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Buried nail traps, wires put people in danger on Caledon biking trail
- Thread starter TK4
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I was on the 507 and a bunch of young yahoos where up ahead so I sped up to catch them and one went down in a turn just south of Catchacoma, I stopped and a land owner came running over screaming loudly then started yelling at the kid, I walked over towards him and then I noticed a whole lot of barbed wire strung across the runoff at about a foot high, as I was bent over handling the barbed wire I looked up at him and he ran back to his house. People are F¥Ck£d!
Wow. I remember a few years back people stringing something also but that stopped for a while.
One thing I sure wouldn’t do is announce on tv that I’m installing cameras. Not only will the perpetrator be aware, those can be stolen fairly easily.
One thing I sure wouldn’t do is announce on tv that I’m installing cameras. Not only will the perpetrator be aware, those can be stolen fairly easily.
-Maverick-
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Farmers will kill you on sleds:
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The guy formerly known as Mladin.
Booby trapped snowmobile trails
I heard on WTSN AM Dover NH this morning about somebody booby trapping snowmobile trails with fishing line tied across at neck/head level. The police or game wardens followed tracks in the snow (dumb criminal) to the guys house who claims he has a problem with snowmobiles. He wont from a jail...
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The guy formerly known as Mladin.
Agree but if installed well, they are really hard to spot. Your best bet is search at night with a camera sensitive to IR and it's not hard to find the IR light.
Are there wire catchers on the market for dirtbikes/snowmobiles/bicycles?
I haven't seen one. It needs to be really tall as most wires seem to be strung at neck height which is well above the bike. Probably more likely to flip you than cut the wire but given the alternative, I'd be ok with that.
Apparently riders in Pakistan use flexible hoops to deflect the discarded/lost strings from fighting kites:
tribune.com.pk
There have been a few cases reported locally about the kite strings (covered in glass dust or similar).
Bizarre solution to killer kite string | The Express Tribune
A flexible antenna on the front handle is all that is needed to prevent the lethal kite string from getting to the neck.
tribune.com.pk
There have been a few cases reported locally about the kite strings (covered in glass dust or similar).
There's a reason for that, and it's not to harm people (intentionally). They use glass infused string to cut opponent's strings in kite fighting. It's big in South Asia. People have had their throats slit and died while participating.
Kite Fighting for Keeps, And Losers Float Away; Pakistani and Afghan Competitors Use Cutting String in Fierce Aerial Battles (Published 2000)
Article describes kite fighting competition in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens between teams made up of Pakistanis and Afghans; photo (M)
I watched the Caledon video.
If traps are being placed on this guy's property, as well as the public trails then I suspect the person doing this is a neighbour who has a grudge against this rider in particular and others who, in his opinion, are not using the trails properly, or they're making too much noise etc..... Look close to home on this. Too bad he spoke out about the trail cams as this might cause the vandal to place traps in new areas.
If traps are being placed on this guy's property, as well as the public trails then I suspect the person doing this is a neighbour who has a grudge against this rider in particular and others who, in his opinion, are not using the trails properly, or they're making too much noise etc..... Look close to home on this. Too bad he spoke out about the trail cams as this might cause the vandal to place traps in new areas.
justride
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something like this should be reported to the OPP.
The OPP has been contacted. Several times. They're "looking into it" read: there's no money in it for them
Many years ago the Bruce Trial had a side trail that went through our family farm . I was stopped and interrogated as a kid on my dirt bike by a “ concerned “ group of hikers . That side trail from Crawford lake to Walkers line did not exist the next week. Posted and closed . Many that like horses and hikers hate dirt bikes , however a nail trap is pretty ugly for a horse as well .
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-Maverick-
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Damn...
The guy formerly known as Mladin.
The guy formerly known as Mladin.
Many decades ago a guy was being sued by the person who tried to break into the guy's cottage. Because of previous B&E the cottage owner set a booby trap using a string and shotgun. I think the cottage owner ended up paying for the crook's lost leg.
While the knee jerk reaction might be on the side of the cottage owner, think about collateral damage. What if the crook got scared off before he triggered the gun, police showed up to investigate and an officer entered the partially opened door?
This is why you don't set booby traps.
If you saw someone setting a trap and asked them why, the answer would probably be "To keep people off my land".
That is incorrect as it wouldn't be a deterrent to the first victim unless the traps were marked, defeating their purpose.
The correct answer is "I'm going to hurt, main or kill someone to set an example for others."
In a court, the victim could be a wandering kid, lost hiker etc and the court wouldn't likely look kindly at the trap setters for their premeditated actions.
On the other hand I believe a person has the right to control the use of their land and too many people pull the "Rights" card to do whatever they want. Chippy attitudes and slack law enforcement are pushing us towards an ugly reckoning. Throw in liability concerns and the land owners dig in further (You knew people were using that path and didn't keep it safe." No more access.
TK4
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Priceless. I'm absent minded.
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