wisn– A Wisconsin fugitive wanted on child sexual assault and child pornography charges hid out for more than three years in a makeshift bunker powered by solar panels and a pedal generator before a hunter stumbled onto him last week, police said.
WSAW-TV reported that several months ago Thomas Nelson, of Wausau, found a bunker with a log door carved into an embankment on state land in the township of Ringle west of Wausau, about 145 miles north of Madison.
He became curious and returned to the bunker on Friday morning to see what was inside.
The door was unlatched so he went inside.
“I pushed the door open, and I look inside and I can see canned foods, there’s little storage boxes, and I’m like … I gotta go in,” Nelson told the television station. “I come around the corner a bit and there he is, laying in his bed. I mean, I was shaking when I went in, I was shaking when I went out.”
He moved away and called police, guiding them to the bunker’s door.
A 20-minute standoff ensued before Button surrendered.
Marathon County Sheriff’s Deputy Matt Kecker said Button seemed almost glad for human interaction.
Kecker said Button told deputies that he had been building the bunker while his case was moving through court, stockpiling it with items he found in the Marathon County landfill.
Sheriff’s Lt. Jeff Stefonek said Button set up solar panels on the bunker’s roof to power LED lights, radios, cooling fans and all manner of electronic equipment.
He also had a pedal-powered generator for cloudy days. The bunker was small enough that it stayed warm in winter and cool in summer.
“He was not only surviving, but thriving in this structure through all of the different supplies he was able to find,” Stefonek said.
video of the bunker HERE
I’m disgusted that the writer of this piece is so fascinated by the guy’s resourcefulness and ingenuity that his child rape is kind of glossed over.
Off to the wood-chipper for this guy
I wonder where they find these “news” readers with the grating, near screeching voices who think it is okay to drop their “Ts”…….. bu”on.
Pervert needs justice.
“Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell
You can run but you can’ hide (for long).
A lesson for survivalists and those extreme “bug out” style preppers.
There’s a lesson yo be learned in everything, always look for the lesson.
The most surprising thing to me is the recent headlines didn’t read: “Wisconsin Hunter Missing”.
As long as he wasn’t hurting anybody, it might have been worst than jail. Now the public will pay for his keeping.
All of us “deplorables” may have to live like that eventually. Make sure to add a sniper’s nest to the abode…
Get used to the Squawd’s New Green Deal.
I bet he could have remained hidden if he had become one of the thousands of homeless in Southern California.
Throw his ass back inside, and drop two loads of rock on the door and seal him in there.
Come back in five months and check methane levels around the door
He’ll have plenty of company in prison, I imagine.
How many people would miss any of us if we just went off the grid and abandoned civilization?
Grool,
Remember the media’s fascination with the Unibomber’s hideaway?
” a makeshift bunker powered by solar panels and a pedal generator ”
Oh but he’s saving the environment so they’re gonna cut the guy some slack, right?
He’s right up there with that murderous creep Ira Einhorn.
http://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/einhorn-ira.htm
He still gets an absentee ballot, right?