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This Family Always Knew There Was A Metal Door In Their Backyard. Well, They Finally Opened It...
Universal Free Press ^ | June 9, 2014 | Amanda Shea

Posted on 06/10/2014 11:59:59 AM PDT by EveningStar

A Wisconsin family who had been living in their home for over a decade, knew the whole time that there was a hidden metal door in the ground in the backyard, but somehow were never tempted to open it and see what was inside or where it led to. Until one day, after all these years, they decided to crack open the metal hatch and discover the mystery behind the door.

The Zwick family were stunned to find out that this was the entrance to a Cold War-era fallout shelter buried right there, in their backyard. A ladder led them down into a bunker, which was a treasure trove, chock full of interesting items from the past.

(Excerpt) Read more at universalfreepress.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Society
KEYWORDS: bombshelter; falloutshelter; shtf
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To: thackney

Socks and sandals. Makes everyone look like a total dork.

I don’t trust this story. I don’t know a single person who could resist opening those doors to find out what was inside.

If this story the way it is told is true, then I am shocked. It is basic human nature to be inquisitive. Even my cat would start clawing at it at some point.


41 posted on 06/10/2014 12:27:34 PM PDT by Aurorales (I will not be ridiculed into silence!)
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To: Inyo-Mono

Does it even come in a can anymore? I’ve only seen the squeeze bottles...


42 posted on 06/10/2014 12:33:04 PM PDT by SpinnerWebb (IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
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To: Aurorales

I would see inside before I purchased, provided I knew it was there.

If covered by overgrown bushes, etc on a rural property, possible, but still not likely for a decade.


43 posted on 06/10/2014 12:34:09 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: csvset

we always said the GREEN GLASS DOOR...


44 posted on 06/10/2014 12:36:12 PM PDT by SpinnerWebb (IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
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To: EveningStar

I have a friend who many years back purchased a home with a fall out shelter in the yard. She said it was completely furnished. When they added on to their house it made the shelter right under their dining room window so she had them bring in landfill and now she has a rose garden on top of it.


45 posted on 06/10/2014 12:36:38 PM PDT by Spunky (BIG GOVERNMENT MAKES SMALLER CITIZENS.)
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To: Aurorales
Okay, they were idiots.

Ken Zwick and Carol Hollar-Zwick knew their home came equipped with an underground fallout shelter when they bought it 1999, but they didn't actually venture into the bunker until a decade later, the local Appleton Post-Crescent newspaper reported.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/wisconsin-family-found-1960-nuclear-shelter-article-1.1333040#ixzz34GbfcAeF

http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20130501/APC0902/305010118/Neenah-family-discovers-backyard-fallout-shelter?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE&nclick_check=1

46 posted on 06/10/2014 12:37:43 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Kartographer

Can’t believe you haven’t been pinged yet...


47 posted on 06/10/2014 12:40:27 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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48 posted on 06/10/2014 12:41:33 PM PDT by Mich Patriot (Pitch black is the new "transparent.")
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To: Aurorales
During his first exploration of the shelter in 2010, the Zwicks recalled having the local ATF agents inspect a box he suspected contained ammunition or explosives

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/wisconsin-family-found-1960-nuclear-shelter-article-1.1333040#ixzz34GcfevAm

Definitely a socks & sandals type of weenie...

49 posted on 06/10/2014 12:41:34 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

they were living in the place for ten years and finally got around to opening the large metal doors on their property? What does it take, ten minutes? What have they been doing.


50 posted on 06/10/2014 12:41:58 PM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: newnhdad

Steel ammo boxes?


51 posted on 06/10/2014 12:45:42 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: newnhdad
The person that finds containers like those below, and calls the ATF to open them because of what MIGHT be inside, is not a FReeper.


52 posted on 06/10/2014 12:47:46 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: newnhdad

I still can’t get over the idea that the stuff inside is perfectly preserved. That seems impossible. No processed food should be able to last 50 years.


53 posted on 06/10/2014 12:48:55 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: EveningStar

If this were my home, the boxes would still be on the moving truck when I opened the door.


54 posted on 06/10/2014 12:51:34 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: VanDeKoik

Nobody is claiming it is edible. But in an air-tight container, no UV, the labels have not degraded.


55 posted on 06/10/2014 12:51:50 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: EveningStar

The link does not work. Can you provide one that does? Thanks.


56 posted on 06/10/2014 12:54:42 PM PDT by miele man
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To: EveningStar

cool!


57 posted on 06/10/2014 12:56:39 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: TexasGator

I would’ve cracked open that door BEFORE occupying the property...

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You think? As part of the property walk through before closing, if not on the day I and my real estate agent first looked at the property.


58 posted on 06/10/2014 12:57:41 PM PDT by dmz
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To: VanDeKoik
No processed food should be able to last 50 years.

I don't know if I would go so far as to call Twinkies food.

Like a bunch of people on this thread I would have opened the doors about as soon as I first saw them. In my neck of the woods, you'd just expect to find the doors led to a storm shelter.

59 posted on 06/10/2014 12:57:46 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
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To: EveningStar

Sell the stuff on eBay, make some money and then use the funds to renovate the bomb shelter and sock away new supplies.


60 posted on 06/10/2014 12:58:14 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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