WARNING about grabbing and disposing of plastic bottles on the ground - BOTTLE BOMBS

http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/bottlebomb.asp ^

[Iam1ru1-2]

This dangerous and violent crime is on the increase:

Don't pick up any plastic bottles that may be lying in your yards or in the gutter, etc.

Pay attention to this.

1. a plastic bottle with a cap. 2. a little Drano. 3. a little water. 4. a small piece of foil. 5. Disturb it by moving it; and BOOM!! 6. No fingers left and other serious effects to your face, eyes, etc..

People are finding these bombs in mailboxes and in their yards, just waiting for you to pick it up intending to put it in the trash.

But, you'll never make it!!! It takes about 30 seconds to blow after you move the thing.

SNOPES

Warning about Homemade Bombs made with Soda Bottles and Household Products-Truth!

(from truthorfiction.com)

[tacticalogic]

In my neighborhood I bring my 357 magnum

You either have fewer bottles, or a bigger ammunition budget than I do.

[al baby]

Just a lot of cans mostly not Ameri

[HungarianGypsy]

So, the neighbors’ trash has to stay in my yard longer than it already does?

[dixjea]

This feels like one of those “WARNING” emails we all get all the time. The chances are one in a gazillion, but the harm done by telling thousands how to do some mischief out does the good that is done by the “warning”.

[Cyclone59]

Spread the word! It’s summertime and the kids are bored!!!

I’d be more apt to believe that the tree hugger democRATS are doing this. Only becuase they talk about saving the planet and us good folks on the right are the ones doing it by our actions.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Snopes

[deport]

Question...........

How does the one placing the bottle get the draino, water and tin foil in the container and then place it without setting the process in motion. Isn’t the moving/distrubing the bottle the cause that starts the reaction?

[Manic_Episode]

When I see a pop bottle in the road while driving I obsessively have to run it over to display my steering prowess and I keep hoping that one of these times it will be a mcguyver bomb.

[Iam1ru1-2]

They do it VERY CAREFULLY!!

[Iam1ru1-2]

Actually, since it will take 30 seconds to build enough pressure for it to explode the bottle, you could just unscrew the cap and all you’ll have is a minny Ole Faithful.

[tacticalogic]

Actually, since it will take 30 seconds to build enough pressure for it to explode the bottle, you could just unscrew the cap and all you’ll have is a minny Ole Faithful.

Where's the fun in that?

[zeugma]

Wonderful, a warning AND a how-to at the same time.

You find useful information in the strangest places.

[Rebelbase]

Still looking for blown off fingers but here are some with injuries:

http://www.annarbor.com/news/teen-jailed-in-pittsfield-township-bottle-bomb-incident-at-gas-station/

http://www.bucksright.com/teens-bottle-bomb-bensalem-elementary-school-5619

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/chamberlain-high-school-student-injured-after-small-device-explodes-police/1095536

http://www.kitv.com/news/18634522/detail.html

http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/play/903958/13_year_old_injured_when_bottle_bomb_explodes?wpid=5435

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20081113/NEWS/811130271

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/mailbox.explosions.youtube.2.245110.html

[Rebelbase]

Makes me wonder if the old vinegar and baking soda in a corked bottle we used to do as kids would be considered a bomb nowadays.

[I Buried My Guns]

DON'T DRINK THE TRUCKERS LEMONADE!

(It's not really lemonade, you know.)

[reagan_fanatic]

"You'd keep your mouth shut if you knew what was good for ya, fellah!"