Watch as a trespassing hunter encounters an improvised booby trap. The property owner rigged up a tripwire attached to a paint bomb. Once triggered the paint sprays all over the trespasser. Posted on 10/28/2016 8:21:32 AM PDT by w1n1
Watch as a trespassing hunter encounters an improvised booby trap. The property owner rigged up a tripwire attached to a paint bomb. Once triggered the paint sprays all over the trespasser.
Leroy Ogin (trespasser), 73, told Deer and Deer Hunting that he had traveled that same path for over 60+ years to his hunting spot, which was an old logging road. He did not intend on hunting on the property.
He claimed to have never had an issue with the landowner, and was never asked to refrain from traveling through what he acknowledged was private property.
Trespassing charges for Ogin have been documented by the state, and will most likely be dismissed after a six month holding period with no further incidents.
The landowner, 53-year-old Michael Condoluci, was also contacted by D&DH, and via email contradicted Ogin's claim. "Just have to say he was warned about trespassing before," he told D&DH.
Interestingly enough, Condoluci was also infracted for criminal mischief and criminal harassment, according to D&DH and the district court office in Luzerne County. His charges will also be dropped after six months, as long as no other charges are given.
What do you think? Is this an effective method in thwarting folks from coming onto private property, or is it out of line? See the trespassing video here.
It’s out of line.
Could have scared the hell out of the 73 year old guy and given him a heart attack.
Doesn’t sound like he intended any trouble.
“The easy way is always mined.”
Well, if that trespasser had been seriously injured, a lawsuit would have certainly followed. And then the trespasser would have ended up owning that land.
That’s the way US civil courts work.
The sound of the explosion and getting covered with paint could have givien the old guy a heart attack
A nice big sign saying PRIVATE PROPERTY would have been good.
If he was warned, he deserves it -BUT- imagine if the old guy had croaked... the owner might be facing manslaughter charges. Would you want to risk that?
Well, the hunter had his priorities right...took care of his weapon right away, then on to his skin, etc.
Would have been better in color.
Trespassers are the most selfish bunch you’ll ever come across when hunting.
He deserved it IMHO if he’d been warned before.
That’s great! What about a modified version for protecting political signs?
Might be able to get sponsorship $ from Depends.
How long was the landowner there in that house? Did the hunter have permission from a previous owner? Did this owner change his mind? I think more information is needed.
I can understand the frustration of the landowner. I grew up on a small farm in New England and we had a huge problem with trespassers. I caught one woman in our vegetable garden picking “wild tomatoes”. We had to keep the livestock in the barn during deer season after someone shot our horse while it was in a pasture within 50 yards of the house. I confronted a group of a dozen hunters once who were hunting together on our property and they told me to go to hell. They had hunted our land for 20 years and weren’t going to change. We even had a couple of cases were people cleared off the timber on part of our farm and started building a cabin. Some people have no respect for other people’s property.
Wow. Wild tomatoes? Free lumber? Just wow.
What’s the consensus here?
I am looking at buying 100 acres of cheap land on a remote hillside, maybe build a small cabin on it or something in the future.
Do I allow hunters on it? Personally, I don’t mind hunters or hikers passing through, as long as they aren’t destructive, leaving garbage or stealing timber. What if they injure themselves while on it?
I’d like to hook one of those up to my Trump sign(s). I’ve lost 3 so far. And 2 others vandalized twice at my business.
i posted no hunting and leased out to those interested after they furnished a hold harmless agreement.
remember to dig into the hillside and create a bunker at least 50 feet into the mountain.
disguise the entry behind a dirty moldy fridge and always have a second way out.
and surveillance cameras.
Trespass is against the law. Something I thought this site was in favor of, law and order
People who have lived in the country usually have a live and let live attitude. If you know your neighbors, there is usually little problem with you hunting on your neighbors property or vice versa. These things are usually arranged in advance.
It is new property owners that create problems. They are often from urban areas, and want to treat the back 40 like their former back yard.
They have the legal right, but it creates tensions.
My advise: talk to your neighbors and work out reasonable arrangements. Allow hunters who ask and are polite.
My belief, and what I do on my properties is to not post no-trespassing signs. In my area they are more likely to create problems than to solve them.
Where I am from, nobody cares about your signs
They will walk right past them
and give you the finger
I call the cops, let them deal with it, and they usually do a good job. I have successfully won money awards from trespassers. I used the money to build a concrete wall. Strange walls do work and I got the trespassers to pay for it....
And the sign said anybody caught trespassin’ would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house
“Hey! What gives you the right?”
“To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in”
“If God was here he’d tell you to your face, man, you’re some kinda sinner”
Agree 100%. Too many trespasser claim ignorance.....just like politicians.
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