If you're going to go on a rampage ...

... it's hard to top this one. In 2004, a man named Marvin Heemeyer went on a rampage with an armored bulldozer in the town of Granby, Colo. He was reportedly upset because he'd lost a zoning dispute. (He was upset about a concrete plant being built near his shop.) So naturally, he welded some armor onto a bulldozer and started DESTROYING THE TOWN. The cost of damage was about $7 million, though thankfully, nobody died but Heemeyer, who committed suicide after his Armageddon Machine got stuck. Snip from Wikipedia:

On June 4, 2004, Heemeyer drove his armored bulldozer through the wall of his former business, the concrete plant, the Town Hall, the office of the local newspaper that editorialized against him, the home of a former judge's widow, and a hardware store owned by another man Heemeyer named in a lawsuit, as well as others. Owners of all the buildings that were damaged had some connection to Heemeyer's disputes.

Hat Tip: Many thanks, cripjak!

Comments

[cripjak]

Glad you got it

[extremus]

Old, old news.

[Scott R]

I got married on june 5th of '04. One of my groomsmen was from Granby and his parent's were both on the hand written list of people he was going for. He was at the Royal's game that Friday night with us when he got the call from his parents. Made for a strange pre-wedding evening.

[kbp]

Had me goin' there. I thought it had happened again!

[kybo61]

I missed that one, I don't mind that it's old news... it made me feel a little less p'ed off about losing a recent case (for several thousand dollars) against a hateful neighbor who got nipped (I mean NIPPED, not savaged) by my little bitty dog back in August. I must admit feeling a little vicarious wish for me in that tank against the hateful neighbor & the judge, but hey, I'm more of a peacenik at heart. :)

[Xplant]

KILLDOZER!