Posted on 10/25/2023 9:36:13 AM PDT by algore
A Tennessee car owner's DIY 'rubber bumper' caused a mass false bomb alert and led to local businesses closing and sending nearby schools into lockdown for hours.
The unidentified Murfreesboro, TN owner had duct-taped two white cloths to the passenger side of the car with wires running out around the front door handle. The 'rubber bumper' was being held with suction cups and was meant to prevent dents.
Whether this prevented dents to the car or not, it surely led to a bomb scare that forced police to evacuate the area around a local First Watch restaurant for two hours.
First responders were sent to the location just after 9.30am to respond to reports of a bomb being attached to the car.
According to Murfreesboro police, nearby buildings were evacuated and several schools in the school zone were locked down as investigators assessed the scene.
The Murfreesboro Police Department said in a statement, 'All businesses in the shopping plaza were evacuated for nearly two hours as a precaution.'
Leslie Huggins told WKRN.com: 'They told us there was a bomb threat and basically screamed at us to get out of the building.'
Authorities also reported that the call resulted in a massive response from local, state and federal agencies.
A police supervisor at the scene then contacted the owner, who was standing on the other side of the street with the public, unaware that it was his car that had caused mass hysteria.
But once the man explained his DIY project to the police, all alerts were paused.
Larry Flowers, Public Information Officer for Murfreesboro Police and Fire Rescue Department said: 'We had a massive, massive response to this location to find out it was a man who was trying to prevent his car from being dented.'
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A widely-used abbreviation for Law Enforcement Officer.
Needed a spray sign “Not a Bomb”.
The whole setup is looks incredibly stupid.
LOL!!!
Does he have a son that makes homemade digital clocks too?
We were dispatched to a bomb in the bathroom of the local high school. It consisted of 2 pieces of wire with alligator clips (like you used to be able to buy from Radio Shack) clipped in a circle to the studs that hold the toilet to the floor.
Don’t get me started about the calls we ran during the anthrax panic.
Hahahahahahahaha...
It reminded me something I saw once (can’t remember if it was true or not) where a stampede at the annual pilgrimage to Mecca occurred because a guy selling bottles of water had decided to create a vest he could store the water bottles in, and the water bottles had those caps with the strand of plastic coming off (that to a quick glance resembled “wires”) and people thought he had bomb vest on!
I have never gotten around to Photoshopping that!
I can imagine his wife saying “I TOLD him not to use those kinds of water bottles!”
That was my first thought as well! Hey, he was just being diligent!
“Does he have a son that makes homemade digital clocks too?”
I had forgotten about that, lol
That’s why I hate going to wallyworld. My truck is some sort of a magnet. It’s a big white Chevy, yet someone always manages to hit it, even when I park it way out there.
Good Lord, I would too. Sorry dude, that one has to be reimagined.
False alarm.
Just like the Baby Ruth bar scene in Caddyshack...
https://youtu.be/TPxiXGr9nFM?si=TrYUopGtUp_Pqkh5
all that’s missing is the sign:
“THIS SIDE
TOWARD ENEMY”
This guy wanted to cause this scene.
Looks like a very bad design...so the implication is that whoever designed it is a bit off... The kind of a guy who just might build a bomb...public response reminds me of the twilight zone regarding the “monsters on Maple street”..
Couldn’t glue or suction cup some rubber cushioning floor mat strips to the doors?
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