There's a nice little farm in the middle of Wyckoff, NJ that has a farmer's market and a petting zoo. It's a working farm, family owned, and it's been there forever. Back in high school (1974) a friend of mine made more money shoveling chicken shit ($3 an hour!) than any of the rest of us with normal jobs. So a bunch of local teenage boys tried to impress some non-local teenage girls by breaking in at night, riding the petting zoo donkey, and freaking out the rest of the animals so they're now afraid of people. And the geniuses posted pics to social media, including to their friend who worked there, who called the Abmas, who lived on site, who called the police... https://www.northjersey.com/story/n...onths-abmas-farm-break-in-wyckoff/3580247001/ All but one was under age, and the 18-year-old is now kissing his plans to attend West Point bye bye.
Damn, that's stupid. Not "Climb into a tiger cage" asstarded, but yeah, his military career's finished.
West Point might not be in his future, but the military as a whole might let him enlist IF another Iraq style war kicks in. But the odds are he's toast - stupid games, stupid prizes! Times have changed! Back in the day they had the "join the army or go to jail" for youngsters that got in trouble - contrast that with today when too many parking tickets might get you tossed out of the recruiter's office! I knew an Air Force guy (early 80's) from a pretty small town who (while on delayed entry) got drunk and broke into a zoo and shot a bear with a .22 pistol. The bear survived with no permanent injuries thank goodness. The judge told him since he was shipping off to basic soon it was good riddance to bad rubbish. The judge said the whole incident would be put on ice on the condition that once he joined the Air Force he must never see his face in that town again.
