The fire scared the hell out of Sam, the guy whose lawn it is.
People here tell their children that on the night before Easter in 1847, the original fires scared German children, who did not understand that the flames signified peace.
According to spokesman for the sheriff's department, the pit bull, named Precious, approached the deputy in "an aggressive manner," so he fired, scaring the dog into complacency but injuring himself in the process.
Settlers have opened fire to scare goat shepherds away and to distance olive pickers from hillside groves, villagers said.
"I was like, why did your engine have to go out and catch on fire and scare the crap out of me?" he said.
"It is harassing fire and scares recruits".
Bali's day of silence is preceded by an evening of extreme noise, as home-made bamboo cannons are fired to scare evil spirits away from the island.
The objective was to kill all of them," he said, adding that he planned to fire shots, scaring the campers into the water where he anticipated they would drown.
But France's thicket of taxes, regulations and restrictions on hiring and firing workers scared them away.
