Well, yesterday morning at 6:00am I had the dogs out for their walk and was going through the woods. I was coming up to a bend in the trail and as 2 young males came around the bend and saw me they bolted about 60 feet back into the heavy brush. When I got up to the I asked what the hell they were doing and they told me they were smoking weed. Since I couldn't smell it I didn't believe them. I walked about 200 feet up the trail and waited for them to come back out. They slowly crept out and when they saw me jumped back into the brush. I continued about 5 minutes up the trail and then turned around. I was able to see them from behind from several hundred feet back before they went up a side trail. I also tried to go up that way to get a better look at them but didn't see them so I walked back and forth on the section of trail for a bit but figured they were gone. I went home and called the RCMP who came and as they were stopped at the trail head a few people were stopping saying their car or shed was broken into so the K9 unit was called in. The K9 tracked 3 youths to the rear of a property where they were arrested and charged with various offenses.
Hopefully this is the end of the rash of car break ins, green bin vandalism, and fires in the woods. But I also suspect I will now be a target since I believe they are local teens and would obviously recognize me and the dogs and know where I live since I believe one of them lives 2 doors down from me.
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