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Man Trying to Bury Cat Finds Something Else in Yard

Five sticks of TNT buried in Ohio backyard
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 12, 2011 10:43 AM CDT
Man Trying to Bury Cat Finds Something Else in Yard
A man digging in his backyard got quite a surprise.   (Shutterstock)

Adrian Ayers was just trying to bury his cat yesterday when he found something that triggered a neighborhood evacuation. The 37-year-old Ohio man hit on a metal box full of bullets and what he thought was C-4, WKRC 12 reports. Police evacuated two city blocks, going door to door to tell residents to clear out, according the Wilmington News Journal. A sheriff’s office bomb squad later determined the explosives to be five three-quarter sticks of TNT. There’s still no word on how or why it wound up in Ayers’ backyard. (Click for another odd cat-related story.)

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