Close Call: Live WWII-era Grenade Discovered Inside Donation Box at Goodwill Store in Wisconsin
An employee at a Goodwill in Wisconsin was spooked after discovering a live WWII-era grenade inside a donation box.
The grenade was discovered at the Truth North Goodwill in Ashland, Wisconsin.
After making the discovery, employees at the Goodwill store placed the grenade between two dumpsters until authorities arrived.
The Marathon County Sheriff’s Department’s bomb squad detonated the grenade and was able to identify the grenade as a Japanese WWII-era grenade.
A live World War II-era hand grenade was discovered in the donated items at a Wisconsin Goodwill on Saturday, officials said. https://t.co/1CltvMzwCd
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Per KARE 11:
An employee of a Goodwill store in northern Wisconsin made a startling discovery on Saturday.
