Posted on 12/19/2018 2:17:56 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Mark Rober was one of the 11 million Americans who fell victim to package theft, but unlike most victims, he had a plan for when the robbers tried to strike again.
Rober was first alerted to the package thieves by his home security system. He knew a package had been listed as delivered, but it never arrived. He checked his home security footage and found that a couple had stolen it right off his front step.
"If you've ever been in a situation like this, you just sort of feel violated," said Rober.
When he brought the security footage to the police, he was told it was not "worth their time" to investigate a package theft, leaving Rober feeling "powerless."
Being an engineer who worked on the Mars rover, Rober decided there had to be a better way to get revenge on the thieves.
So he got to work building an epic device that would, if nothing else, ruin the day of the package thief while on camera.
Rober built a decoy package.
Inside the package, he placed four cameras and a tracking device so that he could catch the thieves in the act.
But as Rober already knew, the camera footage wasn't going to do anything for him. So he decided to have some fun with it. He created a sensor that would trigger a cloud of fine glitter to douce the thief.
And just to make sure that the glitter wasn't the only thing they would have to deal with, he also had the sensor trigger the release of a "fart spray" stink bomb.
All Rober had to do next was wait for the package to be stolen — and hilarity ensued.
Several thieves were covered head to toe in glitter only to be sprayed with a stink bomb.
Watch: VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=130&v=xoxhDk-hwuo
Rober had so much fun with his vigilante justice that he even lent the device to his neighbor so that she could hit her package thieves, as well.
Hopefully, these thieves will take this experience as a reminder that bad things happen to bad people.
He worked on the Mars rover. That makes the people who stole from him rover Rober robbers.
This guy could really hurt these thieves if he wanted to. They should consider themselves lucky.
>When he brought the security footage to the police, he was told it was not “worth their time” to investigate a package theft, leaving Rober feeling “powerless.”
It’s not worth my time to pay their salaries. He should run for mayor and fire them, like Sonny Bono did.
I could leave a package on my doorstep for a year and no one would touch it. Then again, I don’t live in Chicago.
Glitter? No. Bank dye packs - yes!
Hardly.
Who was filming inside the car and other scenes?
Glitter is evil & insidious. If the residue from making one poster stays in your life for years, how long will the bomb contents last?
Probably for life.It gets everywhere. You only see it when the light hits just right. Shoes. Car. House. Closet. Fridge.
Cat. Dog. Vacuum all you want. Shower. Launder. You will never get it all. Your dentist will look at you funny and just hope you don’t need to give a stool sample.
My neighbor, who leased his land for deer hunting, modified his briefing to hunters about crossing fences by removing the "wink and nod" and adding "crazy son of a bitch".
Note to BATF: The alleged device was destroyed by chop saw and act/oxy torch many years ago.
The 4 phones were set to film wide-angle and send to the cloud.
amen !
“Who was filming inside the car and other scenes?”
The 4 cell phones inside the device.
I congratulate Mr. Rober for his ingenuity but makes himself a target should the thieves or their posse return to address from whence they stole the package. An exploding package rather than a glitter fart package would negate my concerns, however.
And a tracking device to locate the package after depoyment....brilliant.
With this guys technical and engineering skills he could’ve devised a really nasty devastating device.
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