{"id":2603731,"date":"2026-05-17T13:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dad-innocently-opens-lid-to-weird-old-bottle-moments-later-the-grounds-on-fire-the-bomb-squads-coming-and-hes-headed-to-the-hospital\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T13:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:29:27","slug":"dad-innocently-opens-lid-to-weird-old-bottle-moments-later-the-grounds-on-fire-the-bomb-squads-coming-and-hes-headed-to-the-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dad-innocently-opens-lid-to-weird-old-bottle-moments-later-the-grounds-on-fire-the-bomb-squads-coming-and-hes-headed-to-the-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad Innocently Opens Lid to Weird, Old Bottle &#8211; Moments Later the Ground&#8217;s on Fire, the Bomb Squad&#8217;s Coming, and He&#8217;s Headed to the Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">50<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdad-innocently-opens-lid-to-weird-old-bottle-moments-later-the-grounds-on-fire-the-bomb-squads-coming-and-hes-headed-to-the-hospital%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603731&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A British dog walker, Tony Lovell, found an unusual glass bottle on Hartlepool\u2019s beach in northern England. Expecting somthing ordinary, he cleaned it after noticing the liquid inside wasn\u2019t alcohol. Accounts differ on whether he opened the bottle or it began reacting as soon as he handled it, but what followed was consistent: the contents were highly flammable, and the resulting flames singed his dog leash and posed a serious danger to him and his family.<\/p>\n<p>Lovell was treated by ambulance services and reported that the \u201clid\u201d he had discarded was later seen burning in a patch of grass. An army bomb disposal unit then neutralized the explosive in a controlled operation, and he was found to be uninjured.<\/p>\n<p>The bottle appears to be linked to World War II ordnance-possibly a phosphorus-based grenade-and comes shortly after about 150 similar grenades were reportedly discovered along the same shoreline area. Even if the exact item wasn\u2019t conclusively identified, experts cited the likelihood that it contained a similar flammable or oxygen-reactive material.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tony Lovell, a British dog walker, thought he\u2019d discovered what was just a \u201cnice looking bottle\u201d on the beach.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of finding a message inside, he found near-tragedy for him and his family \u2014 potentially from one of the greatest tragedies of the last century.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cx21w0vewp2o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> report last week, Lovell was walking along the beach at Hartlepool, on the coast of the North Sea in Britain, when he found a bottle that looked to be interesting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always like searching the beach for interesting things \u2014 bits of old boats, funny stones, pieces of Victorian boots, weird vapes,\u201d he told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-15806105\/Dog-walker-World-War-Two-bomb-UK-beach-bottle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.K. Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A glass bottle qualified as interesting enough, and he took it home to clean it. While he initially thought it to be a liquor bottle, he later noticed a liquid that definitely didn\u2019t seem to be booze inside of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was some <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >posh modern gin bottle<\/a>. But the liquid inside was bright orange and smelled awful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lovell\u2019s son told him it was too \u201cdangerous\u201d to keep. This would later prove to be very accurate.<\/p>\n<p>Although accounts vary as to what happened next \u2014 the BBC reported he took the top off, the Daily Mail said it had just been in his hands when it started smoking \u2014 what happened next isn\u2019t in dispute.<\/p>\n<p>The material inside the bottle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kavanaugh-assassin-2-0-suspect-nabbed-authorities-outside-special-mass-scotus-justices-liquid-filled-vials-fireworks\/\">was dangerous<\/a> \u2014 and the flames from it apparently began singeing the dog leash that was around his neck.<\/p>\n<p>Lovell, the Daily Mail said, \u201crushed to hospital and left the bottle next to a bin, where the army\u2019s bomb disposal unit collected it before later destroying the item in a controlled explosion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dog walker was attended to by the North East Ambulance Service and was found to be uninjured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey asked what I\u2019d done with the lid, and I said I\u2019d just thrown it on the grass somewhere,\u201d he said after first responders came to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen suddenly there was a patch of grass going up in flames, that was the lid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bomb disposal unit eventually neutralized the explosive in a controlled manner.<\/p>\n<p>This was, apparently, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/zg-woman-flies-grandpas-ww2-plane-after-finding-it-on-other-side-of-world-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World War II<\/a> relic \u2014 more specifically, a phosphorous-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lawyer-instantly-regrets-seemingly-brandishing-grenade-pro-life-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grenade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lovell\u2019s discovery comes just weeks after roughly 150 similar grenades were found in the same area of shoreline in northeastern England.<\/p>\n<p>However, as of the Daily Mail\u2019s May 10 report, nobody had properly identified the bottle that Lovell found as a phosphorous grenade from that conflict. If it wasn\u2019t, however, experts believe that it was made out of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-wont-evaluate-lebron-james-tweet-doxxing-police-officer-because-he-deleted-it\/\" title=\"Twitter Won...t Evaluate LeBron James... Tweet Doxxing Police Officer \u2026 Because He Deleted It\">similar type<\/a> of flammable or explosive material that would ignite when exposed to oxygen.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, Lovell says to be careful, even though he\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s quite scary that something from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-and-shaheen-take-bipartisan-whacks-at-biden-and-trump-over-ukraine\/\" title=\"McConnell and Shaheen take bipartisan whacks at Biden and Trump over Ukraine\">conflict long ago<\/a> is still having after effects,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople need to be careful, it might just look like a bottle, but it could be something much more dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-of-appeals-in-swing-states-drop-major-ruling-hurting-kamala-harris-chances-against-trump\/\" title=\"Court of Appeals in Swing States Drop Major Ruling, Hurting Kamala Harris&#039; Chances Against Trump\">highly engaged readers<\/a>, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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