Fart joke leads to bomb scare as 11 agencies swoop down on Mississippi school

The aunt of a student accused of making a bomb threat that alert 11 government agencies to his school says it was a fart joke misinterpreted.



Harold Wayne Hadley, Jr., 19, was arrested Tuesday after toilet paper referencing 'a bomb' being dropped in the Ellisville Mississippi school's library was linked back to him.



'He was in the restroom doodling on some toilet paper and I am going to just let modesty go and tell you, we are from the country, and so he calls passing gas, bombs,' his aunt who wished to be unnamed told WDAM.

No laughs: Bond for 19-year-old Harold Wayne Hadley Jr has been set at $20,000 after toilet paper referencing a 'bomb' in his school's library was linked back to him

His aunt says that the note found wasn't dangerous but instead referenced passing gas.



'...and somebody come in and found it, give it to the teacher that recognized his hand writing and it blew all out of proportion,' she said.

Bond was set Wednesday at $20,000 for the student of Jones County Junior College.



No bomb was found.

Missed the punch: Mr Hadley's aunt says that her nephew wrote a few words on a piece of toilet paper in the school's bathroom about 'a bomb' which was in reference to passing gas, and meant no other harm than that

Investigators questioned specifically of what was written on the paper would not say but said it was more explicit than, 'I passed a bomb in the library.'



The family of Mr Hadley tells WDAM that he was a straight A student scheduled to graduate this coming May.



He remains in the Jones County jail until his hearing.