Madison320
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I moved into a house 3 years ago in a small town. There's a 9 foot fence separating my house from my neighbor so I almost never see him. I've talked to him a few times briefly, waved when I drive by and everything was always normal. So today I was riding my bike past his house and he was out worklng on his truck so I pulled up just to say hi. He asks me if I know what a partical beam destroyer is and I said yeah, from the movies. Then he points to a dead bush next to his house and some dead grass as if that was destroyed by this weapon. Then he starts looking at me and says I need to leave. At this point I'm totally freaked out and asking him what did I do? So he runs into his garage and comes out with a hammer and starts comming towards me saying he's going to kill me. As I was leaving I kept asking him what I did and he finally said I was from Louisville and spying on him. So I called the cops and told them the story and they talked to him. They came back and said he was obviously mentally ill. They said he said I was trying to microwave his grandchildren. The freakiest part is that he fenced in the corner of his front yard a few days ago and he told the cops that was to prevent me from spying on him. Anyway the cops said I'll be fine and if he comes on my property, just call them. I said that doesn't really sound right but I said ok and they left. After thinking about it I called the cops back and asked if I could have him arrested. The fact that he's fixated on me in a violent way is disturbing. They said there's nothing they can charge him with because I was on his property. I said isn't that still assault? And they said no because he didn't do anything. So basically the cops don't know the difference between assault and battery. I asked if some trick or treaters came to my door and I pointed a gun at them, would that be legal? And they said yes. So now I'm wondering what to do. I was thinking about moving before this anyway but with interest rates right now I'll get killed (pun intended). I'm hoping that if I just stay out of sight he'll forget about me. It won't be that hard since I have the 9 foot fence and he put that corner fence in but dang this is so weird. Any advice?