Beer Bottle Bonehead Turns Green Space Into Personal Dumping Ground Someone who enjoys his Bud Light has turned a spot on Fairview Forest's pristine green space into his own personal dumping ground. For nearly three years, the Beer Bottle Bonehead has been tossing his empty 22-ounce bottles of Bud Light into the same area — beyond the telephone pole across from the intersection of Dogwood Forest Road and Fairview Forest Drive. The bottles are landing on the bank near the lower end of the green space trail that follows Trantham Creek. "We've probably collected close to one hundred beer bottles, almost all of them Bud Light 22's," said green space committee member Rob Greene. "At least the person puts the cap on the empties before he throws them away." Committee Chair Gary Bolick thinks the Beer Bottle Bonehead is flinging them out on his way home from work. "He's either throwing them over the roof of his vehicle or out through the passenger window. Being from a completely red neck family, I can assure you that one can throw a beer bottle in any direction in any way. "He has an awesome aim because he pitches most of those bottles into the same 10-foot-square area. I think he's aiming at the telephone pole." Apparently, he has a soft touch on his throws. Out of all the bottles that Bolick and Greene have picked up over the past three years, only one has been busted. The committee members are convinced that the bottles come from one person. "It's not a group of people doing this because we'd pick up the bottles and then weeks later we'd find a bunch more, all with different born-on dates," said Bolick. "That means the bottles didn't come from the same twelve-pack," Bolick said. The evidence suggests that bottles are not from someone drinking in the green space because that part of the trail is little used and overgrown, especially with stinging nettles. Cobwebs are strung across the path. "It's not like he's doing it every single day," said Bolick. "Maybe it's just a pay-day thing. I'm guessing this person can't go home with a beer in his hand. But how can you chug a beer and go home and not smell like you just had a beer? If you're going to smell of beer anyway, why don't you just take the bottle home with you?" One time, after they collected several empty bottles from the spot, Bolick and Greene lined them up by the side of the road, hoping to send a signal to the perpetrator. He apparently didn't get the message. Asked what he'd like to say to the Beer Bottle Bonehead, Bolick said, "I'd tell him, 'If you would please quit throwing your beer bottles in the green space, we would ask you to join our committee. We love this space and we would love for you to love it too. At the very least, please respect this community's green space.' Fairview Forest Homeowners' Association   •   101 Fairview Forest Drive   •   Fairview, NC 28730 Beer bottles thrown into the Green Space by the "beer bottle bonehead". Cairn marks the Green Space trail entrance at the main road across from Chestnut Forest Road. The Green Space trail