this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2024
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What is this thing?
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Approximate size? It kind of looks like it might be the casing to a light explosive that you set off like a match stick. We call them 'strijkers' in the Netherlands. Only difference is the bigger underside there.
Roughly 6 inches or 15 cm. I thought it was an unexploded firework from a distance but it looks like it's made of steel and plastic. For context, it was (and still is afaik) laying on the edge of the parking lot of a dog park near a small airport.
I don't know where you are, but if your local PD has a slow line then you might try calling that and describe it to them. I say to use the slow line because it could be nothing and it's probably not an emergency as long as no one's fucking with it; but if there's a possibility that it might be explosive then someone should check it out.