A Texas couple’s poop trap backfired after parcel thieves sprayed their house with cow manure. The Austin-based parents set a 'poopy' trap for the parcel thieves using their toddler’s waste. But they returned with cow dung half hour later and sprayed it all over their house.
Texas Couples’ Poop Trap Backfires, Thieves Retaliate By Spraying Cow Dung On Their House
By
Zainab Pervez in
Bizarre
On 29th September 2022
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Parcel thieves fought back against a Texas couple who tricked them into stealing dirty diapers by spraying their house with cow manure. The Austin-based parents were among numerous victims who had become annoyed with a gang constantly stealing deliveries from their porches, so set a booby trap using their toddler’s waste.
However, it backfired once the masked bandits realized they had a poop-filled package on their hands.
“The same [people] came back and took [the] package,”
“And when they discovered it was a bunch of dirty diapers they came back and smeared those diapers on our front door.”
“Thirty minutes later, they came back with a giant bag of cow manure,” the victim, only identified as Gabriela, told Austin station KXAN.
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“They spread that all over our front porch and on our cars in the driveway.
“That was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I called police, filed a report, and now there’s a detective on the case.”
Residents say the fecal fiasco was the culmination of escalating tensions over the last month after several homeowners in the neighborhood noticed missing packages.
Gabriela told KXAN at least a dozen households have been stolen from.
“We need to stop this now, especially before the holidays get started,”
“They’re hitting in the middle of the day, the middle of the night. Same car. Same people.”
The thieves have been caught on numerous doorbell cameras and tracked to the same black Chevy Suburban with no plates, but that has left little for cops to go off.
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Another victim, Britany Walker, told The Post she was nursing her baby when she saw a brazen thief swiping a large package from her entryway in broad daylight.
“I just ran out and said, ‘I have a baby,’ and they looked at me and just laughed,” Walker said, adding the bandits still took her package.
Austin police say homeowners can legally confront people stealing from on their properties but generally urge homeowners not to interfere, especially with organized gangs, as tempers can flare and situations can quickly become dangerous or life-threatening.