Aug. 7, 2009
What interesting treasures do you find when cleaning out your house? Some old baseball cards? Perhaps a vintage photograph or two? There’s usually at least one or two odd treasures to be found. But what one woman came across during her fall cleaning has to take the cake.

In Portland Township, Michigan, a woman who was cleaning out her garage was surprised to find a live pipe bomb. Her family had lived in the house for 11 years, all the while with this live explosive right next to them in the garage. It had apparently
been left there by a previous homeowner. The woman drove it about 10 miles to the Ionia State police post, where it was defused by a bomb specialist. No charges had been filed in the case at the time.