- 1 year ago
A bachelor is welcomed into a neighbourhood but things go south when he starts disputing the property lines; the warring parties film each other extensively to bolster contesting complaints of harassment, but the cameras aren't running when violence.
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00:00A warm southern welcome by new neighbors is a dream come true.
00:08Welcome to Ridgeview.
00:09Hi, I'm Jed.
00:10She would give you the shirt off her back.
00:12You want a hand with these?
00:14It was perfect.
00:16But once personalities clash.
00:18He's just a kid.
00:19Didn't waste any time stepping on toes and mistakes are raised.
00:23Think I'm stupid, Jed?
00:25I'm not dealing with rational people.
00:27It means war.
00:29Hey!
00:30She was scared.
00:31What are you trying to do?
00:32Who wants hillbilly?
00:33Hillbilly trash.
00:34Man, I'll give you hillbilly.
00:35I bought this property.
00:36I own it.
00:37And that's it.
00:38I'll bury you ass.
00:39Yeah, that is a threat.
00:40Nothing but pure rage.
00:41You gonna hit me with that hammer?
00:42Everything was meeting a boiling point.
00:43Damn you.
00:44I know what you did.
00:45I'm sorry.
00:46I'm sorry.
00:47I'm sorry.
00:48I'm sorry.
00:49I'm sorry.
00:50I'm sorry.
00:51I'm sorry.
00:52I'm sorry.
00:53I'm sorry.
00:54I'm sorry.
00:55I'm sorry.
00:57Get out of my neighborhood!
00:58Stay away from my wife!
00:59On the ground now!
01:00Oh, my!
01:06Knoxville is the vibrant heart of eastern Tennessee.
01:11It's a great place to raise a family, build a family.
01:15It's a great college town.
01:18Nestled in the green rolling hills outside the city
01:21live the residents of Ridgeview Road.
01:23The neighborhood I'm in, it's a lot of older people,
01:26which I love.
01:27It's quiet.
01:28It's peaceful.
01:29We live in a very relaxed neighborhood.
01:31Just people living, working, trying to make their life better.
01:38Jed Elshant is hoping to carve himself a little slice of heaven.
01:44A truck driver, Jed has recently moved here from Rhode Island.
01:48I had traveled through Knoxville, Tennessee,
01:50several times while trucking.
01:52And that's how I learned the area and fell in love with it.
01:55Beautiful scenery, beautiful sunsets.
01:58It was my first home.
02:00It was perfect.
02:04I heard someone bought the place.
02:06Welcome to Ridgeview.
02:07Hi, I'm Jed.
02:08Robin.
02:09Charlie.
02:10Hey, how are you?
02:11Charlie, he was a get-to-know-everybody kind of guy.
02:14He liked to mingle with everybody.
02:16The Hill family have lived peacefully in the area for many years.
02:20Oh, man, the Hills are awesome people.
02:23Charlie, he's like the best.
02:25Charlie was previously a truck driver.
02:28Robin is a retail worker.
02:30She'll give you the shirt off her back if you needed it.
02:33What's a city slicker like you doing in these parts?
02:35Have you seen where you live?
02:37You want a hand with these?
02:39When I first met my neighbors, the Hills,
02:41they were pleasant, offered their help.
02:44That would be much appreciated, thank you.
02:46Don't worry about it, honey.
02:47We look out for each other here.
02:49The Hill family aren't the only ones to offer Jed a hearty welcome.
02:57You're too old to move a couch, Charlie.
02:59Come on, let me help, all right?
03:01Thanks for your help.
03:02I'm Jed.
03:03Cody.
03:04My wife, Amanda.
03:05Hi there.
03:06Hello.
03:08When Jed first moved in, he seemed like he was going to be a nice guy.
03:12Everybody got along.
03:14It's nice to have a new face in the area.
03:16I think I picked the right place.
03:18Yeah.
03:20Cadence, come here.
03:28Cody Massengill, a factory worker,
03:30has lived here with his adopted son, Cadence, since 2013.
03:34Me, Cadence, which is my biological nephew,
03:37I have custody of him, and Amanda, my wife.
03:40Cody is recently married to Amanda, who works in retail.
03:44Jed actually moved in right about the time that Cody and I reconnected.
03:50Come meet our new neighbor, Jed.
03:51Hi, Jed.
03:52Hi, Mr. Charlie and Ms. Robin.
03:53Hi there.
03:54Hey, Cadence.
03:55Nice 4x4.
03:56Thanks.
03:57There's nothing I wouldn't do for Cadence.
03:59Hey, home for dinner, though.
04:04Well, I better get in and get all this stuff packed away,
04:07but thank you all for your help.
04:08I appreciate it.
04:09We're around if you need anything.
04:11Call it when you're settled.
04:12Will do.
04:15Everything seems sweet in this little corner of Eden,
04:18but hell is on the horizon.
04:21Stay away from my son!
04:22Nobody ever thought it would escalate like this.
04:25I just wanted it to all end.
04:28After a few weeks, Jed has unpacked and settled into his new digs.
04:34It was always my dream to own a home and just live my life in peace.
04:39But according to Jed, a neighborly faux pas rubs him the wrong way.
04:44Bill's friends were parking on my property.
04:48I think Jed was well within his right to be bothered
04:52that other people may have been harking on his property.
04:58Hey, guys.
04:59Do you know this car that is parked in my land over there?
05:01Good morning, Jed.
05:02It's my friend's.
05:03She always parks there.
05:05Well, could you ask permission next time, please?
05:07I mean, that is my spot.
05:08I might need it sometime.
05:10That's our spot.
05:11Our company's been parking there for years.
05:13Right, but I live there now.
05:15So I may need the spot for my own company, you know?
05:17So could you ask permission next time, please?
05:19Thank you.
05:22Jed claimed that where their cars had been parked at was his property.
05:27The Hills never parked their cars on Jed's property.
05:32I bought this property knowing that discrepancy in the property line.
05:35And I knew beforehand that they've already been approached
05:39about the property line from the previous owner that used to own my property.
05:43The parking issue is only the tip of the iceberg.
05:46It was just so bad.
05:48It was a junkyard with garbage everywhere.
05:50Literally garbage everywhere.
05:52Streaks and oil.
05:53It looks like a rainbow.
05:55What the Hills have on their property never meant anything to me
05:58because that's their property.
06:00Then I come to realize that one of the junk cars and garbage
06:03was actually on my side of the property when I researched my property lines.
06:08Despite his request, Jed claims the Hills' friends continue to park on his land.
06:14It's every day. Every single day.
06:16That's what they've been doing for years.
06:20Now, property lines, you can do the research online.
06:23The paper that he had didn't mean anything without an actual surveyor and stakes.
06:29You can go back as far as the town was discovered, to the 1800s and 1700s.
06:34Armed with a land survey he finds on the web,
06:36Jed believes the property line dispute will be settled once and for all.
06:40It was the Hills I approached first.
06:43He started trying to encroach the Hills and their property almost immediately.
06:47Jed, wasn't expecting you today.
06:50Hey, Charlie.
06:51Could we have a chat about the property line between our homes?
06:54I think it's pretty clear, Jed.
06:56Well, your stuff is on what this survey says is my land.
07:00The Hills believe they know the property lines better than anybody.
07:04Let me stop you right there.
07:05My wife's family used to own all this, and they split it up a long time ago.
07:10The Hills have a long history of living on this piece of land.
07:14They've been there for decades.
07:15But this says...
07:17We know the property line.
07:19Listen, Charlie.
07:20No, you listen.
07:22I don't know where you got this survey, but it's incorrect.
07:25I own all that land from behind my parking spot all the way to your story talker.
07:31What's all the raised voices for?
07:33Jed here thinks he owns the property from the parking space to the end of our storage container.
07:38Sorry, Jed. You're mistaken.
07:40Ms. Robbins, she's born and raised there.
07:42She's been there all her life.
07:44Her family owned all of that property.
07:46Look, this survey says...
07:48The survey doesn't say squat.
07:50And don't call me a liar.
07:52Now, get out of here!
07:54The last thing they want is a new neighbor telling them where their property starts and begins.
08:00There's no reasoning in the conversation.
08:03You couldn't get through to them.
08:04They felt as though they were being attacked.
08:06Stupid hillbilly.
08:08They probably slipped up and maybe said some things to these people.
08:11What an ass.
08:16If you almost immediately start having issues with your neighbors, that's typically not a good sign.
08:23Jed turns his attention to his other neighbors, the Massengills.
08:27I bought this property.
08:29I own it.
08:30And that's it.
08:31I'm going to claim it.
08:33According to Jed, his survey also says he owns a strip of land between Cody's house and the driveway.
08:39Afternoon, Cody.
08:41Jed, how are ya?
08:44Can I show you something?
08:47He wanted to holler, oh, I got the deed, I got the deed.
08:50Which clearly stated, showed, that I had more property on there.
08:55And it kindly come out on the driveway.
08:57As you can see, this strip of property is my land.
09:00And I was thinking of clearing out a bit, maybe trimming these trees back.
09:03I'd be grateful for the help we could get to know each other.
09:05I was under the impression that he was a good person and a good neighbor.
09:10You're reading that wrong.
09:12I own this side of the driveway.
09:14You cut down those trees, my family won't have any privacy.
09:18But this is correct.
09:20You're just being...
09:21What?
09:22You think I'm stupid, Jed?
09:25You touch those trees, there's going to be hell to pay.
09:29At that point, I was like, I'm not dealing with rational people.
09:32Defeated, Jed tries to put the awkward interactions behind him.
09:37After that, I was looking for some peace.
09:41But some things aren't so easy to ignore.
09:51Peyton was outside riding his four-wheeler.
09:53You know, just having a good old time.
09:55Riding on a hard yard.
09:57The kid's having fun riding the four-wheeler and they're interrupting my peace.
10:01He was 12 years old, he didn't have a lot of friends his age close by.
10:05And that was his favorite thing to do.
10:10It got so bad to the point where it's like, I have to do something about this.
10:14Hey, kid! Keep it down!
10:18Some of us are trying to enjoy some peace and quiet.
10:21And he comes out there and he reaches over and he turns that four-wheeler off.
10:25And I felt nothing but pure rage go through my body.
10:28Because who are you to tell him anything?
10:30Don't you have any friends you can hang out with?
10:32Hey!
10:34What the hell do you think you're doing, Jed?
10:37He's just a kid.
10:39Oh, you done woke up a mama bear, don't go there.
10:43Shut the phone off before I hit you.
10:45Shut the phone off before I hit you.
10:54It was almost like Jed's plan from the beginning was just to come in and cause a lot of drama.
10:59The sweet tea in this Tennessee neighborhood has quickly turned sour.
11:03I did not come here to listen to this racket.
11:06Then go home and leave my son alone.
11:11What the hell's wrong with him?
11:15It's supposed to be the place where you feel comfortable, your safe haven.
11:20Jed Alshant has found himself up against it with everyone he lives beside.
11:24It happened simultaneously with both neighbors.
11:27And I was the public enemy number one to them.
11:30Cody and Amanda Massengill don't want Jed talking to their son, Cadence.
11:35Jed didn't waste any time stepping on toes and causing a ruckus.
11:38While Robin and Charlie Hill resent the disruption to their humble existence.
11:43The Hills have been on this piece of land for so long, it's been in the family for decades.
11:50Since things have turned bitter with his neighbors, Jed is eager to firmly designate the true property lines.
11:57I wanted to improve the driveway, put a fence up, have privacy.
12:00But first, Jed wants to clean up.
12:03There was no gasoline or oil that ever dripped over Jed's property line.
12:08His presence doesn't go unnoticed.
12:12What's that fella up to now?
12:17Hey!
12:19Are you coming onto my property again?
12:22Whoa, what is going on here?
12:24Calm down.
12:25I ain't calm down.
12:26I am tired of your stupid ass.
12:28Charlie, you know where my property line is.
12:30Yeah, I do, and I know where mine is too.
12:33Yeah, I do, and I know where mine is too.
12:40Jed records his side of the confrontation on his phone.
12:51Whether you're wrong or right, people don't like it when you touch their stuff.
12:56And I think that's what was happening there.
12:58Charlie did not like Jed touching his stuff.
13:01With threats on the table, Jed feels he needs to step up his security.
13:10Jed put cameras on every corner of his house.
13:15If someone threatened me, I would get security cameras too.
13:19Feeling protected by his new cameras, the homeowner gets to work.
13:30Hey!
13:39Hey!
13:41Jed!
13:42Jed!
13:44I had gotten a chainsaw, and I was like, you know what, I'm going to cut that down.
13:47I want that piece of land.
13:49Jed!
13:50It made me nervous. It made me scared.
13:53Stop it!
13:54It was a brand new chainsaw, and it worked pretty well.
14:01Cody, he's cutting down our tree!
14:03You have to get home!
14:07Though the property lines are still in question,
14:09Jed moves on to the trees that the hills contend are theirs.
14:15Jed just cut it down just to be a butthole.
14:23When he first cut down the trees, it made me real mad,
14:26When he first cut down the trees, it made me real mad,
14:29and I thought, oh, I got to get revenge on this.
14:32Jed's neighbors won't stand for being disrespected.
14:35We were being looked down on.
14:41And his cameras soon notify him of their rebuttal.
14:45Since he wanted to claim that they were his and cut them down,
14:48we dragged those trees right back to Jed's property.
14:57Hey! What are you doing?
15:03Cut down the trees? You leave them for us to clean up?
15:06I don't think so, Jed.
15:08You have no respect for other people's land.
15:11It's my land, Trailer Trash.
15:14Be careful, Jed.
15:16Or what?
15:18Swat you back.
15:22The families return to their homes,
15:24anger heavy in the air.
15:33The tension is especially hard on the Hills.
15:36Their decades of tranquility now turning into war.
15:40The Hills have never had problems with anyone before Jed.
15:43We've got to do something, Hunter.
15:46So it was hard for her.
15:49I know.
15:51Should we call the police?
15:53No.
15:55We can handle this.
15:58Really?
16:00Can we?
16:04The Hills decide to let Jed know the true property line,
16:08once and for all.
16:10If Miss Robin had had her land surveyed,
16:13because Jacob owned my property, my property.
16:15That's not my property.
16:17Not your property.
16:19My property.
16:23The surveyor put up the stakes,
16:26which proved that the property Jed was trying to claim
16:29was Miss Robin's.
16:30Thanks so much.
16:31Thank you very much.
16:32After the surveyor's visit,
16:33the Hills believe peace will finally be restored.
16:37They're dead wrong.
16:39So they hired a surveyor.
16:41I didn't agree with that whatsoever.
16:45They already know what my position is.
16:47This is my property.
16:49Scornful of the surveyor,
16:51Jed takes matters into his own hands.
16:53They're so deep into the ground
16:55that I had to use my truck.
17:00Jed comes up with his truck,
17:02wraps it around the stake,
17:04pulls it right out of the ground.
17:06And Jed takes things another step further.
17:10They had a junk car that needed to come off my property.
17:13So I contacted codes enforcement.
17:16Hey!
17:18Stop!
17:20My old son had just passed away.
17:23That's for my grandson!
17:25Stop, please!
17:28So they were going to keep those vehicles safe
17:31for their grandson until he was old enough
17:33to start learning how to fix them.
17:35She felt as though those were her treasures,
17:38like they were her memories.
17:40Jed is there to capture his handiwork.
17:46You have no right!
17:48I don't think Robin was happy at all
17:51to see her vehicle being towed away.
17:54It's county rules!
17:56And I won't have your family's junk on my property anymore!
18:00That made Hill's grandson,
18:03oh, it just broke his little heart.
18:06Just junk cars.
18:08Jed was not going to give up,
18:10and he was not going to stop bothering us,
18:12the Hills, or anyone else that got in his way.
18:14Things are heating up quickly.
18:16Robin Hill was very upset over that.
18:18And these neighbors are gearing up
18:20to cross more than just property lines.
18:30I never saw an end in sight with Jed.
18:33I think there was so much disdain for his neighbors,
18:38I think Jed would do things to antagonize them.
18:42Jed doesn't plan on letting up.
18:45All I can focus on is defending my own property
18:48and standing for myself and what I own.
18:51She was scared.
18:53This man did some mental work on Miss Robin's head.
18:57The stress has driven Robin Hill
19:00to always carry a firearm.
19:02For Robin, it must have been nerve-wracking.
19:05Miss Robin's got a dirty Harry.
19:08It's like this big, dude.
19:10It's a .357. She don't play.
19:13Today, Robin isn't the only one who is armed.
19:22My gosh, is that a shotgun?
19:25But it's not a weapon Jed is wielding.
19:28Tried another idea to establish my property lines,
19:31and that was to spray paint a line.
19:38What the heck are you doing?
19:43This is the real property line.
19:46No, it's not, and you know it.
19:50Even with her gun,
19:52Robin feels vulnerable in Jed's presence.
19:55I'm scared of you. Get away from me.
19:58No, you're not.
20:04Thankfully, Robin has other neighbors
20:07she can rely on to undo Jed's efforts.
20:10I got rid of the gravels he painted on
20:12and dug up the lines that he painted into the grass.
20:17Yet Jed's constant filming of everyone's activity
20:20is growing tiresome.
20:22It was weird. He knew every move we made.
20:25Especially since several of Jed's videos
20:28are recorded with strategic timing.
20:30As soon as he got you angry and pissed off,
20:33he would grab his phone and start recording your reaction.
20:36Come here, boy!
20:39Oh, it's...
20:41Back that way! Back!
20:43Back that way! Yeah!
20:45Run it up like this!
20:47He never recorded what he said,
20:49but he always had his phone out
20:51to record your reaction to what he said.
20:54Living under Jed's watchful eye,
20:56Robin determines to fight fire with fire.
20:59The Hills put cameras on their property.
21:02Robin planned to kill Jed.
21:05Now everyone is watching each other all the time.
21:08There's no privacy.
21:10There's no border. There's no fences.
21:12There's no security.
21:14I think they wanted some kind of proof
21:16to show that Jed was the antagonizer here.
21:21The Hills may have their own cameras running,
21:24but the angry confrontations don't stop.
21:27I'm going to kill you!
21:29I'm going to kill you!
21:31I'm going to kill you!
21:33The confrontations don't stop.
21:38I hear this noise. I'm inside my house,
21:40and I start hearing this thumping noise outside.
21:44Once again, Charlie would put in the stakes.
21:49Right here, where you pulled up last time.
21:57Come on, Jed. Let it go.
22:00I'm too old for your s***.
22:03Shut the phone off before I make you.
22:05Yeah, he claps when I hit him in the head.
22:13As tempers rise,
22:15Jed keeps a constant eye on his antagonizers.
22:19I actually became obsessed with watching video surveillance.
22:24He was some kind of creepy control freak.
22:28Just looking through footage,
22:30take a clip, record it for evidence.
22:32We were being constantly monitored,
22:34constantly watched,
22:36and constantly trying to be controlled.
22:39You're watching videos all day,
22:41just watching security cameras,
22:43and you become obsessed with it.
22:46Jed saw everything.
22:48It just became this toxic, unhealthy lifestyle.
22:51What can I find to get them arrested?
22:54But Jed's weapon of choice
22:56was wielded against him, too.
23:05Do you have to bother me every day?
23:07Kayden's waiting at the bus stop.
23:09Can you just go to work?
23:11Bye-bye.
23:13Bye-bye.
23:15Jed would literally stop and tell him,
23:17oh, you got on goodwill clothes,
23:19and you're this and you're that.
23:21Just leave me alone.
23:24He considered everybody broke, traitor, part trash.
23:28Every f***ing day.
23:30And I'm like, homie, you don't ever talk to Kayden ever.
23:33Damn.
23:35If Jed is so obsessed with keeping a watchful eye,
23:38Cody wants to give him something to look at.
23:48I called everybody.
23:50Got any tarps over there? Let me get them.
23:52Like, I want them as raggedy as you got.
23:55Cody knew that putting up tarps
23:58would get under Jed's skin.
24:01Cody's plan succeeds.
24:05Hey!
24:07What the heck is this?
24:09Jed had a cow, man. He went nuts.
24:11I got angry at that point and completely lost character.
24:14What are you trying to do, ruin my view?
24:16What view?
24:18My property?
24:20My son?
24:22That's on my land.
24:24Oh, yeah, I loved it when I did that.
24:26Like, that was my masterpiece right there.
24:29Tear these things down right now, or else.
24:32Or else what?
24:34I will.
24:39They were all successful in antagonizing each other.
24:44Come home the next day, and all the tarps would be gone.
24:48I just ripped it down and threw it away.
24:51Jed successfully removes the eyesore.
24:54Just leave me alone. I wasn't even near you.
24:56But that's not what sets Cody off to levels of anger previously unseen.
25:00I told you to stay away from my son!
25:03What's wrong with you?
25:05Jed!
25:07Get over here, Jed!
25:09But it's hard to tell who's doing what first
25:13because you only see what happens after Jed's phone comes out.
25:18Stay away from him!
25:20Come on, Cody! Come on!
25:22Get the f*** out of my house.
25:24You understand that?
25:26Put the bat in my face and threaten me with violence?
25:29Amanda backs her husband up.
25:32You got it, bitch. You got it.
25:34You got a reaction now. What's up?
25:36Isn't this what you wanted?
25:38You like filming? Do you think my husband's sexy?
25:40You creep.
25:43I know. I know you think so, too.
25:45You got a big thing for him.
25:47I'll bet you want all this, huh?
25:49You like this?
25:55He's throwing rocks at me.
25:57Every single one of them missed.
25:59I don't know if this is the Matrix or something,
26:01but I'm dodging all of them, so...
26:03You punk-ass bitch!
26:05It's not worth it.
26:07The best thing you can do is stay the f*** away from our kid.
26:09You will die.
26:11Is that a threat?
26:13Yeah, that is a threat to your life!
26:15Show that to him, bitch! Show it to him!
26:17Tempers were flaring, and everything was meeting a boiling point.
26:20I'll kill you!
26:29Man, you woke up mad. You went to bed mad.
26:32How are we gonna get this dude to just stop and leave us alone?
26:36Cody threatened my life, so...
26:39The police were called.
26:46Yeah, he's crazy. Threatened my life.
26:49He cried about me chasing him with the bat.
26:53Cody never hit him with the baseball bat.
26:55He's arrested.
26:57Is this what you wanted? You happy now, huh?
27:01It was a sad day. It was a very sad day.
27:05Aggravated assault charges are laid against Cody for his blow-up at Jed.
27:10Jed made him look like a violent criminal, even though he wasn't.
27:14While Cody awaits bail, Amanda and Cadence live in fear without their protector.
27:19Cadence was scared to death. Amanda was scared.
27:23And I never knew what Jed was gonna do.
27:26I didn't know if he was gonna hurt my nephew.
27:29I love you, boy. I'm scared.
27:31Uh-huh.
27:32You're a bitch.
27:33Uh-huh.
27:34I don't watch you guys. I don't go in the house and watch you guys.
27:36That's why you're out here. Every time, we're out here.
27:39You know what? What's right now? Just you and I.
27:42Just do what you gotta do.
27:44Do what you gotta do.
27:45Yeah.
27:46Do it.
27:47Bye.
27:49Leave our property, please.
27:51I can't leave the property. It's not yours.
27:53Leave our property.
27:55No.
27:57No, come on.
27:58It would be an everyday thing.
28:01The Hills also live in constant dread.
28:04I absolutely think the Hills' fear was solidified.
28:08Charlie is unable to contain his frustration.
28:10You wanna act like a man?
28:12Why don't you come on up and talk like a man?
28:14And Robin is concerned that Jed will capture her husband doing something he'll regret.
28:19You're back on your property, ain't you?
28:22You've already screamed too much.
28:23Let the woman speak, not Jed.
28:26The tension can be cut with a knife.
28:28Charlie was irate, unreasonable.
28:31Couldn't talk to him.
28:32Yelled at me, screamed at me.
28:35Jed's presence is taking an even harder toll on Charlie.
28:40Charlie was an elder man, you know what I mean?
28:42Man was healthy up until Jed moved in.
28:44Then he started to lose his temper.
28:46He started to lose his temper.
28:48Man was healthy up until Jed moved in.
28:50Then he started having all kinds of health problems.
28:57But Charlie is too proud not to confront Jed whenever the two cross paths.
29:01Oh, what now?
29:03What's with this guy?
29:05Don't.
29:07What the hell is wrong with you?
29:09I wanna get up close, man.
29:11Let me tell you something, baby.
29:13I'm gonna own this property when this is all over.
29:15I'm gonna own this property.
29:19Take that damn thing.
29:23Robin has also had enough.
29:31Throw this phone in my f***ing face.
29:35Bitch.
29:39Miss Robin's a hardcore country girl.
29:41She don't play.
29:42She literally almost pulled a .357 on Jed one day
29:45and was like, I'm done with this crap.
29:49I don't wanna sound like a bitch.
29:53I think that if Jed had forced Robin to pull the trigger that day,
29:59everyone's life would have been a little more peaceful.
30:01I feel like shooting Jed would have been the only way to stop him.
30:07It was toxic.
30:09And I got freaked out.
30:11Jed attempts to barter for peace through a third party.
30:14I asked for mediation.
30:15I was like, look, I just feel like this is too much.
30:18Cody returns home awaiting trial.
30:20But he and Amanda are in no mood to bargain
30:23with their devil next door.
30:25The mediation was a joke.
30:27Jed went into mediation thinking that he was gonna be in control
30:30and that he was gonna have everything done the way he wanted it.
30:33Like, nope, mediation ain't gonna work.
30:35I'm done. Take it to trial.
30:39Assault charges against Cody,
30:42Assault charges against Cody remain in place.
30:45There will be no peace.
30:47We've not seen eye to eye or anything.
30:49The constant back and forth is barreling Jed to his breaking point.
30:56He tries once more to designate what he contends is the true property line.
31:00Jed went as far as to get this ugly, bright orange netting
31:06and had literally put up this fence.
31:09It was about maybe 70 feet long.
31:11I used wooden stakes, carpentry screws.
31:14What should have been an afternoon of socializing with a friend
31:17turns into Cody defending his turf once more.
31:20What the hell?
31:22The plastic orange fencing was just stupid.
31:25Why won't he stop?
31:28The only reason he put that fence up was to make me mad.
31:31It was to instigate a fight, and he knew how to get me.
31:38It made it really tough and difficult to tear down.
31:41I knew immediately I was gonna tear it down.
31:45If it stays up, I'm good to go.
31:47But if it gets torn down, then I have some evidence and I can take the support.
31:51Oh, go ahead. Record me, Jed.
32:00I'm not afraid of you, Jed.
32:02Just keep on doing what you're doing.
32:04Yeah?
32:05What are you gonna do?
32:07I think you're going to jail.
32:09Why don't you show the camera what you got in your hands there?
32:14Don't hit me with that hammer.
32:17You gonna hit me with that hammer, Jed?
32:20You wanna hit me with that hammer?
32:25Not afraid of you, Jed.
32:27You know what's great with Jed?
32:29Never have, never will.
32:32He'll build trash.
32:35Well, he kept calling us hillbilly trash.
32:38With a pending trial, Cody doesn't want any more charges laid at his feet.
32:45But Jed's words cut deep.
32:50He wants hillbilly and he wants to call me that.
32:52All right, then, I'll give you hillbilly.
32:56We painted that sign in the pinkest spray paint I could find.
33:04The situation on Ridgeview Road that day was just crazy.
33:12I was using the mattock clearing the land, basically, to build my chicken coop.
33:16A mattock is a tool very similar to a pickaxe in size and shape.
33:22Cody was building me a chicken coop because I wanted a whole flock of chickens.
33:26We live in the country. You're supposed to have farm fresh eggs.
33:30When Jed returns home that day, he blows a gasket.
33:34Gonna have eggs for days with this thing.
33:37It's a four by eight piece of plywood.
33:41We'll finally be able to tell Jed to flock off once we have all these chickens.
33:44Yeah, right.
33:46Me and Cadence was actually getting to spend time together.
33:48I was feeling really good.
33:51But Jed isn't feeling good. Rather, he's had enough.
34:00Cody!
34:08I'm just done with it. I'm sick and tired of this crap.
34:11What's the matter, Jed? You don't like my sign?
34:15According to Cody, the sign launches Jed into a full-on rage.
34:19Stay behind me, Cadence.
34:21With potentially deadly consequences.
34:24He said, you're gonna die today, motherfucker!
34:30Jed!
34:32This report was like nothing I had ever done before.
34:36I was scared, and I never knew what Jed was really capable of.
34:40The Messengill family claims Jed's next move escalates their feud to frightening new heights.
34:46Why'd you make that sign?
34:48You wanted a hillbilly, you got one.
34:50Cadence was absolutely scared.
34:53I'm not scared of you, Jed.
34:54Dad!
34:56He grabbed the matting.
34:59Jed!
35:01Jed!
35:04What? No!
35:12Dad!
35:15What did you do?
35:16What did you do?!
35:22Dad!
35:24What did you do?!
35:25What did you do?!
35:26Jed took off like a thief in the night. He was just gone.
35:32Mom! Jed attacked Dad!
35:34Help!
35:36I left work immediately. I called 9-1-1.
35:40They said they would send an ambulance as soon as possible.
35:44I drove like a bat out of hell to get home. I was scared to death.
35:47Dad.
35:51Cody?
35:53Baby?
35:56Cody?
35:58Cody had blood running down his face. There was so much blood.
36:02I'm gonna have to let you see, okay?
36:05Cody had a hole in the side of his face. Like, a hole.
36:12Where's the ambulance? My husband's bleeding. Like, he's hurt.
36:16Oh, God.
36:19It was a pain I've never felt before. That's for sure.
36:23I need you to get the car door for me, please, honey.
36:27Come on.
36:28We're going to the hospital right now.
36:30The only thing on Amanda's mind is getting help for her husband.
36:36You're gonna be okay.
36:38They actually transported Cody from the hospital closest to our house
36:42to the local trauma hospital that specialized in facial injuries.
36:49Cadence was a wreck. Cadence had his head down for hours.
36:54He literally just stared at his feet and the blood on his boots for hours that night.
37:01While Cody fights for his life, one question remains.
37:05Where is Jed?
37:07My girlfriend's house at the time. I stayed the night away from her.
37:10He was cocky enough to go to work the next day.
37:14And the police are there waiting for him.
37:17They surrounded his truck and they had their guns on him
37:21and they arrested him right there for attempted murder.
37:24To get arrested in such a dramatic fashion in front of all of your coworkers,
37:29that's got to be embarrassing.
37:31Yet Jed claims that events unfolded in a different manner than his neighbors contend.
37:36I did not hit Cody with a knife.
37:38I did not hit Cody with a mattock.
37:41That never happened.
37:47As soon as I tore it down, it made this plume of dust.
37:50Cody!
37:52Jed?
37:53He lunged after me with a mattock and I got freaked out.
37:56Don't you touch that sign!
37:58Maybe instinct was quick thinking.
38:03According to Jed, his altercation with Cody ended with a single shove.
38:07And I remember him drop the pickaxe and I'm just like freaked out at this time.
38:12You see that?
38:13Yeah, I did.
38:14You see him pushing me?
38:16He's over there yelling and screaming at his minor child saying,
38:19did you see this? Did you see that? I'm going to call the police.
38:22You see him pushing me?
38:24My adrenaline is so high and I'm just like, I've got to get out of here.
38:26You coward!
38:28The mattock never happened.
38:30And I'll maintain that for the rest of my life.
38:33Jed's a liar. It absolutely happened.
38:37I was there the day Cody got out of the hospital.
38:44His face was swollen. He had a huge bandage on the side of his face.
38:49It was actually a miracle that he wasn't hurt nearly as bad as we thought he could have been.
38:54He could have died. Cody literally could have died that day.
39:00Despite Jed's claims of innocence, he is charged with attempted murder.
39:05The neighbors believe they're finally rid of Jed Elshant.
39:09Man, I'm tired of this dude now. Now he's going to jail.
39:13But the charges don't stick.
39:15It never went to trial.
39:17The prosecution, they made a suggestion to me.
39:20What is that property worth to you? Just sell it. Move out.
39:23Like kids on a playground, they needed to be separated.
39:27We'll get this dismissed and just move on. And I immediately agreed with it.
39:31If the Massengills also agree with the charges against Jed being dropped, Cody's will be dismissed as well.
39:37If Cody hadn't had that aggravated assault charge, then we would have fought to have Jed locked up.
39:43I was very disappointed at first, but I was like, yeah, whatever. I'm sick of this crap. Let's just let it go.
39:49So I agreed to it.
39:52It's absolutely a bizarre outcome. I've never heard of a court doing anything like that before.
39:57Jed does as the court orders. He sells his home and moves away.
40:02I eventually got it sold for less than what it was worth. But I mean, I got my freedom.
40:07Cody still lives with the pain he suffered that day.
40:10Sometimes it still hurts real bad and I can't eat. Sometimes I can't open it.
40:14You can't see it because he has a beard. But when I rub his face, I can feel his scar.
40:19Every time I shave, I'm reminded of him.
40:21Every single time I look at Cody's face, I'm reminded of Jed.
40:26The Hills, likewise, don't escape the conflict unscathed.
40:30Charlie passed away from a heart attack. He was stressed out up until the time he died. And a lot of that had to do with Jed.
40:38Robin has no plans to leave.
40:40She planted in her roots. She ain't going nowhere.
40:43But Jed just wants to move on.
40:46I apologize on his behalf.
40:48Jed just wants to move on.
40:50I apologize and I forgive you. I wish you happiness and peace.
40:54The Massengills aren't so forgiving.
40:57If I see Jed right now, I'd punch him in his face.
40:59I would never accept an apology from Jed. I would never accept anything from Jed.
41:05I just want to let Jed know, I told you I wasn't going nowhere.
41:09This season on Fear Thy Neighbor.
41:12My parents dreamed to just be able to retire in a beautiful home.
41:17I'm Raul. These are my parents.
41:19The people in the neighborhood, they made sure to always say hi.
41:22It was perfect.
41:24Guess I'm the new guy in the block.
41:26Everybody got along fine in the beginning.
41:28What a racket.
41:30This is not your road.
41:32You think I'm stupid?
41:34They got off on the wrong foot immediately.
41:36What the hell are you doing?
41:39I'm not dealing with rational people.
41:41We don't like that kind of music here.
41:43What kind of music?
41:45They just were not good neighbors.
41:47Bill Billy trash.
41:49Pure rage.
41:51Move your car, dude.
41:53That's when it all went bad.
41:55Everyone hates us here.
41:57They heard this pop pop.
41:59Sometimes you just piss off the wrong people.
42:01Come on!
42:05Better get to running.
42:07Please!
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