Mercer Island Sets Up Insane Home Alone Traps for New Light Rail Station

Mercer Island residents go all out with booby traps, including tar, glue, and Kenny G, to defend their island from newcomers.

Before its Crosslake Connection light rail station between Seattle and the Eastside officially opened to the public Saturday morning, Mercer Island residents reportedly spent the entire night installing Home Alone-inspired traps all across it. “This is my island – I have to defend it,” said a defiant Mercer Island Mayor David Rosenbaum as he painted […] <p class="">Before its Crosslake Connection light rail station between Seattle and the Eastside officially opened to the public Saturday m...

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