What To Do When You Find A Bomb In The Woods

If you find a bomb in the woods, what would you do with it? Well, an elderly man here in Gulf Breeze decided to put it in back of his pick-up truck and drive it to the local sheriff’s station, which happens to be next door to me. The blocked off the area for two hours while waiting for the explosives ordinance team from Hurlburt AFB to come check it out. All the while, they let cars drive right passed the truck, just six feet from the road, which as far as they knew at the time, could blow up at any minute. Fortunately, it turned out to be a dummy round, which is used for training purposes. How it ended up in the woods near a subdivision is a mystery, but at least we were safe. It made for something interesting to watch, and thanks to a call from me, the local ABC affiliate, WEAR-TV, got the most exciting story of the day for our area. But if you ever find a bomb in the woods, trust me, call the police and let them take care of it. This guy is SO lucky it wasn’t a live round, otherwise he could have been killed, and the potential danger he put us all in was unacceptable.