Comments on: Police: Gunshot Reports Attributed To Fireworks

By: Interested.

Interested. — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 02:53:59 +0000

Interesting, would like to speak more to you and others about this.

By: Bdaluv

Bdaluv — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 01:37:17 +0000

There is a gang war and break-ins and we are going to throw the book at someone who wants to have fun and had no ill intentions. Our priorities are really messed up as a society!

By: Lucinda O'Brien

Lucinda O'Brien — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 18:58:31 +0000

Give guest workers a handbook on what can be done n what not to do in Bermuda laying down the law

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 16:34:56 +0000

BTW: You’re probably the kind of person to scoff at me, yet at this time of year you buy into the idea that a virgin gave birth to a baby who wise men followed a star to find, who grew up to walk on water, raise the dead, multiply fish and bread to feed the multitudes, and eventually died but then came back to life three days later. I’ll bet you believe that, don’t you?

I can never get over how Bermudians are always so ready to scoff at people who say things that they deem outside the box, yet believe the most outrageous and unlikely things themselves!

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 16:28:28 +0000

Some people are so close-minded and ignorant. Right after I saw this object, there was an article in the local papers where other people gave statements saying they had seen the same thing-including a group of people at a football game at Devonshire Rec and a person working for marine police. The article quoted official sources saying that had many reports but couldn’t conclusively say what it was. The police even went so far as to question the weather service and the like, but no official explanation was found.

I’m not saying I saw little green men on it, and specifically said I believe it is man made. Again, I saw an object with green, flashing lights; what it was, I can’t say. My husband jokes it’s the North Koreans, but this exact same object has been sighted all over the world and it’s often described the same as having green or yellow light, so open your mind and stop being such a jerk.

By: Zorro

Zorro — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 15:32:01 +0000

Sooooo…I believe fireworks are illegal.
Wonder if they will throw the book at this offender?
Or…try and figure how on earth these firecrackers got on the island
in the first place? Through customs…through shipping..?
For it to arrive here the ball has been dropped all along the way.
There are the folks who deal with fireworks (legally)…are they selling
these items? Is someone making them?
At the same time we try and figure out the firecrackers we might find a trail on ammo.

By: haha

haha — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 08:19:29 +0000

i want what your smokin for real lmfao…

By: skinnydipper

skinnydipper — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 06:29:02 +0000

What part of it you don’t understand. ..it is fire crackers not a gun

By: sebring

sebring — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 04:17:26 +0000

some times people fail to notice that most sightings are in day light if you observe south shore you’ll sometimes see the ones that look like huge worms !mornings!

By: Family Man

Family Man — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:41:06 +0000

Well at 9:40pm on Saturday, he’s either letting off more fireworks or that’s a heck of a gun battle going on.

By: sebring

sebring — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 00:21:38 +0000

meter shower tonight hopefully it can be seen here , the Americas have and Europe is to have a good view tonight ???

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 22:02:40 +0000

Uh-I have actually seen a ‘spaceship’ here and NO, I am not crazy and NO, they were not fireworks! A few years ago there was a mass sighting of a UFO here and I saw it with my own eyes. It was a big, green object that was floating in the road. I screamed “What is that?” when I saw it and my husband slammed on the brakes because he saw it as well-the thing was sitting there hovering over the road. It suddenly shot off sideways over the water and the lights going around it changed from green to yellowish red. It moved super fast-it just shot out of eyesight super fast and disappeared over the ocean.

There have been mass sightings of these things all over the world. I personally think they’re not from space but some kind of military vehicle-maybe used for spying purposes which freaked me out that it should be here…why would anyone want to spy on us? In any case, it irritates me when people dismiss these sightings even though hundreds of people have seen these things. I saw it with my own eyes and YES I reported it and many other people reported it as well, and the authorities couldn’t come up with an explanation of what it was. It was HUGE-it wasn’t a toy or anything like that, and like I said, it was just hovering in the middle of the road on North Shore temporarily blocking our path before it flashed and changed the colours from green to the yellow/red colour and shot out sideways over the ocean and disappeared. I’ll never forget it.

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:53:20 +0000

I don’t think we should necessarily allow them to make a comeback but I think this treatment of the guest worker is overkill. If he set them off to deliberately scare people, then yes he should be penalized severely. However, it’s possible that he had no idea that fireworks are illegal here and in that case shouldn’t be treated like a mass murderer or something-just give him a warning that fireworks are banned here and let it go at that.

By: Opressed

Opressed — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:42:05 +0000

Used to be when fireworks were set off, the Police were inundated with phone calls of flying saucers and spaceships. Sad, but very true.

By: Sky Pilot

Sky Pilot — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:09:24 +0000

learn to read before asking dumb questions!

By: so sad

so sad — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 20:59:28 +0000

Yes n of u people where close by him u wld have seen the sparks smh not every bang is a gun so sad that our island has come ti this

By: NO MORE WAR

NO MORE WAR — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:31:47 +0000

Well at least they have armed officers in the Eastern area. Some talk going around that the force doesn’t have armed officers deployed in the Eastern Division.

By: Micro

Micro — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 16:49:30 +0000

Cherry bombs are a type of firework.

By: Raymond Ray

Raymond Ray — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 15:49:14 +0000

Thanks B.P S. for clarifying this matter; now’s time for the “rod of correction” to be used!

By: Toodle-oo

Toodle-oo — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 15:33:23 +0000

If you’re old enough to remember what a fun night Guy Fawkes was you’re old enough to remember why they were banned .

Regretfully , with all the nut jobs out there now , there’s probably an even greater argument to keep the ban in place.

By: john doe

john doe — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 15:15:11 +0000

Bermuda needs to free up. We used to have fireworks back in the day yea they r illegal but he isnt harming or shooting anyone. BERMUDA FREE UP

By: Let's get serious

Let's get serious — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 14:59:47 +0000

And wouldn’t you have seen fireworks…….im calling bs on this story. i have definitely heard GUNSHOTS 2 nights in a row. I get the publicity isn’t great for all the projects going on but get some real detectives out there to find the wackos that are shooting the guns. This place is really another world smh.

By: sebring

sebring — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 14:59:14 +0000

hey ! how did he get then on the island who sells them?

By: Unus sed leo

Unus sed leo — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 14:43:25 +0000

attributed…now…that’s an interesting verbage….I think…maybe…I would have choice in the matter and attribute thes sounds to the price reduction in canned beans in St. Georges…

By: Rockfish#1

Rockfish#1 — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 14:05:40 +0000

Agreed.
Also, members of the public could hesitate to call the BPS if they hear sounds that could be gunshots, thinking it could be fireworks.
This 51 year old male should be made to spend a few hours in the stocks on the square in St Georges.

By: Bermyboy

Bermyboy — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:51:47 +0000

What a Moron!!

By: Sorry Sir

Sorry Sir — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:18:53 +0000

Did this guy get arrested? I thought Fireworks were illegal?

By: Takbir Karriem Sharrieff

Takbir Karriem Sharrieff — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:18:20 +0000

It is an offence to set off fireworks at certain times and during certain periods without permission is…. in the interest of Public Probity and in the interest of public safety…!This law is still on the books and applicable.This 51 year old male and as well as the Public at large ….should be notified and duly warned about this behavior.Upsetting the Police and Emergency Services as well as the General Public at large is totally unacceptable behavior.

By: Hero

Hero — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:08:01 +0000

We know that horses like carrots right? But do we know if carrots like horses??? What research is there too support this???

… must have gotten… and was celebrating??