Rosenberg: Most people were not aware of anti hunter harassment laws until you were tried and convicted for a hunt disruption in McHenry county, outside of Chicago, in 1997.
Hindi: We FOIed the location of Illinois hunts after hunters at the Hegins pigeon hunt
Rosenberg: The public pigeon shooting event in Pennsylvania that was eventually stopped?
Hindi: Yes, hunters there said why don't you look at the pigeon hunts in your own state which we had not been aware of. The hunt where I operated the paraglider was actually a geese hunt at the Woodstock Hunt Club. The paraglider was so noisy and bright, it scared the geese away though I was actually booked for using a megaphone.
Rosenberg: What was it like to be up there, knowing you were infuriating hunters with loaded guns?
Hindi: Well the paraglider cruises at 50 or a 100 feet and the hunters were waiting in holes next to decoys. So after a while, I began buzzing them and each time, the prop would knock their decoys. Eventually McHenry County sheriff's deputies and McHenry Conservation District rangers tried to chase me in their vehicles which was pretty ridiculous since I was over a field.
Rosenberg: But they did eventually get you and you were sentenced to six months in the county.
Hindi: They got me when I landed right in front of them the next day. They had no legitimate charge against me, but up in McHenry County that didn't matter. I only served a few weeks. I said I would fast without vegetarian food and I ended up fasting even though they got me vegetarian food to protest the corruption of the judge and the system. I lost 20 pounds and looked like I was 18 again.
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