Woman and her 7 kids in scout uniforms jump the fence of private family’s farm, insisting farm animals make it a petting zoo and public property: ‘We saw the little ducks and chickens, and we want to pet them’

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Etai Eshet • Editor
May 28, 2025 6:00 AM EDT

Somewhere in the countryside, the line between "private property" and "public entertainment" vanished the very instant animals were spotted behind a fence. Locals might say a new family just acquired a small farm, but to one particularly determined woman, it read as an open invitation for a surprise field trip—with seven uniformed scouts in tow. One would have thought basic trespass signs, or the sight of a bewildered owner brushing a draft horse, might prompt a moment's hesitation. Instead, entitlement propelled her right over the fence and straight into the livestock.

Her reasoning was almost poetic in its obliviousness: if there are ducks, chickens, and a child nearby, what else could this possibly be but a petting zoo that forgot to charge admission? When questioned, she didn't miss a beat, declaring the farm was "clearly" there for children to pet and demanding free access as if she were returning a faulty blender rather than encroaching on someone's home. Demands for free pony rides, complete with a quick lesson on how not to ride a draft horse, were punctuated by promises to "get him fired" and threats of vicious online reviews.

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  • Entitled woman decides a private farm is a petting zoo

    "It's clearly a petting zoo since they are here"
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  • As I posted before, I bought a new house. Now, we originally just bought the house, but after talking with the previous owner,
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  • It took the timely intervention of the previous owner, with paperwork and the steely resolve of someone who’s seen it all, to finally eject the uninvited guests, restoring order to the day. Neighbors would later hear the owner’s daughter deliver the scene’s best review: “That lady is strong on the dumb side.” The private farm remained just that—private—at least until the next ambitious explorer comes along.

  • he offered to sell us his small farm and the animals there. He's older and can't really care for them. We're still in the process of
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  • getting all papers in order, but my partner has already started taking care of the farm. Our daughter, Lili, is absolutely in
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  • heaven. There's two new dogs that she just adores and her favorite animal is a big draft horse that is the most gentle
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  • thing we've ever seen. I'm going to keep working from home and my partner will be retiring way early to be a stay-at-home dad and take care of the farm.
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  • Now that's for background. The real start is coming:
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  • Not even an hour ago we had a lovely specimen of the entitled genus basically jump the farm's fence with seven kids in scouts uniform. Not sure what troop. My
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  • fiancé noticed them and ask what they were doing and that the farm is private property. The woman response was just priceless.
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  • "We saw the little ducks and chicken, and we want to pet them. It's clearly a petting zoo since they are here." She pointed at Lili and I while we were brushing the horse.
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  • We tried to explain we were the owners (even though technically we're just caretakers for now), and that she was trespassing.
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  • Queue the biggest adult tantrum heard. She demanded we let her in for free and give the kids free rides on the 'pony'. Yeah, not
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  • gonna happen. Draft horses are giants and while they are gentle and could technically be ridden, a fall could cause serious injury. Especially on 10-ish years old kids.
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  • My partner was amazing at dealing with her and simply said she had to leave or we would call the police. She kept shrieking that
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  • she would get him 'fired' and that she was going to post a terrible review. A few cursed words even added for dramatic effect.
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  • We were seriously about to call the police when we actually got very lucky. The old owner was bringing us some vet papers we
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  • needed to sign for the animals and saw the whole drama. He tore into her and made her leave in minutes. Then we went on with our business.
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  • My daughter however had the best input to the whole thing. "Mami, I think that lady is strong in the dumb side." I blame her dad for that pun.
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  • Also, if anyone is curious, no, there's no petting zoos in the area we live in.
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  • Just a minor update: This happened a while ago and I forgot to add it. I tried contacting the Scouts about this woman and they were lovely. They took details but were sincere that without a number and with just a general physical description there wasn't much that could be done. They would still make sure to tell all leaders that my property was not open to the public. I told
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  • them if they wanted to go to the creek near by that is in our property, or if they had an emergency near me, they were always welcome to ASK first. I won't say no, but the farm and animals are of course out of the question for any kind of interaction.
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  • I did see this woman again at the groceries, this is a really small area, and she didn't glance my way. So nothing too big.
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