Okay, so long ago and far away, I posted an entry about a man named Homer Van Meter who caused a bit of fuss...entry below.
Nothing much happened to me today. My life is dry and boring at the moment. However, Rhinelander (my hometown) is producing the odd news again today:
There was once a man named Homer, really named John. He was ever so slightly off his nut. He wrote a book once talking about his recollections as a Celtic warrior of several hundred years ago (apparently he is a reincarnation of said Celtic warrior) but oddly named himself after one of John Dillinger's gang of men.
This guy, Homer, had a bit of a gunslinging reputation himself. Check this out:
A logger told investigators two men drove up and shot at him while he was working alone in the woods, sparking a gunfight in the forest, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department said.
John "Homer" Van Meter of Rhinelander told investigators he had never seen the men before and didn't know what prompted the shooting, said Mike Caylor, communications officer with the sheriff's department.Van Meter, 52, was in serious condition at an area hospital Friday with three bullet wounds to his torso and a graze wound to his head, Caylor said. The injuries were not considered life-threatening.
According to the account Van Meter gave the sheriff's department:Van Meter was working around noon Wednesday in the town of Tomahawk when a passenger in a black sport utility vehicle got out and began shooting at him with a handgun.
Van Meter ducked behind his truck, where he retrieved his own pistol and returned fire, which he believed injured the passenger.The driver emerged with a rifle and began shooting, but Van Meter said he probably injured that man as well, and the driver got back in the SUV and drove away without the passenger.
The passenger started running through the woods, so Van Meter grabbed a 12-gauge shotgun and continued the gun battle until the man disappeared. Van Meter sustained the torso injuries during the chase.He walked back through the woods, discarding his shotgun by a road after he grew too weak to carry it. Wardens with the state Department of Natural Resources found the shotgun by the road Thursday.
Van Meter sought help from a homeowner, who called 911."Everything we're finding in terms of physical evidence is matching up with what Mr. Van Meter is telling us," Caylor said.
Investigators found more than 30 shell casings from the original shooting site, believed to have come from the driver's weapon. The crime scene covers a two-mile stretch into the woods, slowing the investigation, according to authorities.
The problem with this little story was that the whole thing, although entertaining to read, was a hoax. He made it up. Shot himself, the truck, the trees, supposedly even his dog in the process.
The police began to suspect something when Sonoma County (yes, that's California) called them up in northern Wisconsin to tell them Mr. Van Meter had pulled this once before on them. They began to suspect that the "two men" didn't exist anywhere but in the confines of Mr. Van Meter's own bullet-grazed head.
Now this man wants a gun. They haven't let him have one for a year (with good reason), but he wants one now to protect himself from those people who are trying to hurt him...but tell me: does anyone who's reading this think this guy should have even a steak knife in his possession?
Yeah, me neither. You can find a synopsis of his book on Amazon (called "Little Guy.")Apparently Amazon doesn't think too highly of him, either.
By the way, the news item of the day was that the judge refused to give him what he wanted. Apparently Homer Van Meter will have to ward off the bad guys with something less than bullets-a ray gun, perhaps? His helpful Celtic warrior persona?
That's about all I have to say on the subject. Most everyone around my family upstate thinks he's a little, well, but I know his ex-wife, who is a very nice lady and immeasurably saner than he is.
Cheerio (let the zany continue!)
Bec
Okay, so now you remember this story, now hear this: His house burned to the ground this morning. Sounds at the moment like a total loss. He had at least a half-dozen fire departments out there trying to save his house.
While this sucks majorly and all that, the State Fire Marshal and the Sheriff's Department are investigating the fire. Sounds to me like they don't really trust Mr. Van Meter. I wouldn't either.
I'll keep you updated on this one-it may get very, very twisty very soon here.
Ta,
Bec
3 comments:
Holy cow, who put you in the judge's chair? I know these people. It is obvious you do not. No one deserves what they have gone through, no one.
You are young and idealistic. Some day (hopefully) you will not be so close minded and judgmental without knowing the whole story.
Perhaps you should actually READ his book (or his wife's) rather than relying on Amazon to give you your information.
Sad...
There seems to be some missing information on homers story. Such as, he reported the day of the confrontation he was in town eating breakfast and saw the suv drive by slowly and he than seen it again several times later that morning.
So, someone was after him and they were stalking him.
Now the first story I have from sonoma county california was homer had attended a logging convention and was out in the woodlands observing trees when he was confronted by the same two guys who later tried to gun him down in tomahawk.
Homer came across something in that woodlands in sonoma county and I checked that region and what comes up is very disturbing.
Satanic cults, namely the presido child molestation case by a satanic cult. Also bohemian grove is in this area.
Anon, that might be because the story was a lie from start to finish. The whole story in Tomahawk was absolute bunk and sent the cops on a wild goose chase for days looking for people who weren't even there.
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