4/30/2023 0 Comments Death dozer![]() Heemeyer appealed that decision, claiming it would block access to his existing business, but his appeal was denied. Those who prefer to paint Heemeyer purely as the wronged party jump directly to the town zoning commission’s 2001 decision to authorize the concrete plant’s construction. This is where the legend of the Killdozer tends to part ways with reality in some accounts. This meant that neither he nor any customers would have street access to his business. ![]() This plan proved to be a serious issue for Heemeyer, as the only access road to his business crossed directly through the planned concrete factory. ![]() But then, plans were approved to build a massive concrete plant just at the edge of his property. That is until he ran into a zoning dispute with the town government.įor 10 years, Heemeyer operated his business on the two-acre patch of land he had purchased. People widely regarded him as a fairly jovial, blue-collar guy, working on the land he had bought to make a living with his own two hands as people in rural Colorado communities tend to do. In the early 1990s, he moved into Grand Lake, Colorado, bought a few acres of land for $42,000 in 1992, and opened his own muffler repair shop. Heemeyer was born in 1951 in South Dakota. Marvin Heemeyer’s Background Marvin Heemeyer after he moved to Colorado. According to law enforcement, it was sheer luck that saved lives during the Killdozer’s rampage who tore through town in a specially modified bulldozer that destroyed more than a dozen buildings. These believers tout claims that Heemeyer’s armored rampage claimed no lives because the man sought only retribution against the property of those who had wronged him. A modern David who built his own Goliath. A man who rose up against the wealthy and the powerful. Websites, social media groups, and online forums have, in the years since the Killdozer’s 2004 rampage, depicted Heemeyer as a blue-collar folk hero. A life that would garner him a more ominous (and melodramatic) name familiar to anyone with a YouTube account. ![]() But early in 2003, something changed that pushed Heemeyer into a new life. He made a living as a welder and muffler repairman. For the first 52 years of his life, Heemeyer went by his given name. The name Marvin Heemeyer may not ring a bell in the minds of many. ![]()
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