well, if that all was legitimate reportage that you told in a somewhat unclear style as being reportage. you must be in a state of low key confusion right now. one of those moments in your life where you keep on asking "did someone slip me something in my drink?" sorta situation.
i was just riffing on the whole cows and cattle tags and people up to no good trying to claim something that fell out of someone's boundary.
it's quite a tale, i gotta say, and i'm sure that i didn't help you make it any simpler.