TODAY IS MARV HEEMEYER DAY

The Dozertank

Marv Heemeyer

Consider if you will, Marv Heemeyer, a resident of a small town in Northwestern Colorado, a seemingly nice guy, congenial, someone you might like to sit down and have a beer with, but somewhat prickly when riled, who on this day in history, June 4, 2004, suddenly propelled Granby, Colorado into the                                                      SHADOWY ZONE.                

Marv became angry because he felt a series of ordinances enacted by the town government of the town of Granby had ruined his business.  After he had failed at several attempts to overcome these obstacles, Marv set out to prove you can indeed fight city hall.

Marv possessed a Komatsu D355A bulldozer, formidable in its own right, and even more so after he had basically converted it into a tank by welding steel plates to the machine.

On June 4 he proceeded to wreak havoc on the town, laying waste to a goodly portion of Granby.  Impervious to small arms fire, the law enforcement apparently did not think that the way to stop a dozertank was to go after the treads.

Eventually the dozertank stopped of its own attrition.  Marv was reported by the swat team to have died of a “self inflicted gunshot wound”.  That seems to happen a lot when the law is in a standoff situation.  Keeps the record clean.

Disclaimer:  I cannot in any way condone Marv Heemeyer’s actions.  What he did was wrong.

  

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson

The Shadow Says…revenge is best served cold.