Small Town News

One of the most read columns in any small town newspaper is the police blotter.  Some of these are fairly bland, filled with statistics about the number of speeding tickets issued and the occasional DUI.  Others are a real hoot to read.

I happened across the Valley County Sheriff's report in a recent issue of the Glasgow, MT Courier.  There were some interesting items noted, the best one is the one I'll share now.

Monday April 13, 2009 time: 2004 - A Valley County Deputy says there is a bunch of old ladies in a van and they are sitting at the side of US 24 at mile marker 18.  They are going to be there all night waiting for aliens.

 How could you not find that funny?  Knowing the area, US 24 heads north to the Canadian border at Opheim, MT.  Were the ladies hoping to stop Al Qaeda operatives sneaking in from the north?  Or were they waiting for little green men who planned to make the airstrip at the former Glasgow Air Force Base into the next Roswell?

Unfortunately there was nothing else in the Sheriff's report regarding this matter.