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Marvin John Heemeyer (October 28, 1951 – June 4, 2004) was an American automobile muffler repair shop owner who demolished numerous buildings with a modified bulldozer in Granby, Colorado, in 2004. Heemeyer's machine was postumously nicknamed the Killdozer .
American welder Marvin Heemeyer goes on a violent rampage with a secretly fortified bulldozer made up of steel, concrete, and guns after feuding with members of the small town of Granby, Colorado. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
When the bulldozer is used to try to shift the meteorite, it emits a blue light that moves to, and seems to possess, the bulldozer. Mack, standing nearby as this occurs, falls ill and then dies some hours later. Chub, the team's mechanic, cannot find anything wrong with the inoperative bulldozer, but can hear the odd sound from the blade.
Killdozer, a portmanteau of kill and bulldozer, is the nickname given to a modified armored bulldozer used in a 2004 rampage by Marvin Heemeyer. Killdozer may also refer to: "Killdozer!" (short story), a 1944 short story by Theodore Sturgeon; Killdozer!, a 1974 ABC cult classic sci-fi film based on the story
Dozer, a bulldozer, and the scrapers level the ground, then Packer, and Rolland, two soil compactors flatten the ground. Roxy and Mack, two gravel dump trucks dump piles of gravel, Rocky, another bulldozer levels down the gravel, with help from Gary, a grader, and Biggest Heaviest Roller.
According to Zvyagintsev, the story of Marvin Heemeyer's 2004 rampage through a small US town using a modified bulldozer inspired him. A similar concept was adapted into a Russian setting. [ 5 ] The character development of the protagonist parallels a biblical figure Job and the story of Naboth's Vineyard .
The "Timely evacuation" implies that Marvin didn't kill anyone because of the evacuation. Given the timeline of events, you cannot say Marvin wanted to; although he had plenty of chances to do so from video footage. He never actively went after personnel. Instead, enacting his catharsis on the buildings of his rage.
2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack – Vehicle-ramming attack in West Jerusalem; Craig D. Button – US Air Force pilot who disappeared and crashed his A-10 aircraft (1964–1997) Harry's War – US comedy-drama film; Marvin Heemeyer – American known for bulldozer rampage (1951–2004) Tank – 1984 film by Marvin J. Chomsky