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Bear trap fails to snag burglar
New Castle News ^
| Jan 30,2013
| Debbie Wachter
Posted on 02/01/2013 5:59:08 AM PST by Daffynition
NEW CASTLE — A bear trap failed to prevent a burglar from entering a home in the 400 block of Countyline Street.
That’s because the trap wasn’t set.
Someone broke into the house around 12:20 p.m. Sunday and stole two cordless drills and chargers and a bag of tools.
The resident told New Castle police she normally keeps a large bear trap set at the bottom of her basement steps, but she had forgotten to set it that day.
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Heaven forbid she is carrying a basket of laundry down into the cellar, and forgets she set the trap there.
To: Daffynition
I am wondering, just how did the trap “fail” if it was not set?
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posted on
02/01/2013 6:03:12 AM PST
by
Tupelo
(Hunkered down & loading up)
To: Tupelo
It takes special clamps and some time to set a real bear trap. Plus they are large and heavy. I think she full of BS.
To: riverrunner
She is also insanely stupid. If she had caught and hurt a burglar she would be in for a world of lawsuit pain.
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posted on
02/01/2013 6:45:48 AM PST
by
drbuzzard
(All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others.)
To: riverrunner
I think she full of BS.More than likely this was a smaller leg hold trap. Probably raccoon sized.
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:01:08 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Here once the embattled farmers stood... And fired the shot heard round the world.)
To: Daffynition
Bear trap???
She's lucky SHE didn't get arrested! Most states/municipalities have laws AGAINST "booby traps", don't they?
I wonder what she has against the usual methods of deterring burglars.....
I just don't get it.. Bear traps???
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:16:53 AM PST
by
China Clipper
( Animals? Sure I like animals. See? There they are, right next to the potatoes!)
To: China Clipper
Not all of us have security cats.
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posted on
02/01/2013 10:39:35 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
To: Tupelo
It could have been one of those *Rube Goldberg* contraptions.
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posted on
02/01/2013 10:42:02 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
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