Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Man finds military flare in ivy bed

COLUMBUS, GA - A Columbus man was weeding in his yard when he found what looked like a grenade.

The man with a green thumb called police to his home on 41st St. on Saturday, June 16. He told them he was working in an ivy bed when he happened upon the object.?

The homeowner didn't have any idea how or when it got into his yard.

He had called police to see what the proper procedure was for disposing of the object, which he thought was a smoke grenade.

The Hazardous Device Response Team came to the scene and identified the object as a military trip flare.

They took the flare with them to be properly disposed of.

The above video is a demonstration of a trip flare.

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