00:00Do not step foot on this handsome man's property.
00:02During the late 1800s in Updog, Texas,
00:05there was a farmer named Walter Bottle who was nicknamed The Forkman
00:08because if anybody stepped on his property, he would throw a pitchfork at them,
00:13and most of the time, it was fatal.
00:15On one instance, the military had to walk through his property,
00:19and when they did, they were ambushed by flying pitchforks,
00:22and seven soldiers ended up losing their lives,
00:25and the remaining men were forced to retreat.
00:28The military was shocked when the local police told them
00:30that it was only one man that they were facing,
00:33and that he's been like this for years,
00:35but they were too afraid to arrest him, so they just let him be.
00:39But on one rainy day, in 1889,
00:43both forces gathered together to arrest him
00:45and surrounded his property with over 100 men.
00:49But as they were closing in,
00:51pitchforks started zipping through the air at a rapid pace taking multiple men down.
00:55After a three-hour standoff and 25 lost lives,
00:59the pitchforks stopped,
01:00and when they entered the barn, he was gone.
01:04While the remaining men were discussing what to do next,
01:07a random soldier said,
01:08maybe we should just leave him alone.
01:11And when they slowly turned to look at him,
01:13they realized it was The Forkman,
01:15and he was wearing one of the fallen soldier's uniforms.
01:18When they attempted to arrest him,
01:19he escaped out a window and stole an officer's horse.
01:22This would lead to one of the largest police chases
01:25lasting five days in three state lines.
01:27But his run would come to an end in Kentucky
01:29when he knocked on the McWaffles family's door asking for help,
01:33and they would let him in.
01:33The Forkman
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