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discocrisco01

(1,665 posts) Mon Jun 5, 2023, 10:03 AM Jun 2023

Scuba diver finds live tear gas grenade in Oklahoma lake

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Source: NBC News

A scuba driver made a surprising find while exploring a lake in Oklahoma, stumbling upon a tear gas grenade that was still live, officials said.

The scuba diver initially called authorities Thursday saying he had "found some type of bomb or smoke grenade" while exploring the depths of the Marietta Landing area of Lake Murray, the Love County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.

Authorities attended the scene and soon confirmed that the device found was a live CS gas grenade, the sheriff's office said.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol's bomb squad was called to the scene and also confirmed the device was a live CS grenade. They were able to date the device to somewhere around the early 2000's, the sheriff's office said.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scuba-diver-finds-live-tear-gas-grenade-oklahoma-lake-rcna87675

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Scuba diver finds live tear gas grenade in Oklahoma lake (Original Post) discocrisco01 Jun 2023 OP

I have been looking EVERYWHERE for that Effete Snob Jun 2023 #1

I found several unexploded 82mm mortar rounds on the sea floor .. Bo Zarts Jun 2023 #2

After a review by forum hosts, locking........ Omaha Steve Jun 2023 #3

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

1. I have been looking EVERYWHERE for that

Reply to discocrisco01 (Original post)

Mon Jun 5, 2023, 10:08 AM

Jun 2023

I am so bad at leaving stuff where I can't find it again.

My bad.

Bo Zarts

(25,390 posts)

2. I found several unexploded 82mm mortar rounds on the sea floor ..

Reply to discocrisco01 (Original post)

Mon Jun 5, 2023, 12:20 PM

Jun 2023

We were snorkeling in about 15 feet of water off the beach, in the South China Sea, at Cam Ranh, Vietnam, in 1970. And there, in a small area, were three or four intact 82mm mortar rounds. That was that .. we were out of there!

A few minutes later a school of nurse sharks approached and circled us a couple of times. Then we were REALLY out of there! Back in the dingy and paddled to shore.

Omaha Steve

(99,502 posts)

3. After a review by forum hosts, locking........

Reply to discocrisco01 (Original post)

Mon Jun 5, 2023, 02:54 PM

Jun 2023

NOT important news of national interest only.

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