NASA Engineer Fed Up With Package Thieves Builds Device To Bring Them To Justice

NASA engineer fed up with package thieves builds device to bring them to justice there's something to be said for having to sign for your package leaving a box on your porch for an entire day seems too much for people to bear before they get the idea to remove your package for you these porch pirates as you'll see are not the hardened criminals you'd expect in fact you may be rather surprised at just who is taking your mail he had enough porch pirates had stolen his package for the last time it was time to get even and he wasn't the only one who felt this way these mad geniuses had a plan and it wasn't going to be pretty it was time to exact revenge in the most spectacular way incredibly a third of all packages delivered to residential homes in the US never made it to their intended recipient not because of a broken postal delivery service but because of greedy porch pirates and although they have a cute name their deeds are far from innocent you might expect that large cities have the highest rates of theft but they're actually more likely to happen in suburban rural or secluded areas strangely North Dakota is the state with the highest rate of package theft where residents are 26 times more likely to be victims and the residents were growing sick and tired of course there are worse times for theft than others the holidays for instance when thieves suspect that your package will contain wonderful gifts and not the replacement toaster you got yourself online with the high theft rate you've probably been a victim too so have you dreamed about the ways you would take your revenge these guys did and the results were genius alik armbrister is our first revenge artist and he sweetly recorded the entire process so that we may live vicariously through him as you can imagine Alec's package have been stolen before often in fact before he decided to assemble quite a gross package for the next unsuspecting criminal and he had an unusual accomplice the first prank begins with a video that has clearly had time and effort put into it Eric obviously really got into his revenge tape the video is titled I'm sick of my packages being stolen so I got creative and has now been viewed by over 1 million people it seems that everyone wants a piece of the action maybe because so many of us have been burned before the video begins by Alok cleaning out his cat's litter box he makes sure to get it all every kitty parcel he seems to have collected Kitty contents for a few days because when he fills a brown package lined with a black bag there's a lot of it all the way to the very brim but his creativity didn't stop there most impressively Alok even spent some time by making the Box look like a very official delivery going to the trouble of neatly taping it all up and then he really goes the extra mile adding official-looking accessories such as an authentic looking printed packing list taped to the top of the parcel there was only one thing left to do he makes an elaborate video of placing the Box on his porch steps cleverly adding his accomplice cat to the film watching him through the glass door as he lays his trap then the wait begins it takes a couple days for the bait to be taken but taken it is his security camera catches the unsuspecting man walking up to his porch looking for all to see audaciously strolling up as though he belongs there he rings the bell to check of anyone's home before grabbing the package and making a quick getaway aleck is filled with glee knowing that any minute now this package thief is about to get his just desserts like many package thieves this team knew which homes were going to have packages delivered to them not exactly state-of-the-art tracking they actually just followed the UPS truck around all day leaving a 10-minute wait between the truck and themselves they were tailing the UPS truck which can be seen in security camera footage about 10 minutes prior Alex said gleefully the package thief expecting an expensive or useful item opens the sandy surprise after a few days on the porch I'm sure we'll be smelling rather ripe maybe that will teach him a valuable lesson to keep his thieving fingers to himself however other package thieves weren't so lucky the next group of people who decided to go sidewalk shopping with a five-fingered discount cross the wrong man an engineer named mark Robert created the ultimate revenge box to deter package thieves and inside was something far fouler than cat litter his machine is artfully designed to dish out Instant Karma and you'll see why mark is a former NASA engineer who worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a nice guy he doesn't want to see anyone hurt but he does want to mess up your car interior if you happen to be a Porsche pirate that is Marc's prank goes so deep that the technical mastery of screwing up someone's day is absolutely mind-bending he begins with this apparently common problem of people not being able to keep their hands to themselves and then he explains his elaborate and mesmerizing plan so what would you consider the worst way to ruin someone's day without violence of course did you say glitter well that is exactly what Mark thought to glitter and a certain odor it took marks six months along with help from a friend to create what must be the most satisfying revenge video for all of you have suffered at the hands of porch pirates not only are the tools used absolutely perfect at distributing glitter and to absolutely every nook cranny and crevice but we get to watch it all go down Mark's video was trending at number three that's how good revenge tastes his ten minute video starts with a lengthy introduction explaining how he built his booby trap designed to douse thieves and glitter and fart spray of which she says gleefully one spray will clear a room and is named package thief versus glitter bomb Tramp unleashing a tornado of gorgeous glitter followed by five sprays of fart from a can every 30 seconds it's bound to get reactions personally I slowed it right down to look at the amazing glitter cloud spin and change color over and over again but that's just me I think most people would agree that the genius is in the video feedback from every angle boasting for individual iPhones each triggered by two latches when the lid of the box is opened it sets a whole lot of things into action mark explains this custom printed circuit board is the brains of the operation it has a built-in accelerometer and when its jostle that will check the GPS signal to see if it's been moved from the porch and if so it sends a signal to all the phones to wake up and start recording and I'm using four phones that have a wide angle ultimately when they open the package I just want to celebrate their choice of profession with a cloud of glitter because who doesn't love glitter he continued and because the phones have GPS we created a virtual geofence around my house so I get a notification when the package has been moved off the property and it was not long before that happened the best part seeing the footage so it appears he was walking down the pavement and then suddenly makes a hard left then he takes the package and gets in his car and eventually makes it to his garage worthy glorious sequence unfolds Marc narrates and Glee the first worthy victim is a young thief and he was really not impressed but you can hear in his voice that he knew he deserved it he winds do a friend my car dude it's all over my car it's on everything and the second group they don't manage to open it properly so it wasn't so visual but everyone in the car is yelling to throw it out and what's that smell of all the thieves caught out by this fantastic gadget I think the man shown last is my favorite he managed to hold in the excitement of opening the package until he got home as the lid is lifted off you hear and see the glitter being flung across the room and he just stands there absolutely still and silently the device plays a recording keep the change you filthy animal the dazed man has a look of resignation on his defeated face as he fetches a vacuum cleaner and starts trying to clean up the devastation left by marks device of Instant Karma a layer of fine glitter covers every surface of the room and the camera keeps rolling you almost feel sorry for this hapless package thief almost Mark's viral footage of package thieves receiving their comeuppance and the spectacular device that made it all possible has become an instant hit among medicines after all what's better than watching a smug porch pirate excitedly open his ill-gotten loot just to have it all blow up in his face [Music]

Channel: Did You Know ?

Views: 578,514

Rating: 4.4344044 out of 5

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Id: p5QdqVdUvHg

Length: 9min 0sec (540 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 12 2019