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Posted: Tue 3:27 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Reporter: Mikel Lauber Email
Updated: Tue 5:39 PM, Jul 31, 2012
... Louis Olson tells NewsChannel 7 the plane was passing less than 30 feet above his house, and spooking his cattle. He told deputies the plane even went under some power lines, and says it wasn't the first time.
Louis called 911 to try to report the plane, but a dispatcher told him that without a tail number, they couldn't help him.
That's when Louis says he told the dispatcher he'd shoot the plane down to get his tail number. He says he didn't shoot at the plane, but fired a shotgun into his field.
Louis tells NewsChannel 7 he overreacted, but says he's glad he got law enforcement's attention about his problems with the plane ...
http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/Edgar-Man-Fires-Shot-Upset-with-Low-Flying-Crop-Duster-164479586.html
Edgar man fires shots at low-flying crop duster
Wednesday, August 01, 2012 4:29 a.m. CDT
EDGAR, Wis (WSAU) An Edger man is facing disorderly conduct charges for firing a shot at a low-flying crop-duster.
Louis Olson claims the plane came within 30-feet of his house and was spooking his cattle. Olson claims the pilot was reckless - flying underneath some high voltage power lines. He called 9-1-1 to complain, but the dispatcher told him that law enforcement couldn't get involved unless he got the plane's tail number. Olson said he'd get the tail number by shooting the plane down.
Olson says he fired into the sky - but not at the plane itself ...
http://wsau.com/news/articles/2012/aug/01/edgar-man-fires-shots-at-low-flying-crop-duster/