German police find 'WW2 bomb' was big courgette Published duration 3 November 2017 Related Topics World War Two

image copyright Karlsruhe police image caption Police agreed with the elderly man that the vegetable looked like a bomb

A German man feared a monster courgette he found in his garden was an unexploded World War Two bomb and called the police.

The 5kg (11-pound) courgette had probably been thrown over a hedge into the 81 year old's garden, police said.

Luckily no evacuation was required in Bretten, a town near Karlsruhe in south-west Germany.

Once police had reassured him following the early morning call-out, the pensioner disposed of the courgette himself.