Woman Digs Up Unexploded ‘World War II’ Bomb In Garden, Throws It To Her Pet Dog

A woman dug up an unexploded "World War II" bomb in her garden and threw it across the lawn for her dog to play with. The incident took place at her home in Weymouth, southern England, on Saturday.

The woman, identified as 49-year-old Lulu Cirillo, was gardening at her home when she found the unexploded bomb in the soil. It was buried around 10 inches deep when she dug it out with her spade.

Cirillo had no idea that the object was a bomb and initially assumed that it was a muddy stone. She tossed it across the lawn to her pet dog, a Shih Tzu named Cica, thinking that the canine might like to play with it.

"I thought it was a stone so I threw it. It was muddy - I never thought it could be a bomb,” she said.

Cirillo had decided to take the device inside to identify what it was. She cleaned it with a scouring pad and posted a picture of it on Facebook. Following this, many Facebook users suggested that it was a bomb.

Soon after the incident, Cirillo contacted the police who arrived at the scene, along with bomb disposal experts, and seized the explosive. The wartime bomb was later detonated in a controlled explosion at Weymouth Beach.

"They said it was loaded and very dangerous so they took it away and the next thing I heard was they'd disposed of it on Weymouth Beach,” she said.

“I was thinking – hours ago I was cleaning it in my kitchen. I’m taking it with humor. I never realized I might have been scattered around Weymouth,” she added.

Weymouth And Portland Police posted a video of the controlled explosion on Facebook.

“If anyone was wondering what the loud bang was just before 9pm, we were assisting EOD with a controlled explosion on the beach! Everything in order, the cordons that were in place for everyone’s safety were soon lifted. Thank you to members of the public for their cooperation,” the department mentioned in the post.

Cirillo responded to the post and commented: “To think I was scrubbing that in my kitchen sink five hours ago. My self isolation would have been over.” "Apprently it was used to target flying over airplane in world war 2," she added.

Nobody was injured in the incident.