Kari Stone of Mythbusters reacts to Dr. Stone #video not worth watching
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Dominic Van Allen lived #stealth-camping in an underground house in Hampstead Heath for two years until he got caught, charged with terrorism (possession of a firearm), and sentenced to 5 years in prison (which he escaped after a year). “There was space in the bunker for two camp beds, pushed against opposite walls. In the 4ft gulley between the beds, Van Allen could stand, comfortably enough, without his head scraping the trussed timber roof. The floor underneath him was poured concrete. He’d put up hooks for his coat, his bag and his cooking utensils, and there were shelves by the bed for odds and ends. Push-button LED lights were stuck to the walls using tape. There was a portable gas stove down here, and now that Van Allen was in for the night, he lit it and emptied a can of soup into a pan. After eating, he washed up with wet wipes. Litter was tied inside plastic bags, to be spirited away to a distant bin, early tomorrow, before the heath’s park rangers came on duty. On the whole, Van Allen slept well. Beyond the timber walls there was more concrete, to keep out groundwater... Liked by his friends for his graveyard sense of humour, Van Allen told them he’d built a ranch. What he did not say was that the ranch was 14ft by 10ft, about the size of a generous disabled loo, and hidden under one of the country’s busiest public parks.” I wonder if he could have stayed there for the rest of his life if he’d only come out once every week or two? No, it was a heat leak that gave him away: “Still: it came as a surprise, one ranger told me, when they came across a patch where steam was rising out of what ought to have been solid ground.” They thought he was cooking meth.