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This article was published on April 2, 2016

Chainsaw-wielding drone is the kind of horror Leatherface dreams of


Today I learned that when it comes to drones, don’t fuck with Finland.

Some Finnish farmers thought it’d be fun to attach a chainsaw to a drone and let it roam free. It’s the kind of nightmare that would make Leatherface proud if he got to messing around with new-age toys.

Watch as the farmers giggle and run away from the aircraft, nicknamed Killer Drone.

Cringe and sink into your seat as it beheads unsuspecting snowmen.

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But ultimately, Killer Drone falls prey to no other than a couple of harmless balloons. It seems the farmers set the balloon up as a trap in case the drone flew too far in the snow conditions, but watching it caught then fall from the sky isn’t any less relieving.

Combine this with the real-life, terrifying ScarJo robot someone built yesterday and we’ve got a robot dystopian flick nobody asked for. Lesson learned: don’t piss off Finnish farmers.

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