RPTED NEAR MISS WHEN RPTR CROSSED THE FINAL WITHOUT SIGHTING THE PA32 TFC RPTR WAS INSTRUCTED TO FOLLOW FROM A BASE POS AND CAUSES THE PA32 TO GAR.

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I RPTED VRB TWR I WAS 6-7 MI NNW AND LNDG WITH THE CURRENT ARPT ADVISORY. TWR CAME BACK TO ME AND TOLD ME TO RPT 3 MI L BASE FOR RWY 11R. WITHIN 2-3 MINS; I RPTED BACK TO TWR THE 3 MI L BASE POS. AT THIS TIME I ESTIMATE MY POS TO BE 3 MI TO FINAL AND LESS THAN 1 MI FROM THAT POINT TO THE RWY (RWY 11R). TWR THEN INSTRUCTED ME TO FOLLOW THE SARATOGA IN; THAT'S ON FINAL. I LOOKED FORWARD AND TO THE L; THINKING THE ACFT SHOULD BE IN FRONT OF ME. I LOOKED ALONG FINAL AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE SKY. COULD NOT LOCATE THE ACFT I WAS TOLD TO FOLLOW. I THEN CALLED BACK TO TWR THAT I HEARD THE INSTRUCTIONS BUT COULD NOT PICK UP THE ACFT I WAS TOLD TO FOLLOW. TWR THEN INSTRUCTED ME THAT I WAS #2 FOR LNDG. AT THAT POINT; I WAS XING FINAL; WORRIED ABOUT MY POS. I STARTED TO MAKE A 180 DEG TURN TO THE L (ON FINAL). I STOPPED THE TURN AND ASKED TWR FOR INSTRUCTION ('TWR WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO'). I NEVER SAW THE OTHER ACFT. HE RADIOED THE TWR SAYING HE WAS GOING AROUND AND WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM THIS CRAZY MAN OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. I DID NOT LIKE WHAT HE SAID; I TAKE MY FLYING SERIOUSLY. THE TWR THEN GAVE ME INSTRUCTIONS TO LAND. THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE AVOIDED THE NEAR MISS: 1) HAD I SPOTTED THE OTHER ACFT. 2) HAD THE TWR INSTRUCTED ME TO TURN DOWNWIND BEFORE TURNING BASE. 3) I FEEL THE OTHER ACFT MUST HAVE HAD ME IN SIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING; AND ALTHOUGH HE HAD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY; HE SHOULD HAVE MADE AN EVASIVE ACTION SOONER (HE HAD TIME TO MAKE A PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION OF MY CHARACTER). WHAT I BELIEVE CAUSED THE PROB: OBVIOUSLY; ME NOT SPOTTING THE OTHER ACFT. I BELIEVED THE TWR THOUGHT I WAS FURTHER OUT; MAYBE 3-4 MI TO THE RWY AT THE POINT WHERE I WOULD TURN FINAL FROM BASE. IF THE OTHER ACFT WAS ON A 7 OR 8 MI FINAL AND FASTER THAN ME; THE SEPARATION WOULD HAVE BEEN ADEQUATE.