The scariest moments in your grow career?

[British_Bulldog]

We've all had scary moments in our grow career!

I've had quite a few in fact, and they've included nearly being caught many times, and also quite a serious fall when the ladders collapsed while handwatering plants in an attic

I will post up some full stories very soon, as I don't have time right this moment, but wanted to get the ball rolling, and I'd like to hear some stories from other ICMaggers


Peace

 

[-ww-]

police came to my house yesterday to give me a court appearance call
for some minor traffic offense.

 

[Guest]

Burglaries in the neighborhood. Cops in my yard, at my door, at my windows. Cop dog at exhaust. Scared is an understatement.

 

[DIGITALHIPPY]

Burglaries in the neighborhood. Cops in my yard, at my door, at my windows. Cop dog at exhaust. Scared is an understatement.

boy thats a good one. scary? hell-yea!

try coming home to an unlocked door.....

nothing like trying to tear down a big-ass 6x6 grow in 30 min before the cops and apt managment find it? typical police dogs, peeping toms etc. ripping turned wrong i call it.

 

[Daemon]

boy thats a good one. scary? hell-yea!

try coming home to an unlocked door.....

nothing like trying to tear down a big-ass 6x6 grow in 30 min before the cops and apt managment find it? typical police dogs, peeping toms etc. ripping turned wrong i call it.

Did I miss something?

 

[BonsaiBud]

Had to drive several pubescent plants on 70 miles of busy freeway with teams of K9 units driving up and down the road. Luckily, I had a cold, rainy morning on which to do it. Protip: toss an LED flashlight in the box so they don't get any dark.

 

[upgradeshafted]

5 helicopters circling my house 6 police k-nine units around my entire block...i thought they were there for me...unplugged all my lights...took my dog for a walk and they were everywhere around my house and two blocks pigs in black every where with big dogs looking for a guy that had just tried to rob a busted grow house apparently...still scared the piss out of me...but shit i have had many scare the piss out of me moments...peace

 

[BonsaiBud]

Young males all have a skunk smell, IMHO.

 

[DIGITALHIPPY]

Did I miss something?

i was hit by rippers.... i came home, and my door was unlocked, my neighbor told me... " i saw them, dont worry i called the cops" turs got a jar of shake and a tiny ass clone, my ps2...nothing really, but the neighbor fucked it up for me. one of thoe 400 unit plexes...

 

[Guest]

Had to drive several pubescent plants on 70 miles of busy freeway with teams of K9 units driving up and down the road. Luckily, I had a cold, rainy morning on which to do it. Protip: toss an LED flashlight in the box so they don't get any dark.

Drove probably 500 full grown plants, 120+ in bloom, the rest in various states of veg, 60+ miles in the back of a u-haul. Highway ends up being closed, state troopers and sheriff's blocking. Got off an exit ahead of the blockade and detoured through the country.

That was the scariest shit ever. Ever. Thank you to whoever up above was looking out for me.

 

[MidLifeCrisis]

Funny you brought this thread up BB....
Just the other day, I had pulled up to the curb of a friend's house who has a small grow going, and the next thing I know there are are two Sheriff dept. cars coming right @ me. One pulls up in front of me, nose to nose, and the other busts a u-turn and got behind me....

I was stepping out of the car when the incident took place feeling a bit on the nervous side....and the first thing the officer asks "Is this your car?" So I'm thinking to myself,...shit man, I was going the speedlimit and haven't run any stop signs... So then he asks me if he may check out the car and pop the hood!!! I got a big laugh and both officers turned out to be big car nuts like myself and just wanted to have a gander.... Luckily I hadn't been toking on the ride over and the car was clean of any weapons or contraband as they so often like to put it. I've already lost a car in my youth while transporting, and this one garners a lot of attention anyway(560HP/State Trooper Red)... So toking in or carrying anything is a big no-no for me.

The funniest part was watching my friend come around from the backyard after doing some yardwork, sweating, but pale as a ghost...LOL Next out came the wife and baby out the front door to get a feel for what was happening too... Afterwards, I felt kinda bad for causing them a panic attack, but in the end...it was all laughs...

Turns out they were just a couple of "good ole boys " wanting to talk cars....

 

[Grizz]

I was growing in a metal shed in the late 70's , I was in the building harvesting buds when a loud noise like helacopters kept getting louder , the shed was litterly vibrating with the noise, I had around 200 plants in there and was scared as hell. I finally got enough nerve to go outside and see what the fuck was going on. As it so happened my building was at the end of a cotton field and they were picking the cotton. scared the shit , piss and hell out of me that day.

 

[R03]

police came to my house yesterday to give me a court appearance call
for some minor traffic offense.

Ahh that happened to me, and I was freaked out just a tad.

 

[Classyathome]

My 13 yr old came downstairs to the basement and caught me staring at my gro-box, door open, hps lite just a streaming out...

I was fried - snippin' and puffin' - but managed to cool everything with him, and it's never been discussed again.

Grow had to go, tho' (no rhyme intended)

 

[Guest]

Too many too list. I Thank God!!

 

[British_Bulldog]

Too many too list. I Thank God!!

Ok lol, try the scariest then please

Thanks


upgradeshafted and DIGITAL HIPPY - some mad moments there for sure

and MidLifeCrisis, I'm happy it was all cool for you......driving such a noticable car to me is not in line with grower stealth, but it doesn't sound like you're a home grower anyway.



Here's one of my scary moments....more to come......lol

Well I had a lot of plants on the go, and had been living in a house a while. However, I didn't use the alarm (for obvious reasons - it goes off, the police come, and voila! BUSTED!). However, in a hectic lifestyle, always stoned as well, lol, I also had forgotten and misplaced the alarm code - I thought I knew it but wasn't sure!

So one night at about 1am, and for no reason, the alarm starts playing up and the internal alarm starts ringing REALLY loud! Fortunately the exterior box wasn't ringing too, but it was only a matter of time before the neighbours came around and/or called the police, especially the elderly couple who lived next door, lol

I did have a good relationship with them, but there's a limit to good neighbourly will, and this was pushing it, lol

So, the code I thought it was didn't work, and neither did any other combinations of it, lol, and I couldn't find the small piece of paper the code was written on, nor could I ring the estate agents as it was 1am!

I scrambled around trying to find it, heart pounding, thoughts racing...and couldn't find the code!

Eventually I took direct action against the internal alarm box, but this was very risky, as tampering with it would have probably set off the exterior box too!

However, it was a risk I had to take, as desperate times call for desperate measures, lol

So, I found a screwdriver and unscrewed the front casing, and decided to rip some wires out which I thought were linked to the internal alarm bell!

The tamper lights lit up, but fortunately it worked and the ringing stopped - well my ears were still ringing, lol, but the bell had stopped! Thank f*ck for that I thought, lol

The moral of this story? lol - Always have all the documents, including alarm code(s)!, you might need to hand, and in a safe place, lol


Peace

 

[Maj.PotHead]

in 06 wife freaked out i had to kill 1 mother humboldt skunk gift i revegged and 7 clones from her. in 07 had ghettobird helo flyn over lookn for some1 who ran from bad auto accident. helo fley over my yard and plants outside less then 100ft above 5 times. after the 3rd time i yanked the plants and ran into house then watched him fly 2 more times over lmao. and again friday night when my 19 yr old wanted to fist fight me that really got me thinking maybe stop untill i can get him gone.

 

[upgradeshafted]

i use a alarm it does not call the cops or ring outside it calls me...without it i would be jacked 1 hr after leaving my house lol...nice do it your self alarm systems on the market now with auto dialer system and cellular backup incase they cut your phone lines...you get a nice little set up for around 600 for everything...but if you loose the code well hell...i will say the alarm programing was a bit of a pain in the ass but it rocks...off topic but a lot of people dont realize they can get this type of alarm...peace

 

[Guest]

Ok i will bite but i might edit this after a few hours.


Early Friday morning sitting on my couch with a hangover. I was folding laundry and watching the tele after de-stemming an ass load of meds. Knock Knock MotherFucker, I look at my front door and there is the MAN looking at me through the glass in my door.Im Fuct your thinking right? Your right!! So i cant hide since he already saw me, and I hate digging large holes so that is out of the question. I open the door and my life instantly changed after that.

Leo: We had a 911 call come from this house, is everything ok?
Me: Yeah everything is ok, but I didn't call 911. And I am home alone and I didnt touch the phone today. What's the number you got officer?
Leo: (555) 555-5555 is the number we have. (After checking with dispatch)
Me: Well thats my number but I still didn't call and I live alone.
Leo: Mind if I look for anyone in need of assistance?
Me: Yeah I do. No one called 911 from here.
Leo: Well Im coming in to search for anyone tied up or dead!!
Me: I dont constent.
Leo: Sit on the couch and dont move!
Me: I am a medical MJ patient and I have a loaded gun next to my bed.
Leo: I am not worried about a little MJ.

Leo searches the upstairs portion of my house while I shit four bricks and sew my asshole shut so bubba wont find it. Leo finds alot of stuff and stops searching.

Leo: DONT MOVE!! That's more than a little MJ in there!!
Me: Get out of my house, I am a MMJ patient.
Leo: I gotta get my supervisor.

Supervisor calls NTF (Narc Task Force) who gets warrant from judge.

Alot of girls
Some weight
Some kw
Small amount $
Brand new Car
6 felonies 2 with mandatory sentences.
Ect.

13 hours later I'm sittin in county trying to convince the officer to book me in at 4:20am. He wouldn't do it but did laugh. Kinda like when I laughed at him for asking me if I just sell to friends.

Go to court:
1 1/2 years later Case is dismissed on the account my rights were violated. Fruit of the Tree. Best defense lawyer I could find for the situation was my savior.

No one called 911. My line was crossed so it did come into the dispatch as a 911 hangup. Cop had the right to enter, but he fucked up when he stopped searching my house after he found the MJ. What happened to the person he was soooo concerned about being tied up or in need of medical assistance? Remember he stopped searching the upstairs portion of my house, why didnt he continue to search the rest of the house if someone was dying. He has the right to enter if he feels someone is in dying need of help. Why would he argue with me at my door for 10 minutes if he believes I hurt someone.

There is alot more to this story but for the purpose of my safety and me not wanting to provoke anyone I am just glad to be free and have the weight off my chest.

Now that is what I call " Too close for comfort".
Try sitting with 15 cops in your house saying that this is their biggest grow bust. I live in a small town, where cops are crooked and phone trouble is just an excuse to come on in.

 

[BubsNugs]

Damn sticky thats fucked up lol
Glad you beat the bastards tho good job.

One time i woke up from a nap to the wicked smell of fire and smoke with red flashing lights in my window. I just about shit thinkin my ladies were on fire in the basement.
Turns out buddy across the street fucked up with his woodstove his house burnt down, sucked for him but I sure was relieved.

Peace