Junked vehicles along U.S. Route 60 in Putnam County. Photo courtesy WCHS-TV

Sometimes, the act of reporting news becomes the news. Such was the case last week when WCHS-TV reporter Bob Aaron was accosted while reporting on an announcement made by Putnam County Sheriff Bobbie Eggleton.

While videoing what appears to be abandoned or junked vehicles on Coal Mountain, off U.S. 60 for his report on Thursday, August 4th, Aaron was nearly run over by…