I'm amazed at the story of a marijuana growing operation that was discovered by police in Tennessee. Briefly, the growers tunneled into a system of natural caves beneath this house:
and set up a farming operation with hundreds of marijuana plants, irrigation and air-conditioning systems, and even security doors.
They even dug a 150-yard tunnel to an escape hatch concealed beneath a hydraulically-raised rock!
All most ingenious. Obviously an enormous amount of time, effort and money went into this operation - and it's all wasted now, after its discovery.
There are lots more pictures and details at the link.
As a prison chaplain, I often thought that if criminals would only apply the same effort and ingenuity to a law-abiding occupation as they do to their crimes, most of them would turn out millionaires! It's a shame they don't see it that way . . . but then, no-one said that criminals made intelligent choices.
Peter
This place was listed for sale a while ago- wonder what it sold for?
ReplyDeleteMake a cool indoor pistol range!
Yep: it'd be a LOT less work to stay law-abiding! Good grief, the time and effort and expense these numbskulls went too.....
ReplyDeleteWhat really freaks me out is that this is the EXACT PLOT of a mystery novel I read... about a year ago. And I'm fairly sure the author felt he was being over the top.
ReplyDeleteAs a former Correctional Officer I have said the smae things about offenders.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it even sold in this market.
ReplyDeleteThis setup is enough to even tempt me to leave Texas...*8P For the right price of course.