User blog:ImLonely/Gypsies

Okay, so, since monday there has been a huge group of gypsies camped down our lane. They have been driving up and down to our houses, sneaking around, and generally just acting suspicious. Today, however, things took a turn for the worse. I'll start with what I found out in chronological order.

So, I got home from school. We saw 2 gypsy vans along the way, but didn't think anything serious about it. When I got into my house, me and my mum heard shouting. We went out to see that the farmer was herding his cows up. We laughed it off.

Later on, I was working on a history essay, when I heard more shouting outside. This shouting carried on for a while, and it pissed me off because I couldn't concentrate. I then looked out of my bedroom window to see 3 men a few fields away on the footpath, yelling to some other people who I couldn't see. One of these men were stood on top of a man-made hill which the farmers tend to dump shrubs and unwanted garden waste on.

Me, being the paranoid person I am, whipped out my phone and started to film this. After a while, a tractor came down the track and stopped next to the men (who were obviously gypsies). The farmer was driving this tractor, and I later found out that he was asking them to get off his land. He then drove off, the gypsies probably saying they would go away. Then, 2 more gypsies joined the trio, carrying a dog (the trio also had a dog with them). They the  started to walk down the footpath towards our houses. I might upload video evidence in the morning to give you a better idea of the set up.

I couldn't see the gypsies after that, so I went to show my parents. If you've read my sonic boom blog post then you'd be familiar with my neighbours Gary and Susan (I think I mentioned them?) Well, they turned up fill us in with what happened.

Apparently, the 5 men I saw were hare hunting in the fields. They then spooked the cows (which the farmer was herding) and this caused them to stampede into my far neighbour's garden and destroy everything. (The old neighbours moved out and the house if currently under development for the new owners, meaning that the garden had a lot of time and money put into it. The new owners are aware of the incident)

The gypsies then did what I saw (the shouting and meeting up) and apparently tried to break the electric gates to the house which the cows destroyed because they saw nobody was in. This didn't work, so they tried to break into multiple fields near us. They gave up and went back to the field further down the lane that they were staying in (however, they had been asked to move out, hence why they attempted to break into the fields).

Adam and Holly, some farmers who live a few fields away, then put hay bales in front of all the gates to the fields to make sure they couldn't come in. The interior designer for the house that was destroyed was round, getting her hands dirty and helping secure everything. If you're wondering why the gypsies didn't just climb over the gate, it's because they need to get their caravans in the fields too.

That's all we've heard for now, but no doubt they'll be back. We did ring the police and they sent a team to patrol the area every 3 hours tonight. I'm just hoping the gypsies don't try to break into the field right in front of our house, because it doesn't have a hay bale on it. It does have 3 locks on it though. If they do manage to break in, they can easily scale the fence to get into our garden...

Anyway, I pray that we don't get burgled and murdered tonight. We've had gypsies burgle our neighbours before.