Would love to know more backstory on the farmer's frustrations with trespassers and these two specifically, if any.

But I can confidently say that if I were 20 and me and my able-bodied buddy were hogtied by a 53-yr old farmer by himself and then paraded through town on his ATV, I would not be commenting to the press about how scary it was. I'd be so embarrassed I would never speak of it to anyone.