Maybe some pepper spray. And defend your home turf if you don’t want another flag planted in it. John Cabot would agree with that. Michael Casagrande is a reporter for the Alabama Media Group.

A replica of John Cabot's ship 'The Matthew' sails ... to cross the Atlantic and plant a flag for England. Cabot sailed from Bristol on May 2, 1497 on a single ship, christened the Matthew after ...

The 15th-century explorer John Cabot was born in Italy but sailed under the flag of England, commanding what were thought to be the first European voyages to North America since the Vikings.