Old thread resurrected, huh ? I've been enjoying these types of threads, although it's adding to my anxiety since I have a grow on.
My close calls in Ontario, Canada (lucky I've never been pinched for anything):
(1)
15 years ago I got my supply, a quarter to a half a pound at a time from my hometown, a 6 hours drive. I drove at night and sparked several once away from the bright lights around Toronto. Always kept the glow inside the ashtray, and drove "softly" at 6-10 MPH over limit like most people. Mustang GT.
I was 20 minutes from home and made the mistake of making an illegal U-Turn shortcut on a Federal road at 3 AM. White and blue flashing ! Damn ! Quickly lower the windows, blast the fan, light a cigarette and simultaneously hit my signal and slowly pull over, LOL. Back in those days in the mid 90's I could still get away with my "trick" of getting out of the car to meet them halfway, without them getting overly paranoid I was about to run or shoot.
So it's 2 RCMP (Federal) officers. After running my papers and everything's cool, one asks about a box in my hatchback. (Electronics so perhaps concerned about possible theft.) I explain and offer to open hatchback for him, and he says no need. Cool ! They wrote me a warning ticket. Whew ! I had a lot of weed in the car and only two cats there to guard it, LOL. I think cop might have seen cats and figured I wasn't a "bad guy".
(2)
Did 2 400 watt grows in 1 bedroom of my upscale apartment some 12 years ago. Landlord reported some window washers had reported it to him, but he told them to keep their mouths shut. Landlord was a young guy who occasionally toked (as he told me) so I dodged a few possible bullets there.
(3)
Some 5 years ago I bought my first house, semi-rural, and next year put out 7 plants in the forested back acre. That's when I noticed we were in a flight path for planes and choppers, some military and flying rather low. (You don't notice so much unless you plant, LOL.) At one point 3 military choppers flew over low in formation. Holy ship !
At a later point, 1 military chopper flew over low and very much appeared to be hovering over my back acre for way too long. Damn ! I trashed the plants that night but nothing ever came of it. I'm SURE they use military choppers around here to find pot, but perhaps my small plots are too little to bother. Regardless, it makes me freak. I've seen them doing patterns, East to West, then West to East some hundreds of feet away from the last.
So now I'm growing 3 again in the same spot. I'm determined not to trash them based on chopper fears, but if I got a talk and knock, I'd seriously consider trashing. As a friend said though, perhaps I should just move them off my property in that case.