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**reds8n**

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dead-la-man-1-200-guns-identified-part-alien-article-1.2301594

Dead LA man who had 1,200 guns, underwater car identified; believed to be ‘part alien’ secret government worker

The mystery behind a Los Angeles gun fanatic found decomposing in a car last week has deepened as his fiancée's family said he was an alien-hybrid secretly working for the government.

The bizarre statement came Wednesday as the betrothed woman's lawyer identified the dead man as Jeffrey Alan Lash — almost one week after he was discovered rotting in his car parked on the street in the tony Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

Los Angeles police found more than 1,200 guns, nearly 7 tons of ammunition, bows and arrows, knives, machetes and $230,000 in cash inside Lash's home last Friday.

They also discovered a Toyota SUV designed to drive underwater among the 14 vehicles registered in his name.

The collection was as odd as Lash's confessions to his soon-to-be-wife Catherine Nebron that he was working as an undercover operative for multiple unnamed government agencies, according to her defense attorney Harland Braun.

"The story itself sounds totally crazy, but then how do you explain all this?" Braun said. "There's no evidence he was a drug dealer or he stole these weapons, or had any criminal source of income, no stolen property, all the stuff you'd look for."

A cache of weapons was found during a death investigation in the upscale west Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, California, last week.

Lash was also believed to be an alien "sent to Earth to protect us," according to Laura VadBunker, the mother of 39-year-old Dawn VadBunker, who used to work for Nebron.

"I can't believe this," Laura VadBunker told KTLA. "It's worse than a Twilight Zone movie. He was part alien and part human and was out to save the world."

Authorities are still working to confirm the man's identity and figure out why he possessed so many cars and firearms, many of which were still in boxes or had price tags.

LAPD Deputy Chief of Detectives Kirk Albanese said he does not believe he was doing anything illegal with the weapons.

He had been decomposing inside his car for nearly two weeks before police found him on July 17.

Police do not suspect any foul play involved in his death, but there is an investigation into the cause.

Braun said Nebron parked him in a car down the street from the condo they shared after he died. He had trouble breathing but refused to go to the hospital or call 911, the attorney said.

The longtime girlfriend of 17 years then left for Oregon, believing government agencies would come for his body and the items in his house

TBF in other reports I read he "only" had 2 tons of ammunition.

.... soo .. yeah.

That X-Files revival is well timed eh ?

**LordofHats**

Guess his motto was;

Damn that is sooo many guns. Probably one of those end of days nuts I guess?

**Kilkrazy**

"Only" two tons of ammo probably works out at about 15-20 individual cartridges per weapon (1,200 weapons) so it's not nearly as excessive as might at first glance appear.

**reds8n**

It's the apparent normality/acceptance of him being a half alien hybrid that one was more intrigued by.

.... did I miss a memo from NASA or something ?

edit :

Oh .. and the whole underwater car thing.

Bit odd there IMO.

**notprop**

Just another day in LA....

**KingCracker**

reds8n wrote:
It's the apparent normality/acceptance of him being a half alien hybrid that one was more intrigued by.

.... did I miss a memo from NASA or something ?

edit :

Oh .. and the whole underwater car thing.

Bit odd there IMO.

Yup those are what have me scratching my head

**Jihadin**

Who or what was he protecting Earth from....................
I see another couple hundred rounds being brought soon by me.........

**timetowaste85**

Yeah, screw the guns. Underwater car? Owns 14 vehicles. Guy had a serious source of income somewhere. Something odd is definitely at work here.

**notprop**

I suspect he was probably selling [dilithium] crystal meth to fun it all.

**Sinful Hero**

""I can't believe this," Laura VadBunker told KTLA. "It's worse than a Twilight Zone movie. He was part alien and part human and was out to save the world." "

This is hilarious.

**gorgon**

If people would just PUT ON THE SUNGLASSES these aliens among us wouldn't stand a chance.

**Alpharius**

They have to have that particular need beat into them, I think!

**easysauce**

so history channel is actually a factual thing now then maybe?*

*naw wait that's just too weird to be true

**zgort**

Why does it have to go straight to aliens?

**BobtheInquisitor**

I can't wait for the movie.

**SagesStone**

I like to think this is seeing how far one can go with screwing with the media.

**kronk**

How did he die?

**BeAfraid**

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Sorry, but that is really all that comes to mind on this.

MB

**SagesStone**

kronk wrote:
How did he die?

He was allergic to water. Clearly the car was never meant to be driven underwater, just that's probably the best way to keep all water out of it.

**kronk**

n0t_u wrote:
kronk wrote:
How did he die?

He was allergic to water. Clearly the car was never meant to be driven underwater, just that's probably the best way to keep all water out of it.

Someone watched Signs a few too many times...

**SagesStone**

kronk wrote:
n0t_u wrote:
kronk wrote:
How did he die?

He was allergic to water. Clearly the car was never meant to be driven underwater, just that's probably the best way to keep all water out of it.

Someone watched Signs a few too many times...

I almost watched it once, so yeh almost watched it too many times.

**Psienesis**

Wait... what is this... I don't even...

**Jihadin**

Alpharius wrote:
They have to have that particular need beat into them, I think!

That was the best and funniest scene
Barring the ending scene

**DarkTraveler777**

I feel badly for the coroner. 2 weeks of decomposing body locked in a car during June/July... in LA... Whew! That had to be pungent. Especially since we have been having humid, monsoonal weather the last few weeks.

Bleh.

**Grey Templar**

DarkTraveler777 wrote:
I feel badly for the coroner. 2 weeks of decomposing body locked in a car during June/July... in LA... Whew! That had to be pungent. Especially since we have been having humid, monsoonal weather the last few weeks.

Bleh.

I think you have to have a bit of a twisted sense of humor to be a coroner. And I bet they might appreciate some variety. Plus with an active decomp body like that I'm sure they are using full respirators and such.

Definitely not fun for whoever had to help remove the body from the car.

**CthuluIsSpy**

Clearly he's an Ork spy.
He has too much dakka to be a humie

**Grey Templar**

CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Clearly he's an Ork spy.
He has too much dakka to be a humie

Hmmm, this possibility is too dangerous to ignore. We must burn the corpse.

**Kilkrazy**

He probably used the underwater car and his powers as half shark-alligator half man, to visit an undersea ammo mine and used the ill-gotten gains from that to finance his car and gun buying habits.

**Jihadin**

Grey Templar wrote:
DarkTraveler777 wrote:
I feel badly for the coroner. 2 weeks of decomposing body locked in a car during June/July... in LA... Whew! That had to be pungent. Especially since we have been having humid, monsoonal weather the last few weeks.

Bleh.

I think you have to have a bit of a twisted sense of humor to be a coroner. And I bet they might appreciate some variety. Plus with an active decomp body like that I'm sure they are using full respirators and such.

Definitely not fun for whoever had to help remove the body from the car.

I body searched some Insurgents bodies way back in the day in OIF that's been cooking for a couple days in the sun. Since I always trained and taught others how to do it I had to nail it out myself first before telling others to search a body. I've only seen one roller coaster ride on searching a body

**Sinful Hero**

Jihadin wrote:
Grey Templar wrote:
DarkTraveler777 wrote:
I feel badly for the coroner. 2 weeks of decomposing body locked in a car during June/July... in LA... Whew! That had to be pungent. Especially since we have been having humid, monsoonal weather the last few weeks.

Bleh.

I think you have to have a bit of a twisted sense of humor to be a coroner. And I bet they might appreciate some variety. Plus with an active decomp body like that I'm sure they are using full respirators and such.

Definitely not fun for whoever had to help remove the body from the car.

I body searched some Insurgents bodies way back in the day in OIF that's been cooking for a couple days in the sun. Since I always trained and taught others how to do it I had to nail it out myself first before telling others to search a body. I've only seen one roller coaster ride on searching a body

"Seen one rollercoaster ride?" Not sure I understand what you mean.