The One With the Runs
A Statue of What?
After California resident Tina Rose's neighbor asked her to move her koi pond—which she'd unknowingly built partially on his property—she turned it into a planter box. Then? She erected a statue of a hand flipping the bird. Naturally, it's aimed at the offending neighbor.
Though, eventually, the two resolved the dispute and Rose put taking down the statue on her to-do list.
The One With Offensive Home Decor
A Sacramento man painted swastikas on his house and hung a U.S. flag with a swastika in place of 50 stars. His neighbors asked him to removed the hateful symbols from his home, explaining why they're offensive. Instead, he invoked freedom of speech.
The Bitter Landscaper
Mitchell Igelko, a landscaper in Miami, had a marketing plan that landed him five years' probation. Instead of offering discounts or BOGO deals to neighbors who hired other landscapers, he poisoned their lawns, threw eggs at their houses and allegedly firebombed a boat.
The Weird Nutjobs
The internet is filled with video clips of crazy neighbors, including this one. A couple across the street (from the guy taking this video) watches as people leave their homes, sometimes following them to the end of the block and cheering as they head off to work. Is every day really a pep rally for this couple? Or is this what retirement looks like for some?
The Ones Who Have Loud Sex
Gemma Wale of Birmingham, England, went to jail for two weeks after violating a judge's order to stop screaming while having sex. She'd been given an antisocial behavior order for annoying her neighbors not only with the sex noise but also for having loud arguments.
The One Who Cried Over Spilled Polish
Lori Christensen became the neighbor from hell in her suburban Minneapolis area, after her daughter spilled nail polish in a neighbor girl's hair. Neighbor mom Kim Hoffman brought the incident to Christensen's attention, and that's when all (neighbor from) hell broke loose. Christensen began a campaign of taunts and loud swearing at Hoffman, a recovering alcoholic, who wound up eventually drinking, taking pills and collapsing in front of her husband. That marked the beginning of the really bad stuff, including yard signs making fun of Hoffman's alcohol issues and driving a remote-controlled toy car between the feet of the Hoffman children out shooting baskets in the driveway.
