Homestead Reptile Farm Site Of SRT Standoff - March 31, 2011 3:30 PM

A little more in-depth discussion going on over here....

http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/...=5290&start=25

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What a shame. I met him in 1978 or 79. He was doing something at gatorland. Tom was real nice.

So what is the latest and greatest on this? I see Crutchfield's period of mourning is over as he is posting ads today. It makes one curious as to what will happen to the "farm" since the apparent owner is deceased? Are we bad people if we buy animals during the fire sale before the animals or their value are tied up in probate and litigation for B.S. estate? Is there any recourse on purchasers of that sort of property or does it fall back on the seller? Has anyone heard if the fish and game folks are pulling permits or confiscating animals yet? I'm not trying to be a dick, I'm just curious. This sort of thing makes me wonder just how many ways the law can make a herper's life more difficult during an already difficult time for Crutchfield.

tom suckered bruce into leaving everything to him and patti
I would stay away from buying from him just to be safe though

Wow this whole situation is a real shocker to me. Tom seems like a great guy and has done alot for the reptile community. I hope things pan out for him.

Originally Posted by arbor1

tom suckered bruce into leaving everything to him and patti
I would stay away from buying from him just to be safe though

I would say that you have some kind of a problem with Tom. You joined this site right after this thread was started, and you contacted me in a pm, to try and find out what kind of things I heard regarding this whole situation. I have no intention of sharing that information with you, or anyone else on an open forum. I'm sure you know very little to nothing about Tom, and Bruce's business arrangments, and how they came about.

So how about showing us some proof of your comments, especially about how Tom suckered Bruce. If you are so knowledgable about Tom, and Bruce's dealing's, it should be easy for you. What do you say?

If you look at the time and date on that screen shot of the pm, you will see it is before she even had a single post on this site. So the first thing she did was contact me about this whole thing. Why is that?

Known him for almost 20 years and it's so hard to believe he's gone. Always was impressed with Bruce. His knowledge, husbandry and quality of animals was top notch. He had some property in a little town in the Tampa Bay area called Safety Harbor and it was so sweet, like a different country, wonder if he managed to sell it since his move to Miami. I'll honestly miss Bruce, so sad.

Bites tongue.