Nuts, Bolts, and Marbles.

That's my favorite cereal, right next to "Quarry."

What the hail is going on here?

I blame China.

Whoever's doing is is screwed when they get caught

Wait, what?

Just some liberal commie punks. Keep your trash off my lawn.

Redneck trebuchet onslaught?

/nuts, bolts, and leaves

Sounds like a 3-man type slingshot. We used to launch golfballs several hundred yards with one.

Just curious, but is there a recycling center, or some industrial shredder in use upwind of the neighborhood?

I wonder how often he gets pizza and just how lousy he tips.

AntmaN: What the hail is going on here?

McKeesport Beer Baron: Sounds like a 3-man type slingshot. We used to launch golfballs several hundred yards with one.

Yeah that was my thought. Maybe a hill involved, except that would logically have been the first place to look so you'd think it'd have at least been mentioned.

Wanted for questioning.

Unshrunken Dink: Redneck trebuchet onslaught?

/nuts, bolts, and leaves

Came here for the trebuchet reference. Leaving satiated.

Alternatively, any cheap airlines fly overhead?

I blame North Korean missiles.

Lumoclear: I blame North Korean missiles.

The town is at the bottom of the Sea of Japan?

Approves

This thread is screwy and nuts.

Lo.

Optimus must have the runs...

My two cents worth:
The devise being used is probably a wrist rocket type slingshot. It has a range of about 100 yards or so. The person doing this sounds like they have a vendetta against a person or persons on the targeted street. The person doing this probably has vocalized his complaints previously to the victims or his own family/neighbors. His complaints are probably related to loud kids/dogs/cars/music emanating from the victim's street. He (yes it is most certainly a he) also would need a vantage point to aim his slingshot such as high window or easily accessible roof. The projectiles used suggest a person who is comfortable around tools. The person doing this sounds frustrated and in a powerless position in his life. I bet he was recently laid off or has a crappy job. This dude obviously has way too much time on his hands worrying about some perceived slight by his neighbors and his need for revenge.

Farque Ewe: The person doing this sounds frustrated and in a powerless position in his life. I bet he was recently laid off or has a crappy job. This dude obviously has way too much time on his hands worrying about some perceived slight by his neighbors and his need for revenge.

When I was about 15 I'd hit golf balls in the backyard with a sand wedge and the dog would fetch them and bring them back. When I got bored i'd grab a wood and drive a ball as far as I could over houses, not caring where they hit. I'd usually hear a bang or smash in the distance. I did it every couple of days for a few months. It was teenage stupidity, and this probably is too.
I still feel like an asshole for doing it. (well, I was)
Also I've never told anyone, so I hope you feel special, fark.

Farque Ewe: My two cents worth:
The devise being used is probably a wrist rocket type slingshot. It has a range of about 100 yards or so. The person doing this sounds like they have a vendetta against a person or persons on the targeted street. The person doing this probably has vocalized his complaints previously to the victims or his own family/neighbors. His complaints are probably related to loud kids/dogs/cars/music emanating from the victim's street. He (yes it is most certainly a he) also would need a vantage point to aim his slingshot such as high window or easily accessible roof. The projectiles used suggest a person who is comfortable around tools. The person doing this sounds frustrated and in a powerless position in his life. I bet he was recently laid off or has a crappy job. This dude obviously has way too much time on his hands worrying about some perceived slight by his neighbors and his need for revenge.

If you knew the mass of the object and how hard it hit the ground, you'd know how high they're being lobbed. if you knew the angle they were coming in at (high speed camera?) you'd know one side of the parabola. Assuming the objects are hitting the ground close to vertical they have to be falling through an arc. Now you have the range.

Testing for residue would give you a better idea how they're being lobbed. Based on no one being tipped off by the earth shattering kaboom, it has to be mechanical (rubber, spring) or compressed air. Saying it could be a shotgun is asinine, you couldn't get the noise far enough away.

I had something like this happen but it was water balloons and oranges.
I figured it was a three person slingshot.
Only hit my field.

Transformers. More than meets the eye. Transformers. Robots in disguise.

wren337: Farque Ewe: My two cents worth:
The devise being used is probably a wrist rocket type slingshot. It has a range of about 100 yards or so. The person doing this sounds like they have a vendetta against a person or persons on the targeted street. The person doing this probably has vocalized his complaints previously to the victims or his own family/neighbors. His complaints are probably related to loud kids/dogs/cars/music emanating from the victim's street. He (yes it is most certainly a he) also would need a vantage point to aim his slingshot such as high window or easily accessible roof. The projectiles used suggest a person who is comfortable around tools. The person doing this sounds frustrated and in a powerless position in his life. I bet he was recently laid off or has a crappy job. This dude obviously has way too much time on his hands worrying about some perceived slight by his neighbors and his need for revenge.

If you knew the mass of the object and how hard it hit the ground, you'd know how high they're being lobbed. if you knew the angle they were coming in at (high speed camera?) you'd know one side of the parabola. Assuming the objects are hitting the ground close to vertical they have to be falling through an arc. Now you have the range.

Testing for residue would give you a better idea how they're being lobbed. Based on no one being tipped off by the earth shattering kaboom, it has to be mechanical (rubber, spring) or compressed air. Saying it could be a shotgun is asinine, you couldn't get the noise far enough away.

yeah, look for the POO site. lol

I blame the street lights
And those damn street light flyers

Farque Ewe: My two cents worth:
The devise being used is probably a wrist rocket type slingshot. It has a range of about 100 yards or so. The person doing this sounds like they have a vendetta against a person or persons on the targeted street. The person doing this probably has vocalized his complaints previously to the victims or his own family/neighbors. His complaints are probably related to loud kids/dogs/cars/music emanating from the victim's street. He (yes it is most certainly a he) also would need a vantage point to aim his slingshot such as high window or easily accessible roof. The projectiles used suggest a person who is comfortable around tools. The person doing this sounds frustrated and in a powerless position in his life. I bet he was recently laid off or has a crappy job. This dude obviously has way too much time on his hands worrying about some perceived slight by his neighbors and his need for revenge

A little Saturday Morning Armchair Sluething? I was doing the same thing and came up with pretty much the same assessment. It shouldn't be too hard to find out where it's coming from, withing about a 1/4 mile area, probably just 100-200 yards away, then stake it out, or plant a few cameras. People are creatures of habit, and I'll bet this happens roughly in the same time frame each night. My thinking is that this guy has a crappy job, but is actually still employed.

Still, I don't have a map of the area, but I'm sure it's coming from a spot where he feels he can't or won't be observed. With a wrist-rocket, he can strike quickly and silently, and camoflage himself easily ("I'm just out in my backyard raking leaves...")

In the meantime, park those cars on the south/southwest side of your houses, and rig up some rare earth magnets on poles to go around sweeping for nuts and bolts. Give the little farker enough rope and he'll eventually hang himself.

any of youse guys live in the area?
it'd be kinda fun and different to investigate.

not me though

/rl sucks
/sounds like someone is bored or has a vendetta

el_morte

From a few days ago...

Wasn't this a Malcom in the Middle episode? But with food.

I'm glad nobody is claiming handyman poltergeist shenanigans yet.

\or telekinetic psycho
\\zomg son of Carrie!

Farque Ewe: My two cents worth:
The devise being used is probably a wrist rocket type slingshot. It has a range of about 100 yards or so. The person doing this sounds like they have a vendetta against a person or persons on the targeted street. The person doing this probably has vocalized his complaints previously to the victims or his own family/neighbors. His complaints are probably related to loud kids/dogs/cars/music emanating from the victim's street. He (yes it is most certainly a he) also would need a vantage point to aim his slingshot such as high window or easily accessible roof. The projectiles used suggest a person who is comfortable around tools. The person doing this sounds frustrated and in a powerless position in his life. I bet he was recently laid off or has a crappy job. This dude obviously has way too much time on his hands worrying about some perceived slight by his neighbors and his need for revenge.

Nice profiling, but perhaps a bit too much projection.

If I were the attacker, I'd be using a compressed air cannon loaded with shot. Charge it up, stick the tube out the window, let fly, and pull the tube in so I can listen for the lovely sound of metal on roof tiles.

/I said if!
//Ok, so I matched your profile once, but that was a long time ago.

Ooooooo, I love this game!

Clearly all the signs point to this guy doing it himself for attention. The first sign is him calling the news about it.

The second is that he's embracing the problem, and letting everyone know that its really effecting his life.
"Montondo mows his yard, he puts on his hardhat. On some days, he adds a camouflage down-lined coat, the closest thing to Kevlar that he owns"

The third is that he's keeping trophies
"He collects the projectiles from his yard in Ziploc bags, an estimated 25 pounds so far"

Anyone else waiting for the FOLLOWUP tag?

Miniac78: From a few days ago...

Dr. Pepper from the sky! In can form!

There was no mention of rebar coming from the sky, therefore i object to the headline "raining rebar"

/has basic knowledge of construction materials
//raining rebar would have meant many skewered rednecks