Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border

When I worked for the North Dakota DOT the party chief said farmers would knock out the right-of-way markers and stack them neatly at the edge of the field so they could farm that extra 25 or 50 feet or whatever.?ÿ No hostility just... sending a message. ????ÿ

A local history buff noticed the stone had moved 2.29 meters.

Say what?

How did he know how far it moved as he's walking around??ÿ

Nice marker.

Posted by: @mightymoe

How did he know how far it moved as he's walking around??ÿ

To that degree of accuracy?

Perhaps someone used the phrase: seven and a half feet.?ÿ It was then converted to the metric equivalent.?ÿ Maybe.

The history enthusiast may have traversed that path many times and was familiar with the former, correct, location.?ÿ If it is in a forest, then the marker must have been at the very edge of a path used with some frequency by the farmer.?ÿ That would be the only reason I can think of that he would intentionally move something out of his way instead of cutting down a tree or two on the other side of the path and removing the roots, as well.

We have a similar problem with large equipment and bridges and culverts, especially those with warning sign posts at each end.?ÿ The farmer needing to get down the road with something wider than the distance between the signs may remove, bend, damage the signs enough to be able to get through.

So.... they are going to trust the farmer to move it back? Umm, sure. After all, what could possibly go wrong??ÿ

Exactly what I was thinking!

@norman-oklahoma I suspect that that "local history enthusiast" will be keeping a close eye on him!?ÿ ???œ

@norman-oklahoma Even while reading it I was thinking that of course they would replace it with a stable ground monument or even stick one into a covered handhole... It's weird that they even stated that if he didn't comply there could be criminal charges.?ÿ I guess other countries have idiots for leaders, too.