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Quote Originally Posted by pacfan View Post
A bomb exploded once about 100-200 yards away from me. What surprised me was it didn't go 'booom' as you'd expect but instead it sounded more like a very loud pffft or bffft that lasted just a split second, like a sound of an air explosion without the 'pop', not like those in the movies where those bombs go off like boooooooom! Luckily I wasn't on a clear path but along a path dotted with small houses so I wasn't hurt but the air blast or the concussion from the explosion literally knocked me down - the force was really tremendous even at 100 yards away. Sadly, nothing was left of couple of guys who were tinkering with that bomb..
@pacfan could you explain a bit, when and under what circumstances did this happen.
@walrus, couple of guys here picked up a vintage WWII bomb and brought it to a local scrap shop. The shop owner bought it and had it taken apart - whooooa - by his workers when it exploded. Simple countryside folks here are still ignorant of even the simplest of matters and I bet they didn't even know that old bombs could still explode. I even doubt if they knew that it was a bomb. People there said it was a pretty big bomb so it was probably one of those bombs dropped from a bomber plane. Those are heck of a bomb and it really shook the whole neighborhood. All the nearby structures there where blown off. Grim reminder of the past war, I'd say...