A farmer in Primorye, Russia, had a problem. Intruders were getting onto his land and robbing him blind! Given that calling the cops only helps you after the stuff is stolen, he took a page out of the Russian army’s playbook and came up with an inventive way to stop the thieves: explosives! That’s right, he planted three landmines in his garden and waited; unfortunately, he was the one arrested when one of his mines blew up a trespasser. Not bad for a guy building bombs in his garage.
I’d imagine once you had bomb-proof wallpaper that you’d be more than willing to start using more explosive means to prevent a home invasion.
The value of a landmine isn’t in how well it keeps people out; it’s about scaring any would-be criminals away. Once one person gets caught on a land mine, do you really think anybody else is going to come sneaking around this guy’s shed? Not if they have any sense!
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