(CNN) Revenge is sweet. But Mark Rober's glitter bomb trap for package thieves proves it can be a bit messy, too.

Rober is clearly a smart guy; a former NASA engineer, he worked on the Mars Curiosity rover.

But for anyone who's gotten a package stolen off a doorstep, he's now a hero.

"Something needs to be done to take a stance against dishonest punks like this," Rober said in a now-viral YouTube video.

After having a package stolen from his doorstep, Rober decided to use his engineering background to serve up some retribution on would-be thieves.

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