Dangerous Game of Fetch Thwarted by EOD

Mp>Essex, United Kingdom It's not unusual to see a man playing fetch with his dog on the beach, but an off-duty EOD expert was alarmed to see just what one British man was playing fetch with on an Essex beach.

The man found an old object on the beach and began throwing it to his dog. Lucky for him and his dog, the explosives expert who happened to be close by recognized the object as a live WWII grenade. The technician quickly halted the game and set up a 30-yard boundary around the grenade. He then notified police and the coastguards.

The grenade, one of five to have been found in the area recently, was safely removed by EOD. It is possible that dredging in the area resulted in these five devices being washed ashore along the same stretch of beach in such a short period of time.