I just dug this up out of nowhere and uh, you know, some context would be great
There really isn't any. It appears Dykes Timber was illegally cutting on Pittman's land. Other than that, Pittman is just a very unique individual.
This is the greatest single paragraph in the history of litigation: During Pittman's testimony, he was reprimanded on numerous occasions by the trial judge for his behavior. Several times Pittman claimed not to remember things because he was “10,000 narcotic pills along.” He also testified that he could not count all of the stumps because Dykes Timber had equipment that “was capable of clipping the trees off with pinchers below the surface of the soil.” Other testimony revealed that Pittman thought Dykes Timber was only authorized to enter his property “by helicopter.” Pittman also testified that he had eaten human flesh. The jury was certainly free to make its own credibility determinations, and it was not required to accept or believe the testimony of Pittman, Rockford, or Thames.