45-year-old Kathryn Rawlins was left in shock after she discovered that her favorite flower vase she has been using for the past 30 years was actually an unexploded bomb.
The mother of two had found the shell when she was just 15-years-old and began to use it as an ornament, assuming it was safe. Rawlings would often fill the shell with her favorite flowers until she discovered that it was a bomb while watching a World War I documentary.
She immediately called the police and Ministry of Defence experts took the vase from her, removed the explosive before returning it back to her. Rawlins said that her favorite decoration had the ability to kill anyone that could come close to it.
“The police said that the shell had the potential to have killed anybody that was within about 20 metres of it and could well have taken the house down.“
Rawlins said that the shell has been apart of her life for a long time. She would often take it to work and used it as a centerpiece. The woman said that it’s quite hilarious and scary to know that her favorite item had the potential to be deadly.
“It’s funny to think that I had it on my mantelpiece the entire time. It’s just become a part of my family now. I have had the shell on the mantelpiece for three decades now and even took it to university. I used to stick plastic roses out of the top of it when I was dancing around to Madonna.“
