Harvey Westmoreland: 'Everything went haywire and before I knowed it there was knives, guns...' (YouTube)
Harvey Westmoreland told police the argument between himself, his ******* and two other men started when one of the latter ********* offered to buy said grass-cutting tool.
He explained that the pair, James Hill and Troy Holt, had invited him and his ******* to their house on the day of the incident in May.
'My ******* was cleaning out the stalls out there for Troy, you know, working for him,' he remembered.
'They called and wanted me to come around there and when I got there, I realised they were already *****.'
In the course of their exchange, Troy apparently offered to buy Harvey's lawnmower for $250.
'I paid twenty bucks for it. He thought I was trying to cheat him,' noted Westmoreland.
'One thing led to another and, before I knowed it [sic], there were knives and guns and everything just went haywire.
'They cut my beard and ****** me to eat it.'
'OMG is this for real? It's like a symphony of stereotypes!' commented one viewer of YouTube footage of the incident.
'Yo buddy, where's Cletus?' mused another.
'Sounds like he had a close shave with death,' was the inevitable quip from another viewer.
Hill and Holt, who pleaded guilty to the ******, are expected to be sentenced in court this week.
