Yikes: Bomb Squad Called in After British Child Finds Hand Grenade During Easter Egg Hunt

One little boy found more than he bargained for during an Easter egg hunt in England when he came upon not a colorful egg, but an old hand grenade.

It happened Saturday in a field near the town of Holford, Somerset, NewsCore reported.

"We were beginning to count up the eggs at the end of the hunt and I saw a boy of three standing on an object," father Stuart Moffatt, attending the hunt with his children, told the Daily Mail.

"It was brown and about four inches high. It looked like an Easter egg, but it was a hand grenade," he said. "I was shocked. The boy who was standing on it thought it was a rock."

The Mail has more:

[P]olice officers put a 100-metre cordon in place and alerted members of the Army's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team, who rushed straight to the scene.

Avon and Somerset Police later confirmed the grenade had been destroyed.

A spokesman for the force said: 'The Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) attended the scene and destroyed the object in a controlled explosion.

'The cordon has been lifted and the local community are thanked for their patience while this incident was dealt with.'

Lorry driver Paul Gibbard, 40, from nearby Stogursey, who was also on the Easter Egg hunt with daughters Ruby, three, and Jade, two, said: 'It was a bit of a shock.'

'Apparently there used to be an American Army base in Holford during the Second World War. I think it has to be something to do with that.'

(h/t Fark)