Burglary Backfire

Our last story today is an “at risk survivor” story, so he didn’t actually die of stupidity yet, but there’s a good chance he will soon. In the Netherlands in 2002 a 66-year-old Margraten resident was thinking outside of the box. He wanted to prevent burglars from breaking into his garden shed. He rigged up an ingenious contraption that involved rope and a shotgun. Should someone enter unannounced they would feel the force of his weapon.

Proud of his invention he decided to show it off to his mates. The mechanism worked a treat and shot him in the abdomen and lower arm. Emergency surgery saved his life, but the police who attended the scene later arrested him for the 15 marijuana plants he had in his home. Oops.

So this week’s moral of the story is pretty much the same as usual: don’t go anywhere near weapons, roads or blowholes.

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