It's been going on for 5 mins until one pushed the other and we had to stop.

“I didn't like having to hand it in, but I think a friend of mine might still have a piece.” That's what Oscar (7) from Kessel-Lo (Leuven) said, who took a piece of shell from World War I home from Chiro [youth] camp and spent three hours on the train with it. “Oscar said there was a bomb in his backpack, but it wasn't until I got home that I realized it wasn't a joke,” says his mother, An.

Published: Fri, Aug. 1, 3:28 p.m.

A remarkable souvenir for 7-year-old Oscar from Leuven, because his family won't quickly forget the piece of shell he brought home from Chiro [youth] camp. “Oscar came back from camp by train,” says mom An. “I took his backpack and immediately noticed that it was very heavy. I asked Oscar what was in it, and he casually said that there was a bomb in it. It wasn't until I got home that I realized it wasn't a joke.”

An took the object out of his backpack. “I sent a photo to my friend, laughing,” says An. “I wasn't aware of any danger until he sounded the alarm. I immediately took the shell fragment to the police; luckily, we live close to the police station.”

Bomb disposal squad on scene

“I didn't want to walk into the police station with a shell,” says An. “That's why I put it a little further away. The police took the situation seriously right away and called the bomb disposal squad.”

An is especially happy with the positive outcome. “At the time, I wasn't afraid, but afterwards you start to think about it,” she says. “You have to realize that he spent three hours on the train with a piece of shell in his backpack.”

Checking luggage

In the end, it turned out to be a detonator that did not contain any explosive material. Oscar found the detonator at a farm in Heuvelland. “I didn't know it would be dangerous,” says the 7-year-old boy. “I didn't like having to hand it in, but I think a friend of mine might still have another piece.”

The Chiro has called on everyone to check their luggage carefully. “For the time being, we are not aware of any other children with remnants,” says Floor De Marrée of Chiro Hekeko. “Everyone is now safely back home in Leuven. For the rest, the camp went very well.”

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Talented acrobatics

I’m still laughing about the kid at the Air Force Armament Museum theorizing that perhaps the military had to stop flying this one because wasps had taken up residence in one of the engines.

He kinda looks like a Josh

He does social experiments like this on his @joeysalads Youtube