American Heartland Theme Park (Vinita)

[heironymouspasparagus]

Not drawing a comparison, here in AZ there are a lot of BLM, US Forest Service, and state public land that you can easily park that actually have free parking and no size restriction, and parking for two weeks in most places and longer in others.

In the Quartzsite, Ehrenberg area there are companies that service the camp areas with water trucks to fill fresh water and honey wagons to take care of waste tanks on an RV, and with side by sides being street legal you don't really have to have a regular street vehicle that you tow for going to town and getting supplies.

Those are fantastic places!!!   I am working to get a more boondockey capability to my RV.  Can only get a couple days now.  More to come!

[patric]

Well, if anyone of them head to the Prayer Tower to meditate and boost funding, you know it's a scam.

The financial backer of the proposed $2 billion American Heartland theme park in Vinita has sued three individuals associated with the development, claiming the project failed after the three bilked him out of $60 million in part by sending encouraging texts and emails to him that purported to come from God.

Attorneys for Florida resident O. Gene Bicknell, 92, filed the lawsuit Friday in Tulsa federal court, naming Richard M. Silanskas Jr., Larry K. Wilhite and Stephen D. Hedrick as defendants.

"Silanskas and Wilhite executed a predatory conspiracy of psychological manipulation — convincing Gene, through fraud and impersonation, that God himself was commanding him both to finance the park's construction and to grant Silanskas and Wilhite two-third ownership over the completed venture, which was to be worth $2 billion," the lawsuit states.
Their efforts included sending Bicknell anonymous texts and emails that pretended to come from God and another religious figure.
"Silanskas and Wilhite made Gene believe that God Himself was commanding Gene to infuse ever more cash into the Project and to trust them completely with its management. For years, those electronic messages preyed upon Gene's devout Christian faith and admonished Gene to obey 'God's' will without doubts or second-guessing."
https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_c8c6bacd-1cb5-4b8d-8ea4-f1fa2ff340e6.html

[dbacksfan 2.0]

The financial backer of the proposed $2 billion American Heartland theme park in Vinita has sued three individuals associated with the development, claiming the project failed after the three bilked him out of $60 million in part by sending encouraging texts and emails to him that purported to come from God.

Attorneys for Florida resident O. Gene Bicknell, 92, filed the lawsuit Friday in Tulsa federal court, naming Richard M. Silanskas Jr., Larry K. Wilhite and Stephen D. Hedrick as defendants.

"Silanskas and Wilhite executed a predatory conspiracy of psychological manipulation — convincing Gene, through fraud and impersonation, that God himself was commanding him both to finance the park's construction and to grant Silanskas and Wilhite two-third ownership over the completed venture, which was to be worth $2 billion," the lawsuit states.
Their efforts included sending Bicknell anonymous texts and emails that pretended to come from God and another religious figure.
"Silanskas and Wilhite made Gene believe that God Himself was commanding Gene to infuse ever more cash into the Project and to trust them completely with its management. For years, those electronic messages preyed upon Gene's devout Christian faith and admonished Gene to obey 'God's' will without doubts or second-guessing."
https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_c8c6bacd-1cb5-4b8d-8ea4-f1fa2ff340e6.html

WOW. Graduates of the ORU School of Fundrasing?

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WOW. Graduates of the ORU School of Fundrasing?

Perhaps even with advanced degrees.

[BKDotCom]

WOW. Graduates of the ORU School of Fundrasing?

school of grifting

[dbacksfan 2.0]

That was not on my bingo card at all. There was a reference to the failed Tornado Tower project and it made me think of Oral and his 'I need the money or God is going to call me home'trying to raise money for City Of Faith prayer tower vigil escapade.

[heironymouspasparagus]

And people actually thought this was legit....
SMH!