Homeowner’s collection causes an explosive development [News of the Weird] – Reading Eagle
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Talk about explosive developments! In Holladay, Utah, authorities were summoned to a home on April 23 to advise a homeowner on how to dispose of “a lot” of explosives, including “ancient dynamite” that had been in the family for “generations and generations.” Capt. Tony Barker of the Unified Fire Authority said the collectors did not appear to have malicious intent. KUTV reported that multiple agencies descended on the home, where it was determined that they would have to conduct a controlled explosion.
“The house will be uninhabitable at the end of this event,” Barker said.
The homeowner was allowed to remove some possessions before the detonation. The neighborhood was evacuated, and the detonation took place after midnight on April 24, causing damage to some neighboring properties, including blown-out windows and minor fire damage. The former homeowner told police that her husband, who had recently died, had inherited the explosives from his father more than 40 years ago. The dynamite was estimated to be 60 to 80 years old.
Mount Erebus, on Ross Island in Antarctica, is one of three volcanoes on the island, United Press International reported. Erebus is quite active, emitting plumes of gas and steam along with partially molten boulders. Scientists are particularly intrigued, though, with the sprays of tiny crystals of metallic gold — around 80 grams per day, worth about $6,000. Traces of the gold dust have been found 621 miles away from the volcano.
A Scottish woman, Moira Gallacher, 72, and her friend, Charmian Widdowson, were touring Romania in April, enjoying a drive through the Carpathian Mountains, People reported. They happened upon two brown bears and stopped the car to get a picture with them. Then Widdowson turned the car around and pulled up to the bear for another photo op.
“I went down the window; I thought he wanted to be friends,” Widdowson told STV News. “He started getting into the car and bit my friend.”
She said she thought the bear approached because he heard the women talking about getting something to eat.
“I think he … decided he had to eat my friend,” she said.
Gallacher was wearing a thick jacket with two layers underneath; although the bear clamped down on her hand with its jaws, she escaped with minor wounds.
“I’ve been very, very lucky,” Gallacher said.
Parisians woke to an odd development on April 25: The red blades of the Moulin Rouge windmill, mounted on the tourist attraction’s roof, had fallen off and were lying on the sidewalk below, Sky News reported. The first three letters of the club’s name in its sign had also tumbled to the ground. General manager Jean-Victor Clerico said that, fortunately, “the boulevard was empty of passers-by” when the objects fell. He said insurers would investigate the cause of the damage.
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