JACKSONVILLE, Ore. — A pair of hoax ads on Craigslist cost an Oregon man much of what he owned.
The ads popped up Saturday afternoon, saying the owner of a Jacksonville home was forced to leave the area suddenly and his belongings, including a horse, were free for the taking, said Jackson County sheriff’s Detective Sgt. Colin Fagan.
But Robert Salisbury had no plans to leave. The independent contractor was at Emigrant Lake when he got a call from a woman who had stopped by his house to claim his horse.
On his way home he stopped a truck loaded down with his work ladders, lawn mower and weed eater.
“I informed them I was the owner, but they refused to give the stuff back,” Salisbury said. “They showed me the Craigslist printout and told me they had the right to do what they did.”
The driver sped away after rebuking Salisbury. On his way home he spotted other cars filled with his belongings.
Once home he was greeted by close to 30 people rummaging through his barn and front porch.
The trespassers, armed with printouts of the ad, tried to brush him off. “They honestly thought that because it appeared on the Internet it was true,” Salisbury said. “It boggles the mind.”
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Michelle Easley had seen the ad that claimed Salisbury’s horse had been declared abandoned by the sheriff’s department and was free to a good home.
“I can’t stand to see a horse suffer so I drove out there and got her,” Easley said. “The horse didn’t look abandoned. She is in good shape for being 32 years old.”
Amazing. Hey, forward this story to 20 of your best friends, and Craig Newmark will send you a check for $4,897.00.
AWB
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Dan your headliner is soooo true that it stinks (I know you already know that). I will not be shocked if someone tries to demand a check and Craig will be flooded with emails from stupid people. STBU Craig. You can bet your life someone is going to fall for this.
Have a GREAT DAY!!!!!!
Dan:
Your the techie. Can the Craig’s List post be traced? Seems to me there is a fortune to be made here …or at least the pleasure of putting the perps in jail.
The stoopid people should be warned on Craig’s List that trespassing and stealing are crimes punishable by imprisonment. No, that will not work …there are too many multiple syllable words.
Somewhere…I just KNOW that P.T. Barnum AND Michael Cassius McDonald are BOTH smiling.
B.G.