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Ho ju Moderator	posted July 28, 1999 10:59 AM I was reading the fish hook booby trap and this one sprang to mind. The viet cong used to use it during the vietnam war. Take a bamboo shoot (or any sharp object like a nail) and stick it in the ground (sharp point up!!)so it is firmly cemented there, and when steped on will puncture the foot. Place lots of these little things around any area and send some unknowing fool trouncing on through. The viet cong spread animal feces on the shoots to cause infection. ------------------ Death is only a begining.
Feticidal Fantasy Frequent Poster	posted July 28, 1999 01:43 PM Well if your victim is wearing boots or shoes the spikes may not penetrate. what about improving the design a little, and insted of just using nails, have some rifle bullets with tacks taped to the primers, so when he steps on them it will just blast the fuck out of him. Or you could have a trip wire right before this patch of nails/bullets so that they fall into it, so they body would hit the spikes rather than just their feet. ------------------ Want to learn how to make homemade explosives, weapons, and poisons? Come to my website! http://www.darksites.com/souls/vampires/feticidal/
Ho ju Moderator	posted July 29, 1999 11:07 AM Yes a bed of nails would be good but the rifle bullets sound like a much better idea. On the subject of trip wires and bullets you could also make another nasty trap. What you need to do is set up a trip wire behind like a door or something. the trip wire is attached to a pin which holds down a spring. Attached to the spring is a nail (or a tack, whichever you think would do a better job of firing a shotgun shell.)When the trip wire is pulled by the opening of the door the pin is pulled away from the spring and the spring pushes the tack onto the shell causing it to fire. Now if you point the shell at the door the person gets hit. ------------------ Death is only a begining.
megalomania Administrator	posted July 31, 1999 09:52 AM The bamboo shoot idea is perfect for an "in the field" setting where you don't have bullets. Didn't they used to dig a small but deep hole in the ground with spikes at the bottom covered with sod? Even with boots on, once you step on the sod and fall through a foot or two, you can pierce the sole. The feces is a nice touch. ------------------ Visit Megalomania's Explosives and Stuff at http://surf.to/megalomania
WashuuX unregistered	posted August 02, 1999 06:57 AM Ah, good old punji sticks. If you want some more suggestions, check out http://www.off-road.com/vw/enviro/efdm.html The work itself is probably just a bad attempt to smear the enviromental movement, but the traps they suggest look workable.
dlwdaw Frequent Poster	posted November 14, 1999 10:27 PM sorry for bringing up the old as hell post, but a good one oyu over looked is this. \|\ /\| \|\ /\| \|\ /\| \| \| \|______\| when the guy steps down nothing happens, but when he tries to pull his leg out the spikes dig i nto his leg, this is underground, and built with a strong box, when ready to place just dig hole and put box in. ------------------ -dlwdaw "... always look on the positive side of things, blow things up not down" -- Ragnar Benson
dlwdaw Frequent Poster	posted November 14, 1999 10:32 PM damnit, I hate fuckin ACSII. \|\.../\| \|\.../\| \|\.../\| \|\.../\| \|_____\| ignore the dots,
Feticidal Fantasy Frequent Poster	posted November 15, 1999 01:25 AM That is the same idea as the fox tail plant as well as broad head arrow points. But what material would you use for the things. It would have to be flexiable enough for the foot to enter but then rigid to trap them. Maybe sheet metal hinged to the side of the box. ------------------ Feticidal Fantasy- http://www.darksites.com/souls/vampires/feticidal/ "Keep your gun as your constant companion."
nbk2000 Moderator	posted November 15, 1999 04:00 AM Steel packing strap may be usable. Sharpen the edges to razor sharpness and nail it across paths edgewise at shin level. ------------------ "The knowledge that they fear is a weapon to be used against them." www.50megs.com/nbk2000
rolf nixon Frequent Poster	posted November 17, 1999 01:20 PM another idea would be to place the nailbed on a small road in the forest and set up a tripwire at each side, so that when victem comes by he will not step on them but fall on them. The nails could be covered with oxalic acid - hurts like hell and lethal dose is 10 grams. At last if you haven`t got any nails you could place a steelwire in the same high as the head on a bikers road, when the biker then comes driving in the night he would be strangulated by his own weight. Rolf
Ho ju Moderator	posted January 14, 2000 06:39 PM i got this desing out of a catalog that sold these things. it would be a good idea for a one time wide short killing area it is self exdplanitory in the ways to make it. use any type of shell you want. i just used a shotgun shell for an area effect opposed to a tumbling bulled ------------------ -Knowledge is power, power leads to corruption, corruption is a crime, crime doesn't pay. So if you know to much you will go broke!!! [This message has been edited by Ho ju (edited January 14, 2000).]
Blaze Frequent Poster	posted January 14, 2000 07:25 PM a shotshell without a barrel would be lucky to penetrate the skin, either add a short barrel or replace the powder with HE.

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