(CNN)-- Revenge is sweet. But Mark Rober's glitter bomb trap for package thieves proves it can be a bit messy, too. Rober is clearly a smart guy; a former NASA engineer, he worked on the Mars ...

Mark Rober’s muse was a package thief. Two package thieves, to be exact, both of whom had made off with a delivery from his California porch one day in broad daylight, about seven months ago.

An ex-Nasa engineer created a glitter and fart bomb disguised as a package to scare away thieves That’ll teach ’em! For quite some time, ex-Nasa engineer Mark Rober has been a victim of mail theft.

The porch piracy problems were not all what they seemed. The idea was glorious: To get revenge on thieves swiping packages off doorsteps, ex-NASA engineer Mark Rober built parcels with a pound of ...

'Ultimately, when they opened the package, I wanted to celebrate their choice of profession with a cloud of glitter' You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...