I gave him the evidence and told him it was up to him to refute the evidence.
When I found out a neighbor gave his six-year-old son a BB gun for his birthday, I went ballistic. Who in their right mind would give a six-year-old boy something that could be potentially dangerous? Although the kid didn’t hurt himself, he shot holes in my brand new siding. I took pictures of the siding and showed it to the boy’s father. He insisted his son couldn’t do such a thing. I showed him a picture of the kid pointing the BB gun at our house and our dog. He told me he would pay for the damage if I could prove his son did it, but he didn’t think the pictures were proof. I called the police, and they came out to investigate. They found BBs inside some holes, where they got stuck in the insulation. There were BBs on the ground, and the vet dug a few out of our dog and the cat. I took a handful of BBs, the police report, the vet bill, and the estimate to have the siding repaired, over to the neighbor’s house. I gave him the evidence and told him it was up to him to refute the evidence. He didn’t know how I could prove the BBs came from his son’s gun until the kid came flying out of his bedroom. He took one look at the dog and me, and ran back into his room. I thought that was enough proof to have him pay for the repair to the siding and to pay my vet bill. If he didn’t think it was enough, I would take him to small claims court.