Wild Wild Country

The Bhagwan's flamboyant followers irk the tight-knit locals, who pursue legal action against the commune. But Sheela retaliates with a cunning plan.

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because a prominent Indian guru and his followers bought it

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a shrine for Bhagwan while he's still alive.

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We were in a grand experiment to create something from scratch. From scratch.

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we built everything you would have to build.

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It was city planning on a level that nobody had ever seen,

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I say this is Shangri-la that everyone dreamt of.

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We make this land alive with our sweat and our hard work.

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Such a-- Such a reflection of love from his eyes towards me.

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Almost like under the influence.

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Oh, absolutely. Just really destroyed.

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As soon as the reality of us came in...

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but basically it wasn't until they really started throwing their weight around.

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the so-called therapy, which took many forms

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The work we were doing was really God's work.

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Yeah, he said something about rob and choke and kill,

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and he would have been totally supportive.

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it conjured fear.

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And tonight, are the Rajneeshees dangerous...

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We didn't like being told how to believe, how to pray, how to live.

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This Wolfgang, he takes the hidden camera in one of the therapy group,

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Well, the Bowerman history in this region goes back to about 1869,

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He won four collegiate national championships

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designed the famous waffle shape sole.

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They wanted to keep Oregon, Oregon, so to speak.

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I said we will come in and seek action to require you to remove those buildings

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They need to drive over me, it's their choice.

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Until last month, this was the Antelope Café,

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"I'll never sell to them."

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And it would be very easy for them to have control of our town.

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And you start bowing down to a man, why, you're just letting Satan push you.

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They wanted literally for us to pack our bags and leave.

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You get that helicopter and you get that helicopter out of here!

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Form of harassment.

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Their only defense they decided is to commit municipal suicide

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Can't really talk about that.

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And while federal and local bomb teams

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However it comes, we're going to be prepared for it.

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