Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Bison and Cops

Working for Steve Lance's Cowboy Corral Kia has provided material for many blog postings. Working for Steve was seldom boring and often brought unique assignments.

Steve had some items at a high-end antique consignment shop including a wall mounted bison head. Seems insects were infesting the mount and the store wanted it gone, now. Steve sent me to fetch it. (yep, a good assignment for a top level senior executive) At the time,  I was using a minivan with the seats removed in lieu of a truck. The van had very dark tinted windows.
A city policeman pulled me over. He thought I was driving a wee bit over the speed limit. Coming up to the driver's window, he glanced in the back. The glass eyes of the bison head were staring back at him. He visibly recoiled.

After a fairly long question and answer session and document check, he sent me on my way with a stern warning. Still wonder how many times he told the story of that unusual traffic stop.

8 comments:

Old NFO said...

Heh, wonder if he thought you had the WHOLE buff in there??? :-)

Well Seasoned Fool said...

LOL. Maybe at first. He was suspicious of the three helium tanks, inflatable cowboy with the inflation fan, and two picnic tables. In the end, the situation was just too bizarre for even a seasoned cop.

Momma Fargo said...

LOL. Eyes staring at you in the bed of a truck belonging to a Buffalo makes good conversation. Unless you are in Wyoming...then I would ask you about hunting and where you are going to mount that beast. Or do you just hold hands?

Momma Fargo said...

Yes. Inflatable cowboys scare all cops away.

Well Seasoned Fool said...

The cowboy is now at Ruwart Motors, Wheatland WY and is even on Google. Doesn't go up on windy days.

Well Seasoned Fool said...

Come on, you would have been surprised.

Old NFO said...

LOL, yeah that WOULD kinda do it... :-)

Well Seasoned Fool said...

Happy day for me as he seemed hell bent on giving me a ticket when he walked up to the window.