"He was calling us names that I have to spell out. "He (Naugler) was acting very erratically," the complainant said in an interview Friday. "He then said to his son 'get the pistol out of the glove compartment box.'" WAVE 3 News has withheld the complainant's name at her request. "(Naugler) was turned down for the water request and asked to leave the property," the summons read. The Nauglers have depended upon neighbors' private wells or municipal hookups for their drinking water, but a confrontation on Sunday prompted a criminal summons for Joe Naugler on a charge of menacing.
Postings allude to a "free-schooling" approach in which parents provide "life lessons" to each child at his or her own pace. "It was about 30 degrees below zero it's no living conditions for a kid at all." The children do not attend formal schools. "They delivered a baby up there last winter," Metcalf said. Dozens of photos posted on the social media page show the children playing in snow or mud. No running water and no toilets only shallow latrines or slop buckets. There is no wired electricity, only generators. Facebook page photos reveal tarps cover the wood framing that serves as the family's quarters. "So kinda take it at that." "No Trespassing" signs mark the perimeter of the Naugler's 27-acre homestead, located off of a gravel road. "They're living underneath tarps," he said.