This angry inventor has a special gift for package thieves: Revenge

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. December 19 at 6:30 AM

The more time and money Jaireme Barrow spent to keep people from swiping packages off his front porch, the angrier he got.

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Then, the 34-year-old had an explosive idea.

“I was thinking, how could I scare them and make them drop my package and then never come to my front porch again,” Barrow told The Washington Post. “And I thought, ‘Getting shot at is scary. That’ll make them think twice.’ ”

With that, TheBlankBox was born.

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The nondescript dummy box is placed in plain sight. When an unsuspecting thief lifts it, a 12-gauge shotgun blank goes off.

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