Several homes were evacuated and residents were warned to stay away as investigators blocked a street at around 3:20pm on Saturday to investigate the ticking package, Carlsbad police Lt. Greg Koran said.
When the package was opened, the feared bomb turned out to be nothing more than Mexican jumping beans, police said. It took the San Diego Sheriff's Bomb/Arson Unit three hours to determine the package was safe. No one was injured and no property was damaged.
"It was a little funny and made a serious situation humorous, but it is sad that police had to waste their time on a toy," a neighbour said. Mexican jumping beans, also known as frijoles saltarines in Spanish, are pods with larva of a small moth inside. When they heat up, the pods move.
With news video.
1 comment:
That's just the stupidest damn thing. Has anyone ever, except Wile E. Coyote, made a bomb using a big ticking clock? Kind of like all the movie bombs having a big, light-up-the-dark-room, digital readout counting down the seconds till it blows. Just hogwash.
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