A postal worker in Carlsbad, California, detected a package that was “ticking.” He alerted authorities, and police cordoned off the entire block and evacuated several houses while the package was investigated.
When the package was opened, the feared bomb turned out to be nothing more than Mexican ”jumping beans,” police said.
It took the San Diego Sheriff’s Bomb/Arson Unit three hours to determine the package was safe. No one was injured and no property was damaged.
Mexican jumping beans are not beans, but actually larva-infested pods that were quite popular in the mid-20th century. Many people are not familiar with them today. See a video report on the incident at Fox 5. -via Arbroath
(Screenshot credit: Fox 5)
I bought jumping beans as a kid in the late 70's.
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