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BYU grad invents glitter bomb with fart spray to discourage package thieves — and millions are watching the video on YouTube

A BYU grad/engineer/inventor, frustrated about packages being stolen off his porch, came up with an “over-engineered monstrosity” — a fake package that explodes with glitter and sprays fart smells on the thieves.

And he’s gotten more than 8 million views on YouTube with his video about the device as of Tuesday morning.

Mark Rober, who graduated from BYU with a degree in mechanical engineering, got a master's degree from USC and spent nine years working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, says in the video that he “felt sort of violated” when he realized a package had been swiped from his porch.