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WEBVTT 3)3A BEAUFORT WOMAN FOUND SOMETHING HIDDEN IN HER BACKYARD TODAY ..AND NO IT WASN'T BURIED TREASURE.INSTEAD ..IT WAS A GRENADE! WJCL'S ASHLEY LIOTUS WAS IN BEAUFORT TODAY. ASHLEY, WHAT HAPPENED AFTER SHE MADE THE DISCOVERY?3WELL SHANNON... SHE SAID IT TOOK HER A SECOND TO REALIZE WHAT SHE HAD FOUND. SHE PICKED IT UP ...THEN IMMEDIATELY PUT IT DOWN AND CALLED POLICE.3:09:19 HOPE ZAHORNACKY IS NO STRANGER TO METAL DETECTING... BUT ON MONDAY, SHE SAYS FOUND SOMETHING SHE NEVER WOULD HAVE EXPECTED...: "WE HIT SOMETHING AND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A ROCK AND HE POPPED IT UP OUT OF THE GROUND AND WHEN HE DID I LOOKED AT IT AND HE LOOKED AT IT AND I STARTED SHAKING AND DECIDED TO PUT IT DOWN." THAT'S WHEN SHE DECIDED TO CALL THE POLICE.: "I SAID I THINK I FOUND A LIVE GRENADE THAT I FOUND IN MY YARD WHEN I WAS METAL DETECTING.": "WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP, HE COME OUT THERE AND BEFORE HE EVEN GOT TO THE GATE HE STOPPED AND HE BACKED UP.HE SAID WE NEED TO CLEAR EVERYBODY OUT SO THEY WERE GOING TO CALL THE BOMB SQUAD AND HAVE THEM COME OUT." POLICE EVACUATED HER AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS... EVEN CLOSING DOWN THE STREET.: "THE WEIGHT OF IT WAS VERY VERY HEAVY." EVENTUALLY, THE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CAME. UNSURE IF IT WAS REAL, OR A áPRACTICEá GRENADE, THEY DECIDED TO REMOVE THE DEVICE JUST TO BE SAFE.: "I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS NOW YOU KNOW, BEING THAT WAS IN THE BACK YARD.SO I WILL BE A LITTLE MORE CAREFUL WITH IT."3SHE SAYS SHE WILL DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO METAL DETECT... SHE EVEN HAS NEIGHRBORS ASKING IF SHE CAN COME SEARCH THEIR YARDS! NO WORD YET ON IF THAT GRENADE WAS REAL ...OR A PRACTICE ONE. ASHLEY LIOTUS WJCL 22 NEWS.3

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