Be Careful Folks Scary Stuff Going On With....

[LBM]

..... innocent looking plastic soda bottle with liquid in them are being left laying around yards and in mail boxes that will explode if touched moved or jostled.

Seems like some low life creeps are trying to hurt folks. I sure hope this is really a myth but check these sites out about this info.

snopes.com: Bottle Bombs watch the video here.

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

This is the info I got in an email this evening.

"> Good safety info that I had never heard:
>
> 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.
>
> Go to "SNOPES" to view the video....it's true.
>
> Please be careful who you share this with, it just may give some 'Nut
> Case' some ideas. Thank You!
>
"
Sure hope this is not spreading and giving some nut case ideas and that this info just might keep folks from harm.

[tnvol]

LBM:

Thanks for the warning. I often pick up these type of bottles at
places where I fish. Now...I will be more careful....and start asking
folks to pick up their own trash when they leave.

[Cane Pole]

Folks have gone plumb nuts.

Guess I will clean up my Red Ryder and start shooting bottles again.

[PBUG2009]

they also use the works toilet cleaner

[fishinRod]

this is an old trick, been around for years but this is the first time iv heard of somebody doing it with bad intentions. I work with a woman whose son attended a college. Him and some buddies were doing this in tan empty dorm parking lot.....just having fun making a boom, not hurtin anything and they got aressted for posssessing WMD, went to court and cannot attend a public college in this state now.

[crappieseeker]

I use to make these things for fun as a kid, (and sometimes as an adult). I did not read the article but any experience I had with them would lead me to believe this would be hard to accomplish for several reasons. If the person is making them and capping them, they themselves have to move them to stick them in the mail box, which to me would make them explode anyway. Also, the bottle begins to swell before it explodes, I would think anyone with common sense would drop it pretty quick. I use to use this trick to scare off stray dogs and such, but never to harm a human.

[REDBOAT]

Yup the bottle will explode weather its moved or not..

[papasage]

i have herd of this on the news .red devel lye did that and they changed the formulari was told . but with aluminum foiland red devel lye with water in a 2 liter bottle after capped you got a verry short time to git rid of it maby to short of time.if the explosion don`t hurt the splatter of the chemical would .hpoe no one tryes it

[papasage]

Yup the bottle will explode weather its moved or not..

if you have some way to keep it seporated until it was mooved it would work like they say .

[Iowabucks]

Looks alot like dry ice bombs we used to make in my younger days too.

Different concept altogether but same ending.