Man stands with evacuees during bomb scare, unaware it's his own DIY gizmo causing the threat

[Carla_Sinclair]

Originally published at: Bomb threat turns out to be false alarm

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[snigs]

It will prevent your car from getting uglified by pre-uglifying it. Also, may occasionally get your car blown up by a bomb disposal squad.

[cannibalpeas]

“Sir, we need to do a final swab analysis to look for explosive residues. Could you please remove the vinyl seat covers?”

[Mister44]

I don’t under stand why the wires are there. People get all panicky around wires.

Also - my dude:

[stinkinbadgers]

Well, $59 vs. crap-I-have-laying-around-the-house is pretty much no contest.

[awfulhorrid]

@Carla_Sinclair

First responders rushed to the scene and “told us there was a bomb threat …”

I’m particularly interested in this statement. Was this a game of telephone where ‘there is a suspicious device’ got turned into ‘there is a bomb threat,’ something first responders were actually being told, or at least being told to say? Having reviewed a lot of documents about such threats recently (when did that become part of my job?!?), there is a marked difference in these two situations.