Bizarre Bulldozer Story
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Bizarre Bulldozer Story
| Sat, 06-05-2004 - 12:42pm |
Residents of this mountain tourist town of 2,200 described a bizarre scene as the bulldozer slowly crashed through buildings, trees and lampposts, with dozens of officers walking ahead or behind it, firing into the machine and shouting at townspeople to flee.
"It looked like a futuristic tank," said Rod Moore, who watched the dozer rumble past within 15 feet of his auto garage and towing company.
One officer, later identified as Trainor, was perched on top, firing shot after shot into the top and once dropping an explosive down the exhaust pipe.
"He just kept shooting," Moore said. "The dozer was still going. He threw what looked like a flash-bang down the exhaust. It didn't do a thing..."

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No, this is not something people do in this country or the world. It is something that one person did. That's why its described as a bizarre story.
Renee
People have different breaking points. I think we're talking about multifactorial etiology here - different reactions to different stressors in different environments. In different circumstances, this guy could have reacted entirely 'rationally', while someone else might take the 'irrational' route. Who knows?
Does the fact that you gave it that title qualify as proof? Uh, no.
That it isn't common doesn't mean that "people don't do that here". They clearly do.
~mark~
Families, friends, co-workers, neighbors, doctors, therapists, social organizations, and the police 'save' people like Heymeer every day usually years before they get to his state, but there is no such thing as a fool proof safety net. There are choices in life that all of us make that bring us closer to one another or isolate us from our fellow human beings and that includes those who can provide professoinal assistance to us.
Certainly there were people who knew Heymeer was furious and probably something of a loose canon as well, but I think it's very naive to imagine that someone who wasn't close to him (and believe me, this type of person long ago dismantled any close social network he may have had), could have the insight or influence to do anything to prevent Heymeer from going berzerk.
Renee
This sounds like a personal attack and has no place on this board. How does it advance the discussion.
Absolutely. That's my point. For Heymeer to engineer that 'tank' required a lot of forsight and planning, so this isn't a case of someone just snapping. Most people have at least a degree of resiliency that pulls them back even if they on occasion are in danger of going over jumping off the cliff, and even when most of us reach our breaking point, over a nonviolent situation, it doesn't include homicide or suicide.
Edited 6/9/2004 10:50 am ET ET by wrhen
Renee
What other adjective would fit? It's certainly not a commonplace situation.
Renee
The planning, engineering, and construction that was required for this is in another category all together. All I'm saying is that this guy was a long way down a road that most of us never get on or turn back long before getting to the point he was at.
We are not all like Heymeer and just waiting for the right situation to loose it.
Renee
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