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Reports from the 1995 Raiding Season
Season summary: 1995 in Review

1995 was a very bad year for us in the Mateel. There were raids for 6 months. We logged over 350 calls which included over 120 complaints of violations of rights. More than 50 of these violations were documented in follow up work.

WARNING: The complaints logged below have not necessarily been investigated by us yet. The final versions may differ quite a bit.

COG LOG for the 1995 raiding season
A listing of some of the more serious incidents reported to us this year.
    April 11, 1995 Whitethorn heli flying low over Sanctuary Forest

    June 6 Garberville helis very low over home

    June 9 Ruby Valley heli flying low and hovering at 7:00 a.m.

    June 9 Briceland fast and low heli

    June 26 Briceland low flying heli rattling windows of house

    June 26 Briceland heli doing surveillance over home; ground crew stalking

    June 26 Elk Ridge very low, circling heli right over house

    June 26 Crooked Prairie heli flying low over aviary, extremely loud

    June 26 Miller Creek Road low heli by house and garden, invasive

    June 26 Briceland work disrupted 3 times with very low heli hovering

    June 26 Seely Creek heli circling & hovering over home & garden at 250¹

    June 26 Bue Slide Creek goat disturbed by low heli

    July 3 Mad River plane doing surveillance at 11:00 p.m., flying grid

    July 10 Briceland low-flying heli dragging load of pot & 3 wheeler

    July 11 Alderpoint Road low heli, livestock (pigs) freaked July 11 Garberville low-flying heli over Garberville

    July 13 Elk Ridge plane surveillance at 1:00 a.m.

    July 14 Mad River heli doing surveillance near home

    July 26 Redwood Valley heli low, circling house & garden & legit greenhouse

    July 22 Briceland heli flying 150¹ over house

    August 8 Redway low heli circling, hovering at 300¹

  1. Ettersburg heli flying over house at 50-100¹, skimming trees; informed

  2. Blue Slide Creek heli 200¹ from house

  3. Telegraph Ridge low heli hovering over home, 100 - 200¹; ground crew came

  4. Whitethorn house shaking from low heli

  5. Blue Slide Creek heli 200¹ from house

    August 9 Briceland heli flying very low over house

  6. Miller Creek Road heli 150-200¹ over home and garden; ground crew harrassing neighbor

  7. Briceland low heli over home, legit greenhouse/nursery, under 100¹;

  8. Briceland mentally-ill individual incapacitated by panic attack due to

  9. Redway low-flying plane at 11:00 p.m., hovering, bright lights

  10. Briceland heli low over home, youngster freaked

  11. Ettersburg heli shaking house at 11:00 p.m.

  12. Garberville heli flying low at 11:00 at night

  13. Briceland heli flying low and unsafely over home & garden

  14. Briceland heli so low over tree that huge branch broke and fell over

  15. Miller Creek Road geese & chickens disturbed by very low heli

  16. Redway dogs, cats, chickens disturbed by low heli

  17. Miller Creek Road heli 200¹ from house, buzzing, circling

  18. Briceland Road heli at tree tops, hovering

    August 10 Salmon Creek heli flying eye level over house, maybe 120¹

    August 11 Redway low, loud heli moving slowly over house, at 10:30 p.m.

    August 22 Blue Slide Creek low, fast heli flying unsafely over property

    September 4 Whitethorn air vehicle of some sort flying very low, w/ intense whine

    September 7 Salmon Creek heli over home at 150¹

    September 11

  19. Whitethorn. Helicopter very low over home.

    September 21 Myers Flat Humvee traveling too fast on Eel Rock Road, hit bank

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