Another wayward military projectile has been found in Florida — this time by someone digging in their yard with an excavator.
It was the homeowner who called 911, reporting an apparent World War II explosive in their backyard on Kindlewood Trail in Brooksville, according to Jan. 20 news release. Brooksville is about 50 miles north of Tampa.
Investigators did not reveal whether the excavator struck the missile or just exposed it.
Either way, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office took no chances. The sheriff’s office called the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Team for help removing the rocket — and they called the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team at MacDill Air Force Base, officials said.
