Girard called police, who arrived and notified the Portland Bomb Squad. Longview Police Captain Chris Blanchard said police closed the pathway under the 20th Avenue Bridge for about three and a half hours. No roads were closed. Blanchard said the bomb squad took the grenade, and Longview police are waiting for its report to see if the squad detonated it.

According to Girard, the grenade was highly corroded and the pin was gone. Blanchard described the grenade as being a “typical ‘pineapple’ style.”

“It had obviously been sitting there for, I’d estimate, four or five years,” Girard said.

Girard said he started magnet fishing about a year ago after seeing other people try it online.

“It’s one of the things I do in the wintertime, when the fishing is a little slower,” he said. “I picked it up off YouTube. There’s guys that find all sorts of stuff. I figured I’d give it a try.”

He’s picked up a machete, knives and corroded bikes from the lake. Girard said explores many local sloughs, and he’ll continue to angle with a magnet despite Saturday’s scare.

“It never gets old. You never know what you’re going to pull out of there.”

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