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January 14, 2009
Call in the Antiques Road Show!
A police station in Bochum was evacuated after a woman brought in what she believed to be a land mine she had used as a doorstop for the last decade, authorities said on Wednesday. But the object turned out to be an antique bed warmer.. . .
The 41-year-old woman hauled the 35-centimetre round metal object to the station in the boot of her car after a friend told her it looked like a land mine. She had found it in a forest and had been using it as a doorstop in her apartment since.
Full story here - with picture of the doorstop.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at January 14, 2009 7:18 AM