watch where you walk in BMB

A device believed to have been a land mine found around noon today at Blue Mountain Beach turned out to be a rusted out alternator. Deputies from the Walton County Sheriff's Office stood guard over the device, discovered by resident John Windburn, until experts from Eglin Air Force Base could arrive and examined the would be land mine.

Okay, pipe bombs, that aren't pipe bombs at Publix, and now a land mine that is really an alternator? I wonder what they will think when they see Lee Perry's giant geo tube at the water's edge? Hyper paranoia sinking in? Those AF guys should be flying supplies and dropping them over NOLA.

What's next?? :shock:

Okay, pipe bombs, that aren't pipe bombs at Publix, and now a land mine that is really an alternator? I wonder what they will think when they see Lee Perry's giant geo tube at the water's edge? Hyper paranoia sinking in? Those AF guys should be flying supplies and dropping them over NOLA.

If me or you had seen it we would have picked it up and put it in our trash bag and moved on. :lol:

What's next?? :shock:

Bring in the Robot.:laughing1

Bring in the Robot.:laughing1

:rofl: :floor: They probably would!!

A device believed to have been a land mine found around noon today at Blue Mountain Beach turned out to be a rusted out alternator. Deputies from the Walton County Sheriff's Office stood guard over the device, discovered by resident John Windburn, until experts from Eglin Air Force Base could arrive and examined the would be land mine.

Hmmmm....looks like a big pile of poop to me!!!!! And no MD, no comment on where it came from!!!! SMILE!

Somebody got a little tooooo tactical (sp?) :lol:

Hey, they were right to be a little cautious. Could have been one of those old "Bouncing Buick" mines - step on the actuator and a '62 Buick flies out of the sand and drives over your arse. :laughing1

Can you imagine the conversatation among the camo guys? "I dunno, Fred, don't look like a mine to me... poke it with your stick 'an see what happens...." :blink:

Can you imagine the conversatation among the camo guys? "I dunno, Fred, don't look like a mine to me... poke it with your stick 'an see what happens...." :blink:

LMAO! :floor:

Hmmmm....looks like a big pile of poop to me!!!!! And no MD, no comment on where it came from!!!! SMILE!

That was my first thought, too.:laughing1

"I dunno, Fred, don't look like a mine to me... poke it with your stick 'an see what happens...." :blink:

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That was my first thought, too.:laughing1

Yeah...especially with the one "holding" his nose!!!!

Though there is actually quite a bit of abandoned military hardware in spots when you get closer to where Eglin is active, and every so often someone digs up something interesting.

Also if you want to get an Eglin reservation recreation or hunting permit, you have to sit through a video on "Unexploded Ordianance and You" for liability reasons. (all I wanted to do was have a legal right to use White Point Beach)

Can you imagine the conversatation among the camo guys? "I dunno, Fred, don't look like a mine to me... poke it with your stick 'an see what happens...." :blink:

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I still think it's not a bad idea to let people believe there are old land mines in the dunes. ;-) Might be the dunes best protection from white shirts and photographers.

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I still think it's not a bad idea to let people believe there are old land mines in the dunes. ;-) Might be the dunes best protection from white shirts and photographers.

Hmmmm..... I am now wondering if Smiling JOe had anything to do with this :blink:

Hmmmm..... I am now wondering if Smiling JOe had anything to do with this :blink:

SJ would have put the alternator in the dunes. 😀

SJ would have put the alternator in the dunes. 😀

Good point :!:

Though there is actually quite a bit of abandoned military hardware in spots when you get closer to where Eglin is active, and every so often someone digs up something interesting.

Also if you want to get an Eglin reservation recreation or hunting permit, you have to sit through a video on "Unexploded Ordianance and You" for liability reasons. (all I wanted to do was have a legal right to use White Point Beach)

I hear you. Between Eglin AFB and Tyndell AFB, and World War II staging in the area, there just may be a few bombs floating around.

I hear you. Between Eglin AFB and Tyndell AFB, and World War II staging in the area, there just may be a few bombs floating around.

Add this to the list of reasons NOT to visit SoWal in Oct.

Add this to the list of reasons NOT to visit SoWal in Oct.

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