Nebraska Man Goes On Skid Steer Rampage At Home Depot, Nails Cop Car

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Everyone makes bad vehicular decisions, but they usually don’t end in an arrest. Still, that didn’t stop a Nebraska man from allegedly going on a skid steer rampage on Sunday afternoon, rudely interrupting the peace of hardware store shoppers with a streak of destruction.

This KilldozerKilldozer-from-Wish incident occurred at and around the Home Depot on 70th St. in Lincoln, Neb., when one rogue Bobcat operator reportedly hit several vehicles and at least one building.

As ABC 8 reports, witness Zachary Martin attempted to sever the hydraulic lines of the skid steer with a pocket knife, and he later voiced his complaints with others’ inaction in an interview. As per local news, “Like come on now y’all, exposed hydraulic lines, go get a bolt cutter from aisle five.”

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Eventually, Martin had to back off. Alright, so maybe trying to split something holding a few thousand PSI of hydraulic pressure isn’t the best move, but still, heroism.

After the Bobcat driver induced a certain amount of destruction, more cameras started rolling and the cops show up. That’s when the perpetrator decided to double down on bad decisions by ramming a police SUV with the Bobcat. It’s a relatively low-speed impact, but the bucket of the Bobcat met the Ford Police Interceptor Utility at the pillars, and the cruiser seems to have held up astonishingly well. Score one for modern safety advancements.

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It’s at this point that an officer exits the vehicle and draws his weapon, bringing the rampage to a halt. One Samuel Payrot of Lincoln, Neb. was arrested on suspicion of several crimes, namely second-degree assault, second-degree assault on an officer, and criminal mischief. Even crazier, the vehicle he allegedly used wasn’t even his skid steer. As ABC 8 reports, the perpetrator “had transported the skid loader, which was owned by his employer, to the U-Stop near 73rd and Pine Lake Rd. using a company-owned truck.”

One person suffered minor injuries in the rampage, and the damage total to property is unknown at this time. Given that the alleged perpetrator is claimed to have hit multiple buildings and tossed vehicles around, this could take some time to tally up.

As witness Zachary Martin told ABC 8 local news, “I guess Nebraska’s the new Florida.” Yeah, this sure seems like something directly out of the Sunshine State. A larger-than-life, poorly executed incident of pure and utter chaos. I doubt this will become a pattern for Nebraska, but hey, you never know.

Hat-tip to Discord user Pokemonprime!

(Photo credits: KLKNTV/YouTube, JournalStarNews/YouTube)

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91 thoughts on “Nebraska Man Goes On Skid Steer Rampage At Home Depot, Nails Cop Car”

  2. See, here’s the thing about Florida Man and Florida Woman:

    Florida has the most wide-open “sunshine laws” of any state in the Union, meaning that basically the entire police blotter gets handed straight over to the media, which results in these sensational stories coming out of Florida. Florida is no more unhinged than anywhere else in this regard – you just read about it in the papers more.

    Speaking from personal experience as a resident, neighbor, or frequent visitor, I can guarantee you that Florida Man has nothing on Ohio Man, Kentucky Man, Tennessee Man, Georgia Man, Alabama Man, Mississippi Man, Louisiana Man, Texas Man, Arizona Man, California Man, Washington Man, or Oregon Man, MOST ESPECIALLY PORTLAND MAN.

    In order to be the craziest “man” in America, Florida Man must defeat Portland Man as the final boss. After living in or near Florida for a total of a couple of decades, and having lived in Portland for over a decade… my money’s on Portland Man.

  3. Re: Nebraska is the new Florida, it’s important to remember that Florida is the US and the US is Florida for all intents and purposes. Florida has some laws or lack thereof that make it easier to report on minor crimes and the wacky shit gets circulated, but besides alligator related crimes, this kinda shit happens everywhere in this godforsaken country.

  7. Wow. I live about a mile from that same Home Depot.

    Hard to tell from that video but the temp at that time was about -14F with -30F wind chills. That’s partly why the cars slid around so easily on snowpacked parking lot.

    That’s damn cold even for here. I’m glad nobody was seriously hurt.

      1. A couple suggestions:

        • Don’t post people’s location – that is not okay
        • There’s no need to post in bold text. Your words will still be visible.

  10. Yeah, it’s amusing in a way, but I also feel bad for the guy as he’s clearly snapped and fucked himself. I’ve never fully lost it, but I sure have wanted to more times than I care to count. It would be so easy to pile on this Florida man wanna be, but I’m just not feeling it.

    However, I’m still generally still a POS most of the time, so I’ll just ride my high horse on out of here…

    1. so this guy who ‘borrowed’ the skid steer from his employer.. did he get fired?
      Or just probation?
      also, gotta be a FL connection. Maybe is mom is from Jupiter.

  11. Guy knew that he could disable a skid steer by cutting hydraulic lines, but didn’t know that those lines are steel braided and impossible to cut with a knife, and if he did manage to poke a hole in one, there is a very high risk of horrible injury by injection?

    2. THIS. I previously worker at a company that involved high pressure hydraulic lines, and the safety training videos showing the injuries of hydraulic fluid penetration are terrifying. TLDR: high pressure hydraulic fluid leaking from a cut in a hose acts EXACTLY like a water jet for cutting steel, except the fluid is a lot less friendly to humans, and you realllllly don’t want to get hit with a jet of that stuff. Trying to cut those lines with bolt cutters to disable the thing is just about as reckless as standing right under the bucket on the way down.

      1. When I went through military (well, Air Force) basic training, that is how we received our inoculations: the tech went down the line with a high-pressure injector (no needles) and punched two or three holes in everyone’s upper arm.

        We were warned – at great length and at greater volume – not to flinch due to the potentially horrific results. One guy flinched. 😐

    4. hydraulic oil injection from a pinhole leak is the one thing I remember from my safety training at work. It’s crazy how messed up you can get after an incident you may not even notice.

  12. One Samuel Paurot was arrested, I wonder if any story was ever written where like 2 Samuel Payrots were arrested or other name.
    Also all for innocent until proven guilty but here we have video evidence and still its allegedly?

        1. You may have been right the first time. I caught the end of it on cable and then watched the whole thing in a dubiously legal fashion because it wasn’t available anywhere at the time. 🙂

  19. The “Heavy equipment as improvised weapon” scenario is becoming more common, wise law enforcement forces are making arrangements to use their street/highway department’s heavy equipment to defend with.

  21. Lot’s of states have meth, from my understanding “Florida Man” is only a thing because their police reports are public information. Other states can keep their nutjobs quiet if no one films it.

    1. I think Florida is a self-fulfilling prophecy. The weird crimes are public record so we start to associate that decadent insanity with Florida. The folks attracted to that kind of madness go to Florida and do Florida things which become public record. It’s the circle of Florida.

    2. That’s why headlines always say “Florida Man”?
      I was under the impression that it was one elusive maniac responsible for a large percentage of abnormal incidents that occur in Florida.
      I thought he was some kind of alt-right Johnny Appleseed. No one knows his true identity, date of birth, what he looks like… “Florida Man”.
      Watch out for Florida Man!
      He hasn’t been caught yet because he and the state government are in cahoots.

        1. I need you to do some Florida math for me. Please calculate the amount bath salts I would need to smoke to strip naked and fight 15 alligators with a sword. I am 6’1″, 220 lbs.

              1. The same can be said about what is supposedly “man’s best friend”. Don’t feed a dog for 3 days and see what happens. If you have a dog, you’re basically keeping a wolf in your home. Not only can it produce viable offspring with a wolf, it retains all of the wolf’s faculties, instincts, its desire to establish dominance of what it perceives to be its pack, and most of the wolf’s capabilities. It simply looks less intimidating. Wolves can be just as friendly, too.

                The fact is, you can tame almost anything if you spend time with it, treat it with respect, and show it that it is loved. Even rattlesnakes.

                https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sgGlG5qgKU0

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa4E3F8EE5w

          1. There are a good amount of Boeing spots down here, I’d bet they’re military or space based contractors though.

            It was a loose connection on that plug, right? Down here in Florida, we know how to screw, nut, and bolt

        3. FloridaMan Engineering School features classes like:

          Duct Tape 101
          Chemistry of Fireworks
          Thermodinamiks Thermodimanm How to Burn Stuff
          Physics of Gator Wrestling
          Beginner Meth Cooking
          Advanced Meth Cooking
          Trailer Park Architecture
          Dynamics of Wife Beating

          1. Courses are also offered via distance learning in other states. Course titles are as follows:

            Duct Tape 101–> Theory and Practice of Adhesive Engineering
            Chemistry of Fireworks–> Rocketry Engineering 001
            Thermodinamiks Thermodimanm How to Burn Stuff–> Oxidation and Stoichiometry
            Physics of Gator Wrestling–> An interspecies study of biomechanics
            Beginner Meth Cooking–>Organic Chemistry 001
            Advanced Meth Cooking–>O.C. 002, Also Featuring Visiting Scholar Walter White, PhD.
            Trailer Park Architecture–> Temporary Structures and IBC Standards
            Dynamics of Wife Beating–> Multidiscipline Study of Gender Dynamics

            1. OT but my mother-in-law’s knee deep into anti-CCP media, some of which can be quite, um, lacking credibility. One cited Alex Jones as their source FFS.

              When Surfside happened I told her that it happened because they used cheap Chinese rebars. She bought it line, hook, and sinker.

              It’s likely that at the time of the building’s construction, China exported exactly zero ounces of steel. It was an abject shithole at that time.

              ps: I did tell her I made that up, because I’m not that big of an asshole.

      2. Tracks vs wheels. A CTL has one drive on each side while a skid steer has two. Also those tracks that go over the wheels SUCK to install. I’d honestly rather replace a track and that isn’t fun either. While they are mostly the same the drives are different enough to be separate machines.

        1. So they’re different enough to be significant to the mechanic but not enough to be significant to anybody else?

          We don’t call transverse front wheel drive cars “separate machines” from rear wheel drive cars, despite using radically different drive systems. I think the precedent is that a wheel skid steer and a track skid steer would be considered different styles of the same type of machine.

  25. Floridaman is more competent when it comes to creating destruction or just general mayhem. No one from Nebraska will ever so much as hold a candle to Floridaman. Now, Floridaman on meth gains superpowers…

    1. I dunno man. If I was trapped in those Nebraska winters with an internet connection and a local pharmacy, I could see how I could go on a homemade drugs-fuelled bobcat rampage. Nazi method meth ain’t that hard to make, and lockpicks are cheaaaaappp.

      1. Winters are about getting outside with a winter beater or ATV and having fun, not getting deep into conversations on 4chan in Grandma’s basement while hitting the meth pipe. While this Samuel fella seems to have been doing a bit of both, solidly not the norm.

        I believe that experiencing actual hot and cold seasons creates more sane people than the opposite (see Florida, Texas, Arizona, and Alaska for reference)

        2. I hate winter. It’s so cold outside that it hurts to breathe. Literally, the cold, dry air causes me nose bleeds. Both my grandmothers are dead, unfortunately, but rottmaxxing in a basement is certainly a nice alternative to being outside in this crap. So glad I’m not homeless right now. Plus I live in an urban area, where ATVs generally aren’t legally allowed(not that it stops people, being the hood and all). Can’t say I’m a 4chan user, but that place is a degenerate’s paradise for sure. Its overall vibe reminds me of the following masterpiece in music:

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw7lUMC-m3Q

          Now Summer? THAT is the time of the year to be outdoors and engaging in all kinds of assorted hooliganism and jackassery. Especially the kind involving motor vehicles.

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