Emergency Response Shocks Discoverer of Backyard Grenade

Norfolk, Virginia Bomb squad technicians responded to a Norfolk home after a man discovered a WWII-era MK II grenade while digging up a shrub in his backyard.

Andrew Taunton told reporters, "I was finding little rocks, little river rocks and I ended up picking up one of them and was like, well that shape's not a rock." Turns out he was holding an old hand grenade. According to Taunton, the top of it where the pin should have been, was cut off.

He notified authorities through the non-emergency line and was surprised by the large response. "Ladder truck, hose truck, fire marshal ended up being out here. The bomb squad was out here. There were probably half a dozen or about a dozen cops between both sides," he said.

Bomb squad officials deemed the item safe and even allowed Taunton to keep the grenade. He said he wonders if anymore will turn up in his yard, but only time will tell.