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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 18 > ‘Holy cats!’ Mitchell man realizes his old tarp weight is a bomb

‘Holy cats!’ Mitchell man realizes his old tarp weight is a bomb

Turns out it was a detonated practice bomb, but it was still a shock

By Scott Hammers / The Bulletin
August 18, 2009

Richard Dixon was at his home in Mitchell last weekend, reading a story in The Bulletin about cleanup efforts at a Puerto Rican bombing range, when he spotted something familiar.

The photo accompanying the story showed a pile of bombs, rusted lumps of metal shaped like stubby cigars "....

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