I can see where this WILL turn ugly very soon but I LOVE the concept!!

[cowpuc]

One of the lessons I learned very early in life = thou shalt not set booby traps (father fell into one of the pitfalls I dug = took a whoopin for that one:hihi:) - apparently is now being re-examined!! I have to admit,, I absolutely LOVE the concept in the vids below but I also have to say = I wonder how long it will be before the real thing finds it's way into the boom-boom box:doh:, resulting in a low life thief getting hurt and the person who set the trap for em ending up in prison and having to pay a huge settlement fee for setting booby traps (thinkin there is probably some Federal Law beyond that which my Dad taught me that rules setting booby traps as actually illegal)..

For the time being though,, I do get a great chuckle every time I watch the reaction of one of these low lifes getting a little bit of what they deserve!! :rotf::rotf:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uefk-S_HbE

 

 

[Guest]

Hilarious! I love the idea but sure as sh*&, somebody will get sued over it. If you ask me, those thieves deserve it....and more.

[uncledj]

They got nuthin'.

Back when I was young, I bought a 4 plex in a not so great neighborhood..

I lived in the front ground floor apartment and was having trouble with my Halloween pumpkins being stolen.

I had a similar setup, but instead of a shotgun primer, I had one of the old, good M80s hanging about 8 feet over the perps head.

First night, the M80 went off, and the pumpkin was gone anyway.

This really pissed me off, so I did the M80 thing again, but this time I ran a chain into the pumpkin at the base, looped it around a brick, and filled the pumpkin with a bag of concrete mix. Bolted the other end of the chain to a stake driven deep into the ground.

Lastly, I coated the outside of the pumpkin with dog crap.

The result was hilarious.

The perp set off the contraption about 10 pm, (I was in bed)...so I came running out of the apartment, grabbing my .22 on the way out the door. My neighbor came out as the perp ran past, and her screen door slammed shut, causing the perp to raise his hands and beg that we wouldn't shoot. After the initial blast, he tried to run with his prize, only to find that this 80 pound pumpkin had 6 feet of chain coiled up under it, and staked to the ground, bolted to a pipe I drove 4 feet into the ground. The pumpkin lay at the extent the chain would let it travel. Anyhoo, when the neighbors door slammed shut, he turned and saw me holding the rifle and thought we were shooting at him.

I'm chuckling as I type.

He was shouting what I thought was "police" but was actually "please",'...."please" Don't shoot.....I done been shot once before and don't wanna be shot no more..... My neighbor and I were cracking up. I told him to settle down, as no one was shooting at him. He then said ...." I wasn't tryin' to steal it....I musta just kicked it or sumthin"........Yeah right.

He went on his way....we couldn't sleep as we were laughing so hard. I didn't have the heart to tell him his hands were covered in dog crap.

 

I won't get into the particulars on how I set off the M80, but it worked instantly and flawlessly.

That was a night none of us will ever forget.....ROTFLMAO...

[Marcarl]

In our neighborhood, back when I was a younger lad, we had some varmits that would go around and dump over neighborhood outhouses at hallowen. Our next door neighbor's outhouse was in for a yearly episode, and they were quite used to having it on it's front side come morning. It was no real problem for them, for they took the opportunity to clean out the 6 foot pit before setting it back up again. He would wait up until he heard it go over, fire off his shot gun and then go to sleep. The last time this happened he moved the outhouse 5ft forward before going to bed. He waited for the culprits, fired off the shotgun and went to sleep. Didn't have that happen again, I just can't seem to remember why,,, and no, it wasn't me.

[rbig1]

LOL. My pappy fell in a hole because the house was moved. Had to ride on the running board to get home. The house had been moved already.

[Flyinfool]

I live in a rough neighborhood and very close to the high school. I have had a lot of things grow legs around here.

 

I have thought about rigging up a package with an ignition coil. 25,000 Volts will get the attention of most people. But then I will have to invest in a security camera system..........

 

I am not sure about the legality of firing off a shotgun primer in the city.

[snyper316]

Seen a news report the other day where a lady was putting kitty litter, twigs and other stuff and packing it up and putting it on her porch

I tried to find it but cant seem to but think they said something about her having a facebook page just special for her packages...

[baylensman]

Along the same line, I used to live in the city briefly. A neighbor guy would do this every other day. He'd take the trash and garbage and put it in a Paper bag (yes you can still get them at some markets) He'd fold the top down neatly and staple it shut. Then he write on the front of the bag "Happy birthday Marcie" and then leave it on a bench at the bus stop or on the bus it self. In three years no one ever said "hey buddy you forgot your bag" but the bag was never there 5 minutes after he'd stand up and move away.

[Kregerdoodle]

Had a fake present set up like that with a button under the bow, when you hand it to your buddy, you press the button, after they get thier %$# back together it is best to not be around...:-)

 

 

 

 

 

 

I live in a rough neighborhood and very close to the high school. I have had a lot of things grow legs around here.

 

I have thought about rigging up a package with an ignition coil. 25,000 Volts will get the attention of most people. But then I will have to invest in a security camera system..........

 

I am not sure about the legality of firing off a shotgun primer in the city.

[BlueSky]

Since I'm retired and I am at home a lot, I'm not so worried about stuff disappearing in the day time. I have 3 lights (two dual spotlights and one entrance light) that turn on automatically by motion at night and I'm going to replace the other 4 exterior lights with lights that have motion detectors. Lights coming on help deter the scumbags. We don't have a lot of problems in my area but occasionally at night the scumbags will steal stuff out of cars that are parked in the driveway. A little sheetbag egged my truck recently. With the lights coming on, probably didn't have the guts to break in my vehicles.