Anglers' catch explosive
Associated Press
MONOCACY STATION, Pa. (AP) - This is no fish story: Two fishermen pulled a live military rocket out of the Schuylkill River.
Michael Nagy and Jeremy Lloyd found the rusted, 2-foot-long rocket in a shallow area of the river Sunday and dragged it to shore, police said. The men then posed to take photographs with the explosive before driving it to police.
"It was confirmed as an active military device, an RPG Rocket," said West Pottsgrove police officer Steven Ziegler. "It had the firing pin still in it. That's how we knew it was live."
The military-issue surface-to-air missile was designed to be launched out of a weapon, such as a bazooka, Ziegler said. The Montgomery County Sheriff Bomb Disposal Unit detonated the device at a remote location.
It's unclear how the missile ended up in the river. A similar explosive device was found in the Schuylkill River about six months ago, police said. That device had been discarded.
Monocacy Station is about 40 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
Check that trip to Arkansas. Now I might just dangle a hook off the I-76 bridge. What kinda of bait do you think I should use.
Don't think a magnet would be an especially smart idea.