By Bob Walsh
Tangled: Victorino Arellano-Sanchez (left, grasping tree), 23, was lassoed by rancher and ex-rodeo star Robert Borba (right, on Long John the horse), 28, after he attempted to steal a woman's bike in Eagle Point, Oregon Friday
Cowboy: Borba heard the woman's shouts while he was stocking up at Wal-Mart. Luckily, he had Long John and his lasso to hand. Borba, born in California, used to work rodeos, but prefers the ranching life in Oregon
Eagle Point is a smallish town in south/west Oregon. It has 10,000 residents more or less. And a WalMart.
So,
one of the local cowboys was heading across the parking lot of WalMart
on his horse to pick up some food for his dogs, a couple of which were
accompanying him. To guard his horse in the parking lot I guess.
Anyway
he hears this woman yelling that somebody just grabbed her bicycle.
And he sees this skeezy looking character bugging off on a bicycle. So
he does what is indicated and pursues the bicycle rustler on horseback.
He just happened to have his rope with him (he is a cowboy after all)
and he lassos the bad guy on the bicycle and ties him to a tree to await
the arrival of the local constabulary. It took them a while to
convince the cops that this was as real thing, but they did get around
to showing up.
And so somebody ends up with a hell of a good story for their memoirs, and the lady gets her bike back.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Bob, where do you get your news? At the local landfill? This incident happened back in 2016. But it's still a god story. (Pictures from the June 11, 2016 Daily Mail)
1 comment:
It was on the 10 p.m. news last night. They got quacked, and I bought it.
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