Originally published at: Oregon man arrested after rigging inventive booby traps in home, one of which shot an FBI agent | Boing Boing
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When the movie comes out he’ll be played by Willem Dafoe.
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This Raiders of the Lost Ark reboot sucks.
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Well, that’s one hobby that’ll get ya in trouble…
Just curious if this fellow has all his tingers n toes? Looks like he may have a few screws loose, cards short, fuses blown, marbles discarded, etc.
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the most inventive trap, which involved a hot tub placed on its side and rigged in such a way that opening a gate would activate a mechanical trigger, causing the spa to roll toward the person opening the gate.
obprometheus running meme
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At what point do the agents say “f- this” and roll in with a D-10 Caterpillar? Because once I discovered the first trap or two, it’d be a hard “nope” on putting more people at risk.
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The elevator pitch: Saw crossed with the original Fargo. Willem Dafoe, William H. Macy and Steve Buscemi have already signed on but the studio has been trying to resolve a scheduling conflict with Frances McDormand. Still, Tubsaw is tentatively slated for a 2025 release.
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There’s no mention of why they went to his house in the first place.
Perhaps he had good reason to be paranoid.
Yes, you!
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According to an earlier article, he lost the house in a lawsuit filed by his elderly mother’s guardian. The real estate lawyer in charge of selling the house asked for law enforcement to take a look.
The lawyer presumably knew about Rodvelt’s earlier standoff against the police. At a minimum.
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I guess those links explain the FBI involvement.
Booby traps, though? Sheesh.
I remember a friend of mine who got turfed out of a rental house (they were selling).
He also set up a surprise, albeit not a lethal one.
A week before he left he sowed the whole garden with watercress.
(Nobody was maimed).
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I thought it was an R-rated version of Home Alone?
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Don’t forget Hot Tub Time Machine
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If he had done it when he was 10 years old, when his parents were out of town, he’d get a lot more sympathy.
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This is in Williams, Oregon. It’s only 20 miles away from Grants Pass, but it’s a 30-ish minute drive through woods and mountains to get there. It’s extremely high-quality, premiere pot-growing farmland. It’s very pretty actually, but like a lot of remote, low-population areas with A LOT of wilderness in all directions, the folks tend to be high-grade weird. People move into the Oregon woods to get away from society, and it often shows.
Source: I’m a native to southern Oregon and still live here.
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