DaFlyOnDaWall
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Hiyas! First time poster here from the wilds of OKielahoma.
This has been posted up a few places around the 'Net.
Back in the day when graverobbing and corpse snatching (in order to sell the body to less than discerning universities and medical practices) were more common, people became concerned with keeping their remains from becoming a skeleton display.
Some, who had money or contacts to get one, decided to take the proactive approach - and the Cemetery Gun was born. Rigged up on a spike or swivel, this flintlock blunderbuss was turned towards the potential target, and fired, by at least three tripwires. It didn't work as well as they had hoped - damp conditions would make the gun prone to misfires, among other problems.
Another approach was the 'Coffin Torpedo' essentially a landmine rigged inside the the coffin itself, which would (hopefully) blow up in the would-be bodysnatcher's face, and necessitating another grave for the hapless sucker. These were pretty rare, and very few examples of the cemetery guns exist today.
This has been posted up a few places around the 'Net.
Back in the day when graverobbing and corpse snatching (in order to sell the body to less than discerning universities and medical practices) were more common, people became concerned with keeping their remains from becoming a skeleton display.
Some, who had money or contacts to get one, decided to take the proactive approach - and the Cemetery Gun was born. Rigged up on a spike or swivel, this flintlock blunderbuss was turned towards the potential target, and fired, by at least three tripwires. It didn't work as well as they had hoped - damp conditions would make the gun prone to misfires, among other problems.
Another approach was the 'Coffin Torpedo' essentially a landmine rigged inside the the coffin itself, which would (hopefully) blow up in the would-be bodysnatcher's face, and necessitating another grave for the hapless sucker. These were pretty rare, and very few examples of the cemetery guns exist today.
