FORT WAYNE, Ind. - A raw turnip was at the root of a bomb scare that last for hours at a Fort Wayne law office.
An employee at Haller & Colvin Attorneys at Law called police Thursday after opening a U.S. Postal Service box and finding a suspicious gift bag inside.
Officers then called the city's bomb unit, which brought in a robot to carry the package outside to a parking lot.
X-rays showed no signs of an explosive, but bomb technicians decided to detonate the package with a water cannon just to be safe.
After that, they opened the box and found the turnip, wrapped in lettuce-green tissue paper inside a sandwich bag.
It was unclear who was supposed to receive the vegetable.
I've never had more fun reading the news than I do here in Indiana....
Patience
9 years ago
4 comments:
Vanessa!
I thought that I had posted comments on your blog before . . . so sorry you didn't know about ours. Of course you can be in the book club. Send me what your selection is to blair(dot)keller(dot)skidmore(at)gmail(dot)com.
Hearts,
Blair
I've given up watching the news and reading the newspaper... I got tired of the fear mongering that goes on. Now, I'll just read your blog for the *real* news involving mysterious root vegetables and the like :)
I like the line "a raw turnip was at the root of the problem". Classic punnery in the news :)
Two things:
1) As a postal employee, I can totally see that story playing out and a turnip isn't even the 15th oddest thing that I have seen mailed
2) If you think that Indiana news is interesting, you should read The Anchorage Daily News [adn.com]. It usually is chock full of crazy stuff. My favorites are the stories about moose who fell off a cliff and the person who has been dumping piles of horse manure on vacant lots around town
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