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Van Allen dug himself a bunker beneath a public park

24 points by jhylands 5y ago

aaron695 5y ago
Currently on the run from prison, he escaped about 6 months after this article Here's the bit of PVC pipe he got 5 years for, I doubt it could work - https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/man-jailed-for-five-years-after-stashing-homemade-gun-in-hampstead-heath-a4219096.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/man-jailed-for-five-ye... It's sad every time you hear these stories about people living in underground car parks they have dry walled off or unused store rooms, for some reason society hammers them. All the kids books I ever read, kids would run away from home and do this. It was seen as independence and exploring. Different times I guess. "My Side of the Mountain", "The Prince of Central Park", "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" also the "Three Investigators" and their hidden hideout.
- thatguy0900 5y ago
  I'm assuming it's a slam fire shotgun. I wouldnt trust the pvc not to blow up but you could certainly fire a shell. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MUjDumvMK6I https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MUjDumvMK6I literally just two pipes and a nail is all you need
- iancmceachern 5y ago
  I loved my side of the mountain! Don't forget Hatchet too
aliswe 5y ago
No pictures? Seriously?
- YeGoblynQueenne 5y ago
  I think I've read this piece before and when I did it certainly had pictures, plenty of them. I think maybe they removed them because he escaped from jail and they don't want to ... cause trouble? To anyone?
iosono88 5y ago
bell-cot 5y ago
> Through a series of steep escalations, the case had passed to officers from counter-terrorism command... Skimming through the article - the police agencies, justice system, etc. poured an utterly ridiculous number hours and pounds into the case of an old homeless man, who'd dug himself a tiny "hobbit hole" to live in. Those organizations need to be replaced with some sane, reality-oriented ones. And maybe the leaders of the old organizations should be reassigned - to standing sentry duty on the South Sandwich Islands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands#South_Sandwich_Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sa... After all, some dangerous terrorists in a balloon might try to sneak in and steal one of Her Majesties' glaciers, then flood London by dropping the glacier in the Thames. But with a crack group of counter-terrorist sentries keeping watch 24/7, we'll all be safe from that... /s

24 points by jhylands 5y ago

Currently on the run from prison, he escaped about 6 months after this article Here's the bit of PVC pipe he got 5 years for, I doubt it could work - https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/man-jailed-for-five-years-after-stashing-homemade-gun-in-hampstead-heath-a4219096.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/man-jailed-for-five-ye... It's sad every time you hear these stories about people living in underground car parks they have dry walled off or unused store rooms, for some reason society hammers them. All the kids books I ever read, kids would run away from home and do this. It was seen as independence and exploring. Different times I guess. "My Side of the Mountain", "The Prince of Central Park", "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" also the "Three Investigators" and their hidden hideout.

thatguy0900 5y ago
I'm assuming it's a slam fire shotgun. I wouldnt trust the pvc not to blow up but you could certainly fire a shell. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MUjDumvMK6I https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MUjDumvMK6I literally just two pipes and a nail is all you need
iancmceachern 5y ago
I loved my side of the mountain! Don't forget Hatchet too

aliswe 5y ago

No pictures? Seriously?

YeGoblynQueenne 5y ago
I think I've read this piece before and when I did it certainly had pictures, plenty of them. I think maybe they removed them because he escaped from jail and they don't want to ... cause trouble? To anyone?

iosono88 5y ago

bell-cot 5y ago

> Through a series of steep escalations, the case had passed to officers from counter-terrorism command... Skimming through the article - the police agencies, justice system, etc. poured an utterly ridiculous number hours and pounds into the case of an old homeless man, who'd dug himself a tiny "hobbit hole" to live in. Those organizations need to be replaced with some sane, reality-oriented ones. And maybe the leaders of the old organizations should be reassigned - to standing sentry duty on the South Sandwich Islands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands#South_Sandwich_Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sa... After all, some dangerous terrorists in a balloon might try to sneak in and steal one of Her Majesties' glaciers, then flood London by dropping the glacier in the Thames. But with a crack group of counter-terrorist sentries keeping watch 24/7, we'll all be safe from that... /s