"We just want to be able to use our backyards again.
If you think you know someone, talk to them." "We just want it to stop," he told CTV News Edmonton. Peneff hopes if parents from the neighbourhood hear their plea, they'll speak with their teens to make sure they're not to blame. "We both have hot tubs, and we are out in our hot tubs at night, and golf balls sometimes are flying into the backyard," Peneff said. "Sometimes we sit having a little glass of wine on the deck and if something were to happen," Bailey said, "it'd be devastating." While the residents hope to catch the culprits, they'd really just like to be able to feel safe to use their patios. "We just don't happen to be there when they're out." We've got some infra-red binoculars and various things trying to catch these turkeys. "Me and some of the neighbours have sat on the course.
"They've walked the course at night with us a couple times," Peneff said. They've also contacted police, who have joined their sting operations. The men have contacted the golf course to see if anything could be done. Authorities say a 30-year-old man who was invited to live on a familys. But often, we hear it hit the house, hit a window, and then we know, okay time to go in." OEM Parts for your Victory Motorcycle, Cross Country, Hammer, 8 Ball Jackpot or. "Sometimes it doesn't hit the house, hits the grass, what have you. This is off point, but what was the evolutionary purpose of low hanging balls It keeps them cooler, which is necessary for sperm volatility, but it seems like if you’re running across the African grassland getting chased by a lion, the last thing you need is a swinging scrotum to impede your stride. They're about 150 yards away (from my home)."Ĭam Peneff looks at the side of his house that has been damaged by golf balls (CTV News Edmonton/Alison MacKinnon). The families live across the street from the back of Coloniale Golf Club, but the families aren't blaming daytime golfers.Īccording to the residents, the balls seem to be launched by a couple of teenagers who use the course after hours. I haven't got a quote for what that will cost to repair."
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"This is where one of the balls came in," said Andrew Bailey, another nearby resident. Three of his neighbours' homes have been hit as well, with some shots damaging the siding or shattering glass windows. "Came out to look and there's a golf ball on the ground and as I'm standing out here there's another golf ball, and another, and another, and another." "We thought maybe a bird hit the window," Peneff said.
"We're sitting in the house watching TV one night, and there's a loud noise," he told CTV News Edmonton. Residents of a neighbourhood in Beaumont are raising the alarm after golf balls continue to be launched into their backyards and glance their homes.Ĭam Peneff has lived in the Forest Heights area for six years, but his peace was interrupted.