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Trapped Traps have come a long way since hunters began using them centuries ago. While the methods may vary, the goal remains the same, and snare the prey.

But in order for a trap to work, you either need an effective device or a clueless target.

In fact, over the years, the term booby trap has come to describe a simple trap that only an unsuspecting fool would actually fall for.

Every object is a possible booby trap.

Some booby traps are more alluring and ingenious than others.

If you are a boob, you will be trapped.

Eh, wish the hell you'd shut up.

I ain't no boob and I won't be trapped. I wish the hell you'd shut up. I ain't no boob and I won't be trapped.

No matter how sophisticated or basic the trap, however, sometimes they can backfire and turn the person who set it up into the victim.

That's what happened to a backfire and turn the person who set it up into the victim.

That's what happened to a man in Belgium in 2002.

The 79-year-old retired engineer was apparently not a huge fan of his own family.

Believing his grown children had left him to die alone in the large home they had all grown up in, the disgruntled father devised a truly diabolical scheme to get revenge on his children and grandchildren.

The deranged man used his engineering background to turn his entire house into a series of deadly traps.

When authorities performed a wellness check in November 2002, they were not prepared

for what they found. When they entered the house, officers found the man lying dead on the

floor. It was clear that he had died from a gunshot to the neck, and so it was initially

thought to be a case of suicide. That changed when an

officer searching the house narrowly avoided being shot. The trap was set up in a wooden chest,

and when it was opened, the trigger of a hidden shotgun was pulled. Shocked, but otherwise unharmed,

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