An old Latin fable, The Birdcatcher And The Snake, carries a powerful lesson for any who make a practice of gang-stalking, torturing, and willfully victimizing others. I have provided the English translation below. The fable is a short but pithy warning tale for all who mistreat their fellowman.

A certain Birdcatcher went out into the woods, skilled at tricking careless birds with his bird-lime and his snares. By chance he noticed a thrush up in a lofty tree and he prepared his bird-catcher’s work the usual way. But while he was arranging the snare and hurriedly smearing on the sticky bird-lime, as he watched the bird, he pressed his heel down on a Snake who by chance was hiding in the grass, and he suffered a grievous death because of a terrible wound. As he was dying, the Birdcatcher said, “While plotting a trick for someone else, a lamentable business has caused me to perish carelessly.” Those who do not hesitate to torment others with ambushes are often accustomed to hurt themselves more than others. The person who is not ashamed to sometime carry out a wicked plan, that man is often harmed by his own deception - Hieronymus Osius (1575), translation from LatinViaFables.com

Is there truth in the lesson of this fable? While my observations may be anecdotal, I have discerned the self-destructive effects of making a career out of preying on others. Spiteful, cruel behavior is a form of self-administered poison. That poison produces pronounced psychosomatic effects. Hatred is hard on the body. Here are some general observations. Generally, they seem to age prematurely, and develop health conditions as a result of their work. Many of them have self-destructive lifestyles. Some who “live” in close proximity are observed to be heavy alcohol and drug abusers. Many of the younger participants seem aimless and empty. They are the saddest cases because they are the most exploited, not having the maturity to weigh the long-term effects of their collusion in these cruel schemes. It appears that their self destructive behavior is tolerated in exchange for their participation in gang-stalking schemes. I often wonder if children who come under state control wind up in these programs. None of them appear to come from stable households. One good example is the “family” ( a collection of adults and children who portrayed a family) in the apartment below mine in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They were employed in this program. There were teen-aged girls and boys in this “family” who spent their entire day wandering the apartment complex or playing video games. The only meaningful education they seemed to have was as participants in these harassment schemes. You never saw a book in their hands, they seemed never to be in school, and were up very late in the evening. Clearly, they had no parental supervision. Their adult handlers were not caring parents. One evening, one of the boys who appeared to be no older than 15 was up at 2:00 in the morning smoking marijuana with one of his adult “managers.” What kind of adults will they become? All of this tells me that these programs will exploit anyone. Life is cheap to the agencies that direct these schemes. Not just the lives of those they victimize, but also those they employ.

In my story you will read of one colorful participant who I named The Salesman in Newark, New Jersey. Part of his role was to mingle with my neighbors, gain their friendship, and slander my reputation. After a number of months he became comfortable with a few of the neighbors and began to drink and socialize with them. That was a big mistake. They began to complain that he became very weird and dangerous when he drank. As a result, he destroyed his own reputation, thereby limiting his effectiveness as my slanderer. Being a tormentor is weird. No doubt, his true colors began to show when he became intoxicated. Well, after more than a decade of observing these individuals I can concur with the truth found in the old Latin fable, The Birdcatcher And The Snake: Those who scheme to destroy others often become their own worst enemies!

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