Egregoros

Just wait until they pop up out of the bushes and collar him in an exploding shock collar. Then he's got 4 hours to live and everyone's standing around sobbing while the bot speaker keeps repeating:
> do not attempt to remove, tampering will result in immediate detonation
> deactivation requires one million dollars paid in crypto, for instructions see xxxxxxxx
> you have 3 hours, 25 minutes and 37 seconds remaining