stocky
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alacattleman":1s45fgs4 said:
Alacattleman, do you know the story of the people in the pic you posted? This was the cover of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Men From Earth album in the mid-70's. This father and son lived less than 10 miles from me and they would come into town every so often in their mule drawn wagon. I used to see them once in awhile. This was exactly how they were. They were somehow related to one of the members of the band and after the release of the album, they got alot of attention. Some people thought they must have money hidden, so they went to their house, tied them up with barbed wire and tried to make them tell where the money was hidden. They went off and left them and they were found by neighbors later because they hadn't been seen. One of them died and the other had to go to the rest home and died a short time later. There are alot more details that others may know better than I, but that is the general way it went.
These were simple, hard working men, who were known around the area as good people. It is horrible what people will do to other human beings and the punishment cannot nearly fit this crime.