A heating contractor this week removed a beeping alarm clock that had been inside a wall vent in a Pennsylvania family’s home for nearly 14 years.

The homeowner, Jerry Lynn, told a local television station, KDKA, that in September 2004 he tied the battery-operated clock to a string and lowered it inside the wall, so the beeping alarm would indicate the spot he needed to drill for a TV cable.



But the clock fell off the string. Over the years, it beeped at 6.50pm or 7.50pm each day, depending on whether Daylight Savings Time was in place.

Keith Andreen and Dawn Michelucci of Low-Cost Heating and Air Conditioning saw the story on KDKA-TV last month, so they went to the Ross Township home to investigate. They removed the clock through a garage vent.

A corroded battery was still powering the clock.