On a good Saturday night or weekend, the old Boat launch would turn in to a party spot. For the most part, Larry would let people be but when the gun fire would start, Larry would go on recon and see what they were up to. Sometimes if he did not like the way people were shooting, Larry would let a few rounds go off with the c
anon load of black powder.
On this particular night, we had a mess of misfits at the boat launch. Larry came back and told me to load up. We got our plan together – Larry took off toward the river and I went the other way to the sand pits. Now I set my guns across in a few spots and Larry did the same. I hear Larry yell out after them “It is time for you all to go” and then empty out a full clip. Now I cannot understand what is being said back and forth, but Larry fires off a few rounds. I hear the ones at the boat launch fire off a few rounds and Larry opens fire. I do the same from 4 or 5 different spots back to back. Now Larry and I were shooting in to the ground, and we made a lot of smoke and noise. As the gun fire stopped the trucks and cars took off.
Now about 30 minutes later, a cop car comes driving back. Larry walks down to the gate to talk to him and come backs laughing his butt off. The group that took off told the cops that there was about 10 to 15 people shooting at them and they ran for there lives. The cops told them “well the boat launch shuts down at dark and you got what you deserved”. They never came back to the boat launch after dark again.
The cops and neighbors all thanked me and Larry! The stories are true and we never hurt a soul. We always shot into the ground for safety. The whole town of Bogalusa and Sun talked about that for years and all the crap stopped at the boat launch . Over time, the boat launch was shut down. The break ins and gunfire stopped and Larry did not have any more cut fences around the place.
Contributed by Curtis Dalton
Artwork – Rainbow Cowboy by Jani Freimann
