NnthStTrls
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Found this on a site(not xpotting)back in the day and saved the pics in a folder. Just browsed through that folder again and dug them up. Anyone know the back story on this grow/bust?
An old article I was wondering about. Who's house got busted?
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NnthStTrls
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Cool. Thanks a bunch. 
Total Head
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that tunnel is fucking awesome.
pic 4 did not sit well with me though. did anyone else notice he has those floros awfully far away? not like he needs my advice but i'd lower those a few feet if it was my shit. maybe he tried it and had heat issues.
pic 4 did not sit well with me though. did anyone else notice he has those floros awfully far away? not like he needs my advice but i'd lower those a few feet if it was my shit. maybe he tried it and had heat issues.
Living The Dream
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yea, that dude had it going on for a while. that was a hell of a setup.
Josh3235
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They got caught because one day when the electric company sent a worker out to the house to see where the stolen electricity was being taken, and when he got there, a guy with a shotgun told him to leave. Lol.
Total Head
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is that true? if it is then holy shit. i can't imagine a dude who's with it enough to set all that up but so stupid as to threaten a utility worker when the jig is up. i would have told the worker to wait there while i got the owner and i would have boogied out that tunnel like no one's business.
Living The Dream
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Josh3235
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The whole story. http://sparkreport.net/2009/03/the-full-story-behind-the-great-tennessee-pot-cave
Police were eventually tipped off to the operation after the electric company discovered the missing electricity and sent crews to investigate. There are unsubstantiated rumors that man with a shot gun threatened an electric company worker in a confrontation at the houses massive front gate.
On December 14th 2005, the house was raided by national and local law enforcement agencies and three men were arrested in connection with the growing operation. Brian Gibson and Greg Compton were arrested in Tennessee and are believed to be the day-to-day managers of the operation. Fred Earl Strunk, thought to be the mastermind behind the operation, was arrested at his home in an affluent area of Gainesville Florida.
Living The Dream
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i'd buy it if it came with the lights and shit. haha
Jer La Mota
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You'd have to rebuild it, after the fire, only thing left is the brick structure, and hydraulics in the tunnel ..
Plus the guy got 12 years for stealing electricity .. worth 60k !!
Plus the guy got 12 years for stealing electricity .. worth 60k !!
Stillbuzzin
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nothing in the cave was harmed from the fire. Just the house.
Back when Fred Strunk and company were building their invisible fort, the local electric company was asked to install a much larger transformer than usually required by a residence. But once the growing operation began, Fred and his gang found to their dismay they still did not have enough electrical power to operate the grow lamps required to raise 1,000 marijuana plants at a time.
They were afraid to ask the electric company to install more power since this would be a very suspicious request without a "reason" to explain the greater need.
Afraid to risk exposure by making a second request, this left them with two choices: reduce the size of their operation or steal the needed electricity. They chose the latter path. The men spliced into the Tri-County Electric line and began to steal electricity
Back when Fred Strunk and company were building their invisible fort, the local electric company was asked to install a much larger transformer than usually required by a residence. But once the growing operation began, Fred and his gang found to their dismay they still did not have enough electrical power to operate the grow lamps required to raise 1,000 marijuana plants at a time.
They were afraid to ask the electric company to install more power since this would be a very suspicious request without a "reason" to explain the greater need.
Afraid to risk exposure by making a second request, this left them with two choices: reduce the size of their operation or steal the needed electricity. They chose the latter path. The men spliced into the Tri-County Electric line and began to steal electricity
Living The Dream
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so stupid. should have just gotten a generator. they were probably just being greedy and didn't want to pay for gas or a generator. that's what you get.