Real Life Indiana Jones Has His Home Raided By The FBI - Polidicks

[quote]A team of law-enforcement officials including FBI agents has swooped down on a rural home in Indiana that houses a bizarre collection of artifacts from around the world. "I have never seen a collection like this in my life except in some of the largest museums," Larry Zimmerman, professor of anthropology and museum studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, told The Indianapolis Star. Zimmerman added that he is "frankly, overwhelmed."[/quote] [url]http://www.livescience.com/44626-fbi-indiana-jones-artifacts-collection.html[/url] [quote]An ancient Egyptian sarcophagus. A life-size terracotta warrior from China. A rifle used at Army Lt. Col. George A. Custer's infamous "last stand" in 1876. A dugout canoe from South America. A shrunken head. Ming dynasty jade. A chunk of concrete from Adolf Hitler's bunker. An anaconda snakeskin that measures 60 feet (18 meters) long. Aztec figurines. And countless Native American arrowheads.[/quote] [quote]Miller never made any effort to keep his collection a secret, hosting tours for schoolchildren while entertaining them on his massive, ornate pipe organ and regaling reporters with tales of his international escapades.[/quote]

They belong in a museum.

This happening in Indiana makes it that little bit better :v:

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Jesus Christ

He seems like a nice guy, but that many artifacts in a single rural house is fucking insane.

[quote]hosting tours for schoolchildren while entertaining them on his massive, ornate pipe organ[/quote] kinky

[QUOTE=Celestea;44477676]They belong in a museum.[/QUOTE] He belongs in a museum.

Poor guy, they should have no right to take anything from him at all just because its "culturally important" is no grounds to take it from him.. unless they offer him compensation, dispite that most of that stuff is completely priceless. [editline]7th April 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Awesomecaek;44477733] [QUOTE] hosting tours for schoolchildren while entertaining them on his massive, ornate pipe organ [/QUOTE] kinky [/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XWo4ufMkG4[/media]

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[QUOTE]A chunk of concrete from Adolf Hitler's bunker[/QUOTE] Seriously, what

[quote]A life-size terracotta warrior from China.[/quote] How the fuck

[QUOTE=Web MD;44477650]An ancient Egyptian sarcophagus[/QUOTE] Now that's just impressive.

The man is a 91 year old veteran of the second world war with a collection of priceless historical artifacts, all of which were acquired legitimately. I say they let him keep his collection at least until he's died, and then only take what they absolutely must (those artifacts which were acquired in contravention of international preservation laws) and leave the rest to his estate. Should be the choice of his family as to whether the rest ought to be donated to a museum.

[QUOTE=nuttyboffin;44477833]Poor guy, they should have no right to take anything from him at all just because its "culturally important" is no grounds to take it from him.. unless they offer him compensation, dispite that most of that stuff is completely priceless. [/QUOTE] I kind of agree. If these items were legally his, what ground does the FBI have to seize them?

In 50 years they will raid my house and take my computer because its an artifact from 'the old days' (2011)

[quote]But all that innocent fun came to an end on Tuesday (April 1), when dozens of armed agents from the FBI and other law-enforcement agencies encircled Miller's isolated house in the farmland of Waldron, Ill. Police set up roadblocks in the surrounding area, and Miller's house and the outbuildings on his property were abuzz with uniformed officials, black SUVs, squad cars, tents and tractor-trailers.[/quote] [quote]The collection belongs to Don Miller, [b]an unassuming, 91-year-old [/b]Indiana native [/quote] What a bunch of dicks. Let him keep his stuff and put it all in museums after he dies if its that big of a deal

All seized? Not much of a free country after all.

What right do they have to raid his house for the sake of those artifacts, unless he stole them?

[QUOTE=Im Crimson;44478231]What right do they have to raid his house for the sake of those artifacts, unless he stole them?[/QUOTE] I'm very curious. I can't access the article so I'm not sure if it has it in there but I'd really like to know what the legal reason for this is

So it's okay if the government steals from people now?

[QUOTE=Alan Ninja!;44478204]What a bunch of dicks. Let him keep his stuff and put it all in museums after he dies if its that big of a deal[/QUOTE] What if he has an artifact that makes him immortal?

[QUOTE=Desuh;44478400]What if he has an artifact that makes him immortal?[/QUOTE] Keanu reeves took it

[quote]"Over the last several months, an FBI investigation has determined that Mr. Miller may have knowingly and unknowingly collected artifacts, relics and objects of cultural patrimony, in violation of several treaties along with federal and state statutes," FBI special agent Robert A. Jones said at a press conference, according to the Rushville Republican.[/quote] It's not because they are culturally important, it's because some of them were illegally retrieved and sold in the first place. In most countries you can't just keep ancient stuff you find, in Germany for example it usually belongs to the regional state but in some cases must be split 50% between finder and land owner instead.

I think it's unfair they are trying to confiscate his collection. Whether or not you believe this stuff should belong in a museum, he spent a lot of time and energy in collecting these items. Not only that; it's not as if he kept them locked away or was selling for profit. He literally made his own museum and has been sharing it with the local community. That's a true archeologist/Indiana jones. If anything, the state and department of archeology should work with him to put all this stuff into a public building and let him run it. but FBI and cops swarming his house because he has a few global relics is absurd. Its not like hes got his place rigged to blow or was making hostile threats. What a waste of time and the people's tax dollars.

[QUOTE]"Over the last several months, an FBI investigation has determined that Mr. Miller may have knowingly and unknowingly collected artifacts, relics and objects of cultural patrimony, in violation of several treaties along with federal and state statutes," FBI special agent Robert A. Jones said at a press conference, according to the Rushville Republican.[/QUOTE] In other words, USA asshole fun police just legally stole an old veteran's life work.

[QUOTE=grr164;44478153]Now that's just impressive.[/QUOTE] The Egyptians used to use mummies as cheap fuel for coal trains. Source: The noted Egyptologist Samuel Clemens.

[quote]An anaconda snakeskin that measures 60 feet (18 meters) long[/quote] Dear GOD

[QUOTE=Whiplash~;44478105]Seriously, what[/QUOTE] Not really that rare, bunkers are pretty common in Germany and you can also just buy fragments of the wall (from areas that were torn down). This one was blown up and broken down to make room for a housing project, there are probably millions of pieces. There are also ~100000 unexploded bombs in the country, ~5500 of which are defused yearly. (1-2 blow up by themselves each year.) [editline]7th April 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Birdman101;44478514]In other words, USA asshole fun police just legally stole an old veteran's life work.[/QUOTE] I doubt they are going to take all of it. Other than that, it's pretty likely he knowingly dealt with contraband. Also, a good deal of these will be returned to [I]other[/I] countries they belong to since they were stolen from there.

[QUOTE]His stint in the Army led Miller to the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb, where he joined such luminaries as J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, Albert Einstein and President Harry Truman, the Star reports. Miller was stationed so close to a 1945 atomic bomb test on the Bikini atoll that he suffered partial hearing loss.[/QUOTE] Jesus this guy has seen so much. This man's life must be quite the fireside story.