My war on underground terrorist.

[oldgrowth]

I have been fighting several groups of underground terrorist for years and finally bought some heavy artillery to help put a hurt on them. I have been involved in this war since early this summer and have put a serious dent into the varmints. It is not over but I am beating them back. Several times a week, I patrol the perimeter of the restricted area of my property for any infiltration the enemy. They keep probing the edges of the property but I am almost always able to stop them before they get very far into the restricted zone. I am not sure of the death count because most of the time they attack from underground locations and their dead are covered from the explosions.

I have a video of some of the action here . It may take a while to load, especially if you have a slow connection. It is about 7 megs. and a wmv format, so I am not sure you can view it with Quicktime.
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Dave

[Doryman]

Cool, will you come up and conduct a search and destroy mission on the underground terrorist cell in my lawn?

Warren

[rogerbum]

Ah..... it looks like it's time for me and my little mole buddies to rent a helo and drop in behind enemy lines.

[Fishhawk]

oldgrowth,

Very amusing even if it weren't effective.

It looks like the guy is injecting oxygen along with some kind of fuel (gasoline?) into the ground in many places and then igniting it all? Explodent tilling is the result.

We know that neccessity is the mother of invention and that the ingenuity of American farmers has led to many great things, but this is pretty incredible.

Them terrorists must be dealt with any way we can do it.

Thanks for the laugh.

Dan

[localboy]

Looks to be the "Hank Hill" technique. "Propane...and propane accessories".

[hardee]

Dave,

Cool new technology. Back in my horse farming days I would run a hose from the upper irrigation canal into the varments upper entry and let it run. Sometimes it would take an hour for the all the holes to fill. It would stop that clan for a while At least until some new explorer would blunder into the old tracks. It was a never ending battle, waged weekly, and though I never really won, the process kept me from doing many others.

Good luck, and cool video. May the body count rise and the turf be yours

Harvey
SleepyC

[patrick and linda]

dave, wildman, dude,
take a deep breath, regroup and consider my humble recommendation. you're using sticks and stones when in fact you should be employing one, or all of my favorite toys. raytheon makes a great little fim-92 stinger anti-aircraft missile, or you could try one of the m1 abrams, m26 pershing or perhaps the successfully tested m46 patton tanks. i'd also consider the m224 60mm mortars, the 105mm gun t8 howitzer or maybe my favorite, the m777 ultra lightweight field howitzer. now if the little guys still persist, try some of the armalite ar-18's or browning m 1918 automatic rifles and perhaps i'd throw in some m224, 60mm mortars. last but not least would be just a dab of good old c4. hope this helps, i feel your pain.
best regards
pat

[starcrafttom]

dave you are having way to much fun, can I come play?
We have been fighting the same little guys here all summer. we have tried water and poison and gas bombs. where did you get plans for your weapon? these guys are tearing up my yard.

[dotnmarty]

Dave- I got two of these mole chasers from Harbor Freight about $7 a piece.


They don't really work that well, but I always know which way the wind is blowin'!

PS they also have a solar powered mole chaser for about $8.

[journey on]

Where did you get that nifty piece of equipment? It certainly wouldn't work on my lawn, where I should be instead of writing this.

Another problem is that you don't have a body count to give the generals so they can show pacification.

Boris

[wailedcentipede]

well that's the best I've seen .. I'm using those fire-cracker type you slip into the hole but not winning ... wc

[Doryman]

[thataway]

That is funny--but what lawn? Keep it up--it may beat plowing the field.

I wonder with all of the high tech gear, if you could snake a fiberoptic video camera with some missle attatched down the hole and hit them individually? Realistically, I suspect after the first explosion they have taken refuge in the underground bunker and are laughing at you!

[marvin4239]

Hey this reminds me of the missing footage from Bill Murray and "Caddy Shack."

[Grumpy]

Just wait until the little beggars figure it out and tunnel straight down

Merv