Captain_Slow The infamous Buttram Manfist
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| | Re: How to: Deal with hobos, crackheads, and meth labs. <Reply # 36 on 4/3/2011 3:22 PM >
| | | Posted by k8 intense but what Im getting at, is that sometimes this is as much a case as the rest of the advice you have put down here so maybe you could give some advice, if you have any or have experience with this type of situation, or if anyone else has had this happen?
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That's a really good idea. I'll modify it and add some advice. Living and exploring in North/ South Texas, probably a good 1/2 of the squatters I run into are Mexican illegals that don't speak a word of English. Running into hobos that don't speak your language is about the same as anyone else, just use common sense and don't come off as intimidating or dominating. Offer him a cigarette, mimic taking pictures with your camera, if the hobo seems calm enough show him the pics you've taken (but NEVER take your hand off the camera or your arm out of the wriststrap!). Usually they'll calm down, but most of the time hobos that don't speak any English are a LOT more skittish than other bums, but odds are they'll look for a chance to leave right away and go hide somewhere... If a bum that is an American citizen gets caught by the police and arrested, he gets a hot meal and a warm bed... If an immigrant hobo is caught he gets deported, so you know they'll be super wary of anyone that comes into their space. If he gets agitated and doesn't calm down right away, just leave. They've also got a lot less to lose than a regular bum. For example... Just the other day, Rawshooter and Weedhopper rolled into town and I took them up to the Peanut dryer in Aubrey. There is a homeless guy living under the silos, and today he was in. We went into the main building and started shooting pictures, the hobo wandered over and approached us. He didn't speak a word of english, and kept muttering "I live here" over and over, kind of agitated. So we just showed him our cameras, motioned to the buildings, I offered him a smoke, and then he calmed down, and watched us take pictures from a ways back for about 5 minutes and then left. No big deal. But then again, I was knee deep in a rather large abandoned house in Denton, exploring alone like an idiot. I turned a corner into a bedroom and walked straight into a little fiesta of three guys rolling joints and about to light up. I say "hey guys", and take a step forward, they all start yelling in spanish, I try to show them my camera and they all stand up, so I turned and ran like a madman, heard steps behind me for a little ways then just a few calls of " PINCHE GRINGO!" and then I was in my truck, beating for the highway. So, it can go bad fast. Use common sense.
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