On Sunday, beach goers in St. Pete Beach, Florida saw what they initially thought was a log washed up on the shore. To their surprise, they found out it was a World War II-era bomb.
They called authorities who quickly evacuated nearby homes and ordered everyone off the beach.Hillsborough County bomb squad and crews from MacDill Air Force Base confirmed it was a World War II M122 photo flash bomb and it weighed approximately one hundred pounds.
A berm was constructed around the bomb to protect nesting sea turtles and the choice was made to set off the bomb on the beach.
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Though it is not clear how the bomb ended up on the shore, after World War II similar weapons were thrown into the Gulf of Mexico.
Below is a video of the bomb being detonated.
https://youtu.be/Uk7L3mJyo1E
