When a thief stole, Mark Rober’s Amazon package, he decided to get even.

The Youtube-famous engineer noticed the online retail giant had marked his delivery as ‘completed’ but with no package to be found, he soon discovered footage of the two assailants who stole his mail.

However, taking the evidence of the theft in action, the police claimed it “wasn’t worth their time to look into,” so he spent the next six months designing an intricate contraption that would get him the “vigilante justice” he so craved. He shared the finished result with the internet, in a now viral video which has accumulated 30 million plus views and counting

Coming up with a ingeniously concealed contraption, Rober created a machine that would, upon opening, disperse a pound (453 grams) of the “world’s finest glitter,” along with multiple potent spritzes of fart spray. His device was conveniently hidden in an Apple HomePod kit with a built-in GPS tracker and a four-phone camera so he could catch the thief red-handed in the act.

So unassuming on the outside, an utter pain in the butt on the inside. Image: Youtube (Mark Rober).

The cameras which are poised to capture the assailant's every move. Image: Youtube (Mark Rober).

We should also mention that Rober's previous engineering credentials also involve a nine-year stint working on NASA's Curiosity Rover, so in other words, he was very well qualified.

Someone stole a package from me. Police wouldn’t do anything about it so I spent the last 6 months engineering up some vigilante justice. Revenge is a dish best served fabulously. Vid link- https://t.co/9OjD6ETdbZ pic.twitter.com/u4o0doWglr

— Mark Rober (@MarkRober) December 18, 2018

Adding flair to his work, he finished his package with a thin-veil of shrink wrap (for reality) and a delivery label which paid homage to his "childhood hero" Kevin McCallister in the 1990 filmHome Alone.

Genius. Image: Youtube (Mark Rober).

"If the thief wasn't in such a hurry, they'd see the package is actually coming from my childhood hero and inspiration for this project Kevin McCallister," says Rober, who even looked up the exact street address of the actual North Chicago house they used for filming.

Naturally the shipping address was to 'Harry and Marv,' the film's two burglar antagonists.

Watch the glitter fart bomb in action here:

Leaving the unassuming gift on his porch, the rest of the video featured his many unsuspecting victims opening the glitter-filled, fart-spray-containing abomination to hilarious results. Rober even shared the love and loaned out his invention to his friends who were also experiencing similar package thief issues.

And justice was served each and every time.

Concluding his genius experiment, Rober had this to say about these thoughts:

"So the moral of the story is just don't take other people's stuff. Not only is it not cool, you'll also never find yourself in this situation," he says to the camera, and we couldn't agree more.

This is how the people of the internet reacted:

You really CAN solve all life’s problems with GLITTER!!! ????

— The Voice of Reason (@Vocal_Friend) December 18, 2018

Dude, can we buy these? Is this something you can sell? Because I know there would be TONS of people who would want to buy one, myself included! Package thieves run rampant around here!

— Amy O (@Phoenixnjpw) December 18, 2018

Might we call this Revengineering?

— Ben Sullins (@BenSullins) December 18, 2018

This is just some solid justice engineering right here.

— Kallie Winners (@KallieWinners) December 18, 2018

The only thing I would add to improve is to change glitter to finger print powder. That powder never comes up.

— Andy Rouse ???????? (@AndrewrouseAndy) December 18, 2018

Like a wise person once said, glitter is the herpes of the crafts world. It ain’t going away.

— tinfoil crown (@annie_mcgarry) December 19, 2018

Genius! On behalf of everyone who’s ever had a parcel stolen, THANK YOU. And the mailing label? Nice touch!

— Marylis Ramos (@maryliscorinth) December 18, 2018

I want to make one but include an audio component that says “MAYBE DON’T STEAL PEOPLE’S STUFF YA BISH”

— ???????????????????????????????? ???????????????? ???????????????? ???? (@Shterrra) December 18, 2018

What do you think of this genius contraction? Would you buy one if it was available on the market? Tell us in a comment below.