Grenade now deceased, too.
Lac Brome? More like Lac Bombe.
I would have probably tried to blow it up on some remote private land. That’s probably what the people who took it planned to do. Attach a long string to the pin and get behind a big rock or something.
Some people just like collecting war memorabilia, and may not realize these items are live. When I was a kid the 8 year old son of a neighbor found a grenade in the house they were moving into. The previous homeowner was a collector and somehow left it behind when moving out. The 8 year old found it, played with it, and it killed him…
From near the bottom of this article…
In 1978, the Schultzes were preparing to move into a new house in Stamford with Thomas and their son Andrew, then 8 years old. Andrew was exploring the basement when he discovered an old hand grenade that someone had left behind in the house. He detonated it, suffering fatal injuries.
