One would scarcely be likely to find a USED grenade, at least not if it had functioned properly. CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canadian military and police are investigating after a package containing a brand new hand grenade, belonging to the army, was found in a suburban backyard, police said on Monday.
Gee, all I ever find in my backyard are beer cans, candy wrappers, and those ubiquitous plastic grocery bags (known locally as 'Wal-Mart tumbleweeds')
A woman in the Western Canadian city of Edmonton, Alberta, discovered the suspicious package on Sunday and took it to her local police station, where officers told her to carefully place it on the lawn.
There probably is someone, somewhere who has to be told to handle this sort of merchandise carefully.
Police called in the bomb squad, which determined the item was a grenade, still in its packaging and belonging to the Canadian military.
Mistakenly shipped as a new puck for the Oilers.
The technicians made sure the package was secure and called military personnel in to dispose of the ordnance. 'It is quite unusual for someone to find a grenade in their backyard, especially one that hasn't been spent,' Edmonton police spokeswoman Patrycia Chalupczynska said.
How common are grenades in front yards? Is there something we don't know about the Great White North? Maybe grenades are legal there, but only in BC during the salmon run.
'We want to advise people that if they ever do find something suspicious-looking, they shouldn't touch it -- just leave it alone and call police.'
....who will tell you to pick it up and take it to the FRONT yard, apparently the proper place for grenade finds.