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Old 11-26-2019, 03:28 PM
 
Location: The 719
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The town of Grandby destroyed his life, so Marvin destroyed the town.

Oh I'm sorry, that was an awful version, let me try and fix that.






https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PZbG9i1oGPA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ_sEZxciWM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=Bo9Vu_X6lKw

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Old 11-26-2019, 06:23 PM
 
Location: 0.83 Atmospheres
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Granby
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Old 11-26-2019, 07:39 PM
 
Location: The 719
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Granby
Channel 4 says it's Grandby so you are wrong.
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Old 11-26-2019, 10:24 PM
 
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I was rolling into Laramie on I-80 when I heard about this story, KOA radio and their 50,000 watt booming signal had breaking news on it and I stayed with the station the rest of the afternoon until I got to my sisters in Larkspur. I remember this situation very well.


There are some other stories online regarding John Heemeyer, Wikipedia has a pretty sizable writeup on him.
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Old 11-26-2019, 10:32 PM
 
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Channel 4 says it's Grandby so you are wrong.
Find it on a map for me.
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Old 11-27-2019, 06:35 AM
 
Location: The 719
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Find it on a map for me.
Stick to the topic. Folks from Grandby call it Grandby.



Ok Granby.

I kept seeing a d in there for some reason, every time I looked. Granby by Granb Lake. Weird.

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Old 11-27-2019, 08:44 AM
 
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Stick to the topic. Folks from Grandby call it Grandby.



Ok Granby.

I kept seeing a d in there for some reason, every time I looked. Granby by Granb Lake. Weird.


I’ve been going to Granby for 40 years.
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Old 11-27-2019, 09:23 AM
 
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I’ve been going to Granby for 40 years.
Skiied Mary Jane for about three days straight. Had I extended my PADI dive training, was going to Grand Lake for the high altitude dive training. Life took a turn and I lost my "buddy", haven't dove since.

Would like to visit the area from Estes Park if we ever go up their when that part of the park isn't closed down. Hopefully, the Park will get pounded with snow this season.

My wife was very disturbed by the incident, wouldn't let me watch it. I'd just like to learn more about what they did to the guy.
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Old 11-27-2019, 09:52 AM
 
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I remember watching it live on TV. Very bizarre.

Last edited by Mike from back east; 11-27-2019 at 10:49 AM.. Reason: bizarre, not bazaar (a market place).
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Old 11-27-2019, 11:39 AM
 
Location: Na'alehu Hawaii/Buena Vista Colorado
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My wife was very disturbed by the incident, wouldn't let me watch it. I'd just like to learn more about what they did to the guy.[/QUOTE]

The story can be found on Wikipedia. It was a zoning dispute, and he just snapped. After going on his rampage, he shot himself.

"In 1992, Heemeyer purchased 2 acres (0.8 ha) of land from the Resolution Trust Corporation, the federal agency organized to handle the assets of failed savings and loan institutions. He purchased the land for $42,000 to build a muffler shop and subsequently agreed to sell the land to Cody Docheff to build a concrete batch plant, Mountain Park Concrete. The agreed price was $250,000. According to Susan Docheff, Heemeyer changed his mind and increased the price to $375,000, and later demanded a deal worth approximately $1 million. Some believed that this negotiation happened before the rezoning proposal was heard by the town council.

In 2001, the zoning commission and the town's trustees approved the construction of a concrete batch plant. Heemeyer attempted to appeal the decision but was unsuccessful. It was claimed by Heemeyer that the construction blocked access to the shop. Heemeyer was subsequently fined $2,500 by the Granby town council for various violations, including junk cars on the property and not being hooked up to the sewer line; he had apparently tried to cross 8 feet (2.4 m) of the concrete factory land to hook up to the sewer line. He was discovered to be dumping his own human waste from an improvised tank directly into an irrigation ditch, resulting in the fine.Notes found by investigators after the incident indicated that the primary motivation for the bulldozer rampage was his plan to stop a concrete plant from being built near his shop. These notes indicated that he held grudges over the zoning approval. "I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable", he wrote. "Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things.""
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