Marvin Heemeyer's Strange Ride...
From a local TV website (
KOMO-TV) comes this story:
bq. GRANBY, COLO. - A muffler shop owner reportedly angry at local government over a zoning dispute tore through town Friday in an armored bulldozer, smashing buildings and firing shots as police tried to stop the slow-motion rampage.
bq. Authorities tried blasting their way into the steel-plated cab of the machine with explosives late Friday, but two explosions failed to penetrate the makeshift armor, Grand County Emergency Management Director Jim Holahan said. One explosion could be heard at least a mile away.
The ingenuity of people never fails to amaze me.
And more:
bq. At least 40 sheriff's deputies, State Patrol officers and federal park and forest rangers fired about 200 rounds at the yellow bulldozer as it crept through town, Holahan said. The shots were deflected by heavy metal plates over the cab, hood and radiator, apparently welded on over a period of weeks in the driver's muffler shop.
bq. looked like a futuristic tank," said Rod Moore, speaking by phone from his auto garage and towing company.
Ned Kelly lives... (so did Mr. Heemeyer)
Posted by DaveH at June 4, 2004 11:09 PM