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|  #1 Posted on 4.6.04 2004.55 | Instant Rating: 9.07 |  BULLDOZERS should be OUTLAWED
GRAND COUNTY - An armed man, driving a piece of heavy equipment, destroyed several buildings in the town of Granby Friday afternoon. Witnesses said he was using the re-tooled Caterpillar bulldozer like an armored vehicle, crashing into buildings.
http://kusa.com/ acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA& IKOBJECTID=f1b7b1de-0abe- 421a-00b2-969a8d1d9ea3& TEMPLATEID=5991da4c-ac1f-02d8-0055-99a54930515e
The rampage started around 2:00 p.m. About three hours later, the armored vehicle finally came to a stop halfway inside a building. Police and sharpshooters had it surrounded.
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| #2 Posted on 4.6.04 2013.55 | Instant Rating: 2.48 | Yeah I saw that on Headline news, I can see Fox making a whole special out of this "When Bulldozers Attack".
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| #3 Posted on 4.6.04 2144.21 | Instant Rating: 4.05 | Eeep. Is this a regular California thing? I only ask because from all those Real TV and COPS shows have those choppers in California following people on rampages and long getaways on those freeways out there. I think that many would get some skewed outlooks on Cali due to all that chase footage that gets shown live.
Was that runaway tank in San Diego? I just remember it being "out west".
I'm just glad that we've only had two real big "chases" out here. One had a carjacker that didn't know a kid was in the back of the SUV and panicked when he realized he had a kid with him and the other was that low speed chase with that dude on the tractor in DC.
There's just WAY too much traffic on 495/95 for any real chases out here.
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| #4 Posted on 4.6.04 2204.18 | Instant Rating: 6.56 | Originally posted by Zeruel
Eeep. Is this a regular California thing? I only ask because from all those Real TV and COPS shows have those choppers in California following people on rampages and long getaways on those freeways out there. I think that many would get some skewed outlooks on Cali due to all that chase footage that gets shown live
It's actually a Colorado thing, and I read that it's an extraordinarily small town. According to here: http://news.yahoo.com/ news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/ 20040605/ap_on_re_us/ bulldozer_rampage_9
It's similar to another incident in a small Colorado Rocky town. Maybe it's the thin air up there.
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| #5 Posted on 5.6.04 0031.33 | Instant Rating: 7.36 | Originally posted by CRZ
BULLDOZERS should be OUTLAWED.
BULLDOZERS don't kill people. PEOPLE kill people.Originally posted by 9News.com
Holahan said the driver was also firing from the vehicle with a 50-calibre weapon.
Obviously, the driver felt that his re-tooled bulldozer wasn't causing enough destruction and mayhem; hence the need to incorporate some heavy artillery in his rampage.Originally posted by 9News.com
William Hertel, owner of High Altitude Audio, on Main Street saw the drama unfold from the roof of his building.
Exactly what type of idiot heads for his roof top during a bulldozer rampage? I wonder if Mr. Hertel, while getting his bird's eye view, stopped to think "Hey, what if he decides to destroy this building? Good thing I'm up here on the roof so I'll be able to watch it!Originally posted by 9News.com
There were no reports of injuries.
Thank God for small miracles.
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| #6 Posted on 5.6.04 0300.53 | Instant Rating: 8.47 | Wonder how long it'll take for this to be featured in a South Park episode?
I thought the oddest paragraph was this:
Holahan identified the man driving the Caterpillar as 52-year-old Marvin Heemeyer. Authorities did not say whether he was still alive.
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| #7 Posted on 5.6.04 0945.54 | Instant Rating: 6.56 | Originally posted by emma
Wonder how long it'll take for this to be featured in a South Park episode?
I thought the oddest paragraph was this:
Holahan identified the man driving the Caterpillar as 52-year-old Marvin Heemeyer. Authorities did not say whether he was still alive.
He welded sheets of metal to the side of his bulldozer, making it a tank. They couldn't see him, and couldn't penetrate his armor. Eventually they did, and he blew his brains out, apparently.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/ news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/ 20040605/ap_on_re_us/ bulldozer_rampage& cid=519&ncid=716
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| #8 Posted on 5.6.04 1310.14 | Instant Rating: 6.41 |
One word:
KILLDOZER
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| #9 Posted on 6.6.04 0010.39 | Instant Rating: 6.84 | Originally posted by DowntownBookie
Exactly what type of idiot heads for his roof top during a bulldozer rampage? I wonder if Mr. Hertel, while getting his bird's eye view, stopped to think "Hey, what if he decides to destroy this building? Good thing I'm up here on the roof so I'll be able to watch it!
DUDE. If somebody starts going on a bulldozer rampage through MY town, I'm sure as hell going to try and get a good vantage point. This sort of thing doesn't happen all the time. | jwrestle
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| #10 Posted on 6.6.04 0024.23 | Instant Rating: 0.88 | You know, I think that beats the old America's Funniest Home video of the guy that halfs his trailer because his wife wanted half of everthing he owned after she went to divorce him. That was here in, I know it sounds as if I'm putting myself over with the rest of the sentence, West Virginia by the way.
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