On a unrelated thing, I called 911 last month. I was out putting firewood in the greenhouse heater about 3 am. I noticed a light shining into the greenhouse and thought that looks brighter than the security light from my neighbor.They do what they can, it is what it is. If it's an emergency don't call the GW, call 911.
When I step outside I see it is a vehicle up at the intersection. I figured it was one of the locals stopped for a restroom break or grabbing another cold one.
I hear the vehicle door close and the vehicle continues up the road that goes to the houses behind me. Then I see a flashlight shining where the vehicle had stopped.
I figured it was a spotlighter going to walk the road and check out my fields. I walk out to the south so I could see them when they got past the trees in the fence line. I never saw anything and went back to the greenhouse.
It was then that I could see the person was trying to set fires. I got on the phone with 911 and told the dispatcher what was happening. It was probably at least 200 yards away so I couldn't see any details on what the vehicle was.
Luckily there was a light frost and the fires never got going. The vehicle came back and picked up the arsonist and headed east towards talihina while I was on the phone.
I didn't have my spot sprayer ready because it's winter and don't want the pump to freeze. Dispatch contacted the volunteer fire department. The fire fizzled out before they arrived. It took 30 minutes for them to get here.
There was plenty of standing prairie grass that would have made a good fire had it not been for the frost .
I don't know if the call was worth it as the fire department said unless you know who it was it doesn't really do much good. At least I hope they are aware of someone is out there .
I know it's a long read. That's how it is here. I never saw any law enforcement. Since I couldn't see what they were driving I couldn't give them any information.
The road that goes up behind me is a dead end . Anyone that travels that direction has to come back the same way. There's a few people back there that are certainly capable of that. They drift in and out of jail.
Most of the time they don't bother me and I don't bother them.
County sheriff office is 30 miles away and you have to go through the wilburton pd to contact them.