{"id":75090,"date":"2017-11-09T11:02:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T09:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=75090"},"modified":"2017-11-09T11:22:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T09:22:47","slug":"coffin-outside-house-solidarity-coffin-duo-satanist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/11\/09\/coffin-outside-house-solidarity-coffin-duo-satanist\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffin outside house: In solidarity with coffin duo or satanist?"},"content":{"rendered":"

www.mobserver.co.za<\/b><\/a>\u00a0went to investigate. It turns out the coffin had nothing to do with the coffin case but rather with fighting crime.<\/p>\n

Dries van Dyk says that he initially bought a couple of coffins to convert into display cabinets<\/a> to sell at his business.<\/p>\n

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On 19 October, thieves poisoned his dogs<\/a> and gained entry to his garage. They were greeted by a stack of coffins, which he believes caused them to flee without stealing anything.<\/p>\n

Mr Van Dyk decided to put one of the coffins in front of his house to ward off criminals.<\/p>\n

He has since been accused of being a satanist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not a satanist simply because I have a coffin outside my house.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He converts coffins into display cabinets by replacing the wooden lids with glass and customising the inside according to client requirements. Smaller coffins are also converted into coffee tables.<\/p>\n

A coffin with a skull inside is also used at his business to scare off criminals.<\/p>\n

Odds & All<\/a> in Cowen Ntuli Street has been broken into numerous times. That is until Mr Van Dyk put up the coffin. The skull works with motion sensors, triggering flashing red lights in its eyes.<\/p>\n

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Even the prostitutes who used to hang out in front of his business<\/a> at night, scramble when the skull’s eyes light up at night, Mr Van Dyk says.<\/p>\n

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A coffin spotted outside a house in Middelburg, has led some people to believe it was erected in solidarity with the coffin duo whilst others are convinced the house belongs to a satanist.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":75091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[2975,5864,8950,8952,8879,8951,9,8946,8949,8947,22008,21966,8948],"class_list":["post-75090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-cbd","tag-coffin","tag-coffin-coffee-tables","tag-coffin-display","tag-coffin-duo","tag-coffin-furniture","tag-local-crime-news","tag-crime-deterrents","tag-dogs-poisoned","tag-how-to-combat-crime","tag-kanonkop","tag-middelburg","tag-springbok-street"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["CBD","coffin","coffin coffee tables","coffin display","coffin duo","coffin furniture","Crime","crime deterrents","dogs poisoned","how to combat crime","Kanonkop","middelburg","springbok street"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}