Kathryn Rawlins, 45, had found the shell buried in the playing fields at her school when she was 15.
Assuming that it safe, and thinking it would make a nice vase, she had kept it filled with her favourite flowers for more than three decades until she saw a TV documentary and realised she may have actually been sitting feet from an unexploded bomb.
Warks, said: “The police said the shell had the potential to have killed anybody within about 20 metres of it and could have taken the house down.
“It’s funny to think that I had it on my mantelpiece the entire time - it’s just become a part of my family now.
“I have had the shell on the mantelpiece for three decades now and even took it to university. I used to stick plastic roses out of the top of it when I was dancing around to Madonna.
“Luckily my husband Chris just thought it was funny.”
Kathryn said: “I made the strangest call to the police non-emergency hotline. I started off the conversation by telling them not to panic and attempted to describe the shell that I had.
“I told them it was 12 inches in length and three inches across at its base. The top of it has a conical tip, which can be unscrewed.
“I used to unscrew it and put the flowers out of the top.
“It’s really heavy to hold and has some writing that looks like it could be German around the top.”
“In the end I just sent them a photo of the shell I’d been using as a vase. After the police saw that, they had an officer at my house within the hour.
“The situation then became very serious after the police told me that they would have to take the shell to the local barracks as the Ministry of Defence needed to examine it.
“It was a little bit worrying.
“The police brought it back to me when they assured me the shell had been made safe though, so I’ll carry on using it for my flowers.
“I took it into school to show the kids - they loved it.”
58 comments:
Hmmmm
What a stupid woman...
Hmmmmmm. Since the ish never harmed her + its now safe for her to use, then nothing spoil
#IT will ONLY get BETTER
#it MUST end IN praise
THNK UR GOD...TOMJERRYSWIT
Ur title reads "man". Shudnt it be "woman"
It's mum nt man
White na them sick,i see unusual electronic I feel so uncomfortable not to now talk of this, I see this in movies very time and sure knw wat is use for...y will I now keep the dem thing in my house?
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Maybe ur d one dat didn't see n read rightly. It reads "mum" not man. Don't be quick to criticize.
hmmmm...... funny? How funny is it
Where does it say 'man'? Mumu. Open your eyes and read well. Maybe sleep still dey catch you?
Hmmmmm......thank God for God......scary though......
U get double eye....,na. Mum!
Thnk God ntin happened to you.. Its a big testimony God have been so faithful to you
In Nigeria she would have been arrested.
Biko, how is she stupid?
The woman is not stupid but was naïve and ignorant of what the supposed verse was; she should go for a big thanksgiving service with her family.
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Hmmm. God has saved her.
She is not stupid she just didn't know.
Pls why is she stupid?
How's she stupid when she wasn't aware of it? How bout you that goes about sleeping with men without condom without being afraid of STD and pregnancy? Who's now more foolish?
Pls why is she stupid
Na wa! How can you find this and think it's safe? Jeeez
I no knw foram ooo, wie u see man dere, Aboki boi u no dey see clear ni?
when God is with you sha
Aunty linda.....
when God is with you sha
Aunty linda.....
when God is with you sha
Aunty linda.....
Mum not man, Anonymous 6.34am u dey verse gan oooooo, why calling someone mumu? Haba.
That is how someone inadvertently invites death in his house.
One can actually be sitting with death but if its not yet time, not would happen. Linda take note!
One can actually be sitting with death but if its not yet time, not would happen. Linda take note!
It's typographical error...u don't need to call her mumu for it unless u don't make mistakes urself.
@asoge olukemi jus shut dat chatterbox u call a vocal cavity. d only stupid person here is u. read n understan ... wot made d woman stupid??? Huh. better go back tto school n study English, or get someone to xplain d story to u. she was smart enof to av seen d documentary n acted accordingly. u b idiot!! she's smarter dan u n all ya family line back to 1816. escalated vagabond, constipated nincompoop, everlasting bastard, idiot
Hmmmmmmmmmm you are just lucky to tell the story. Will of God always
Wow!
She wz lucky d bomb wznt made in China or by Boko haram boys...
U guys know d rest of d story naa...
If it was a black person or Arab he/she would have been imprisoned for being in possession of this bomb but of course she's white so they made it safe for her, why wasn't she arrested for even 10 seconds to determine why or how she possessed this bomb in the first place, rubbish
God saved her
She's lucky
Thank for her
Well atleats she didnt use it as a giant Dildo.
How is she stupid..u d stupid one here..u lack common understanding
Hehehe. Baaaad woman! The vase serves a dual purpose, flower vase during the day something else at night *wink**... singing Kenny rogers' "daytime friends and night time lovers"
Hahahaha..u are a brain dummy..go get some lense joor
Thank God it didn't explode before she watched that TV documentary.
#TeamBlessed#
Its "Mum", not 'man'! You are welcome.
#TeamBlessed#
White people
Asoge, what makes her stupid now? Or do you have English problem to understand what stupid is? It's sad how people just comment so off the hook. Smh
Asoge, what makes her stupid now? Or do you have English problem to understand what stupid is? It's sad how people just comment so off the hook. Smh
Your mother is the stupid woman for not training you properly.
Wow! She is soooo damn lucky.
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How is she stupid? She didn't know it was a bomb.
God love er...she was playin wit d devil
How is she stupid??? Animal like you, this is a simple and honest mistake anyone would have made
Shut up..ure d stupid one
What makes her stupid, please? Is it that you don't read or you just want to comment? In my mind,Olukemi, I think you are the stupid person. Please, you must not always comment. If you must then be reasonable.
Wow! When God says its not yet time for u to die.
hahahahah
Anonymous 9:45 am: you're high though.
~D great anonymous!
GOD protects us in ways that are unknown to us
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