Tire-damaging device found on Idaho road

LEWISTON – Officials with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game say they found a device apparently designed to damage tires of vehicles illegally using a closed road near Soldier’s Meadow Reservoir.

“It is in an area that is being used by people off-roading or mud-bogging,” Senior Conservation Officer Mark Hill told the Lewiston Tribune. “It is an unlawful act by somebody to take the law in their own hands to deter people from off-roading. At least that is what it appears to be.”

The device is a concrete-filled tire with three rebar spikes sticking out. Hill said the device was not buried when officials found it, but it appears to have been buried at one time with just the rebar spikes protruding into the road.

“It could cause tremendous damage to somebody,” said Hill. “That is the thing about it. It could have extreme circumstances if someone were to hit it.”