Posted on 06/23/2013 4:12:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Man arrested Wednesday after traffic stop
A man arrested Wednesday with bomb-making materials in his car had drugs and an alligator in his home, a federal agent testified Friday.
Clayton Earthman, 43, was arrested after police said he ran a stop sign near Fair Park.
An officer said Earthman had a gun in his car. A search later revealed he had bomb-making material and notes on how to make bombs, police said.
Earthman claimed to be a “Doomsday Prepper.” A cable TV show by the same name profiles people preparing for the end of the world.
On Thursday, agents with the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives searched his house near Pleasant Grove.
They found 15 marijuana plants, bomb-making material, and an alligator, according to a Dallas police report.
Neighbors say they saw agents carry two alligators from the home on Woodard Avenue.
"That's scary,” said neighbor Susan Collins. “We didn't know he had all that."
At his court appearance, a judge ordered Earthman held without bond because he was a danger to the community.
Doomsday in the swamp!
What could go wrong?............Sorry, somebody had to say it.
“We fired our cannon til the barrel melted down. We caught an alligator and we fought another round. We filled his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind. And when we set the powder off the gator lost his mind.”
Is that what “up to your azz in alligators” means? :-)
Yep. Never shoot anything when you're not sure if your bullet will only piss it off.
ummm if you have drano or PVC pipe then you have “bomb making materials”.
Well, at least he’s an Earthman, and not a Martian.
“Pleasant Grove”
For those not from around here, ‘the Grove’ is a rather rough part of the hood. I wouldn’t go there without a gun and a gator. And I’ve wandered around on the streets of west Dallas alone and unarmed on a Saturday afternoon.
All to reinforce the public perception of preppers as whackjobs.
A bag of fertilizer and a can of gas for the mower, or a bottle of bleach and a bottle of ammonia are enough for a one way ticket to the camps these days.
What the heck was he doing with marijuana plants?
Did you read anything that could be construe as evidence that this guy was a serious prepper?
He’s as much a prepper as Mitch McConnell is a conservative.
“It’s not the facts of the case, it’s the seriousness of the charge...”
Facts mean nothing, Kart. The stupids have been told what to think, and nothing you or I can say or do will change it.
We grabbed and alligator and powder his behind, and when we fired it off, he really lost his mind.
“Unless he’s a felon, that’s as legal as church on Sunday in Texas.”
That is what I was going to write. It says he had bomb making material in his car. I wonder if that is true - what could he have that they would “say” it was bomb making material - fire crackers? I’d want to know what that was before I would believe it.
I’m not a doomsday prepper. I have preps in case power goes off due to a hurricane (or anything else).
We are they cute gators?
GrammEr Nazi’s must DIE!!!
At least they weren't Crocs.
You know I love Johnny Horton, mostly, but one song is just horrible. If you can find it and can put up with it, listen to his “I Hate Niggers”. It’s in quotes because that is the actual title.
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