Put a trail camera up facing Unks front door.
No, they didn’t try any B&E shit, but there was definitely some traffic going on. And what they did was rape his shed of scrap metal. Made one hell of a mess too. Lots of old mason jars scattered about. (Unk used to can the heck out of greenbeans every year.)
Long talks with Eldest Sis tonight. She hasn’t a clue how Appalachia works. I could call the cops, but to what end? Its not my property (yet!) and even with pictures of movement, you can’t really see WHAT they were up to. Need video for that, and being on the edge of the county, County doesn’t give a shit if there isn’t a cooling body involved. (that could be arranged, but not to my benefit.)
And with current nearby tenents, I want gone from here. So whats going to happen? Making some assumptions at this point because I have nothing else to work with. I get the deed in my name. troublesome, yes, but not undoable so long as everyone does their thing and stop fuckin’ around.
IF Unk gets put in a nursing home (a possibility) This entire property would be put into an estate status, despite current efforts on my part. I lose.
Those base assumptions, and the last especially, are why I am so hot on getting this done, and yes, totally counter to the laid back Appalachian way. Don’t cares,, Want resolution.
And thats why I am making no plans on anything just yet. Don’t wanna get my dreams built up to have them pummeled to the ground by slow-walking peeps.
Dio's Workshop 
Yeah… I waited years to put my water line in because I didn’t have an easement. They (a relative) kept saying “I don’t know why you want an easement. It’s not like I’m gonna cut your water off, we’re family”
I’ve seen two people lose their water because of no easement and no paperwork. Pass, that’ll ruin the value of my land if the water line gets cut and I don’t know what your kids are gonna do after you die. I didn’t mention the fact that they already reneged on an agreement that their mother had made…
You’re right to want the paperwork right and ask the I’s dotted and T’s crossed.
I finally got them to sign an easement and then I got a trencher and pipe. Yeah… lawyers and paperwork are a necessary evil in this world. It’s been that way for millennia. Even the ancient people had a method of entering into a sworn agreement or a covenant. It’s a sad but true testimony of human character.
Get your paperwork right, even if you gotta drive to Florida to do it. And if necessary, document their leaving and your taking care of the land and file for squatters rights. But don’t show those cards till you’ve got it locked in, otherwise they’ll fight it tooth and nail.
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I heard you can hang triple barbed fish hooks from the ceiling on hard-to-see filament line. You know, to catch vultures by the face.
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