look like Johnny is taking a leak.

Not gonna lie, it’s pretty hilarious to me…

However, Kingsland City Council Member Sharon Crosby didn’t find it so funny:

“Kingsland received a $300,000 grant that we used to entirely refurbish the interior and exterior of the city water receptacle.

After realizing what had happened Tuesday morning, our water department director contacted state and local authorities regarding the vandalism.

At this point we are waiting to hear more from the investigation, but Cleveland County has a very good sheriff’s department. Sheriff Jack Rogers and investigator Gary Young are working hard to find the responsible person.”

And it apparently isn’t the first time it’s happened:

“This happened before in 1993 when someone shot a hole in the tank. He was charged with a class 3 felony and fined $11,000.”

Vandalism? Yes
Felony? Yes
Hilarious? Yes

Yup, just because it's wrong doesn't mean it's not funny!

Wonder what it costs to patch a hole and fix whatever liner is inside
one? Do they drain them or use divers?

Got a 100k tank on the ground behind my work, it holds our firefighting water. They have had divers in it several times to patch things.
Cheaper to do that than shut down the plant, drain and refill the thing.

Maybe the could use some of that sh it they advertise on tv.

Flex Seal

What a dumbshit. I hope they sling his sorry ass.

That’s funny

I can't look at it without laughing. Quite the marksman. That said, I hope they catch him.

Not saying it’s right but at least it’s funny. Some ol southern country boy said “hold my beer and watch this.” Lol

What caliber would it take to do that?

OK, that's funny...

One end of Ft Bragg, N.C. is sandwiched between the towns of Spring Lake, and Bonnie Dunes/Fayetteville. There's a large water tower just off Ft Bragg in Spring Lake that in about 1977-1978 started leaking kinda like the tower pictured above.
More than once the city limit signs had cardboard taped over them renaming the town "Sprung Leak".

I'd think a 22-250 would do nicely

Edited to add; No experience, mind you...

Money shot right there.

Reminds me of the Calvin and Hobbs window stickers. I'd put a Brandon yard sign under it and start taking pictures.

Perp wasn't some punk holding his 9mm sideways.

Time for a self tapper.

Didn't the guy who got drunk and shot the Alaskian pipeline use a .338 win mag to poke a hole in it?

A Magnum for sure.

When I was a kid one of the local wild children finished up his meal in the local cafe and walked out and plugged the water tower three times with a 30-06. It sprang three leaks just like that.

That guy now is a successful business man and the county coroner.

Put a rubber on it.....

Back to the top for a good laugh.
I think even Mr. Cash would have found it funny.

Yup.

BTW, there's no "i" in Alaskan.

Good talk, coach!!

You may color me 'skeptical'.....

The stream seems awfully thick, even for a 1/2" hole..........

And the hole/shot seems to have been made spot on, in both the vertical and horizontal to produce that stream, straight out with little distortion.....

I don't have an education in Fluid Dynamics, but it just seems a bit perfect.

IDK

...shot a tower in Kingsland just to watch it leak...

Now that's funny

Not to mention that that shot would have had to be angled upwards, with the relative issues that causes.

Looks like at least a 20mm hole. Maybe drilled by a tower climber.

Bruce

Not funny.

Aiming for Male genitalia. Gotta be a 6.5 Creed.

At least that's what I have learned here over the years.

A 6.5 Creed would have punched out the other side.

It's definitely real. Here's a link......


https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/may/15/kingsland-water-tower-shot-silhouette-of-johnny/

The Mayor is pissed.

Nah, a 6.5 Creedmoor would have entered through the back door, as it were.

That’s piss poor behavior

Wait until the vinegar starts running out

Town I grew up in was about 1000 people. Sometime around 1980 there was a party at a house by the water tower. Somebody got drunk and shot the tower like that.
I heard it was a 30-06, but it sure sprung a leak just the same. The city saw no humor.

Laughing but someone is going to be pissed

Barnes, and pick one.

Fuu.uucking w water source and I bet the state or feds may not see any humor in it either.

This is no laughing matter.

The hole is the least of their worries.

Now the Entire city water supply is CONTAMINATED with lead.

They need to drain that tank and flush out the entire city water system ASAP before people start getting sick and babies are born with two heads.

Time is if the essence.

Hopefully the shooter used a Barnes bullet.

Alternatively, just to watch it dry.

My mother's family is from Kingsland. My Mom was Salutatorium of her class of eleven graduates. She had met Johnny Cash on one of his family' s trips back when he was a kid.

I hated to visit family in Kingsland. It was a dirty little town.