cops blowing up small pony

waggy

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Members of the Orange County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad blew up a 2-foot-high stuffed pony on Tuesday.

Neighbors said the placement of the stuffed toy made it appear suspicious to them.

The toy was found in a cul-de-sac next to a park near Waterbridge Elementary.


"It just looked like it was placed in a really suspicious place," resident Scott Kilwein said.

"We' More..re right by the school, and kids walk right be here every day," resident Earline Murray said.

Deputies cordoned off the neighborhood, and a robot was sent it to examine the stuffed animal. Meanwhile, residents like Kilwein were stuck in their homes as their imaginations ran wild.


"Once you see that it's a stuffed animal, your mind starts racing with all kinds of ... crazy stuff in the world," Kilwein said.

Beyond the neighborhood, the blast startled drivers on Central Florida Parkway.

"The explosion was quite tremendous. Several people squealed tires," Witness Ronni Taylor said.

Authorities said the toy is called a Furreal Pony and requires batteries and wiring to give it lifelike sounds and movement



really. a stuffed animal near a PARK where kids play a lot!? yeah i would be worried too...

its really a funny story. i feel sorry for the little girl that lost her toy
 

ProfJohn

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Osama is in his cave laughing his ass off now.

Right now some little girl is looking for her toy pony.
 

waggy

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Ponies should just comply with officer demands and this sort of thing would never happen.

they should have used non-lethal means like a tazer instead of going to deadly force and blowing it up. i hear the My little pony gang is going to riot tonight
 

GundamW

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Looks like a little girl's brother got the final laugh after all.


Seriously, are we going to blow up anything/everything that is unclaimed/suspicious on the street now?
 

Kadarin

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Well, that was a pretty odd place for a toy pony, so I'd be suspicious too.
 

zinfamous

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Osama is in his cave laughing his ass off now.

Right now some little girl is looking for her toy pony.

yup. the daily fear that ObL had hoped to instill, and that Cheney/Rumsfeld and Co. actively promoted within our country to great profit is alive and well. the bloated farce of the Dept of Homeland Security ensures that such fear will remain well into our future, and that such wasteful spending will continue to reap profits for the fear-mongering cultural populists.

...but i must admit, that pony was in a rather suspicious location. :hmm:
 

ahenkel

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This seems like a good way to get your kids to clean up. Don't wanna pick up your toys. Ok well the bomb squad will come out and blow them up.
 

waggy

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you gusy are right it was a suspicions area. I mean its near a park and elementary school. who would leave a childs toy there? why would there be any children there at all? it just don't make sense.
 

amdhunter

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This country is full of idiots. Should be called the United States of Dumbasses.
 

MotF Bane

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yup. the daily fear that ObL had hoped to instill, and that Cheney/Rumsfeld and Co. actively promoted within our country to great profit is alive and well. the bloated farce of the Dept of Homeland Security ensures that such fear will remain well into our future, and that such wasteful spending will continue to reap profits for the fear-mongering cultural populists.

...but i must admit, that pony was in a rather suspicious location. :hmm:

This. Not that the new administration has changed it.
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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yup. the daily fear that ObL had hoped to instill, and that Cheney/Rumsfeld and Co. actively promoted within our country to great profit is alive and well. the bloated farce of the Dept of Homeland Security ensures that such fear will remain well into our future, and that such wasteful spending will continue to reap profits for the fear-mongering cultural populists.

...but i must admit, that pony was in a rather suspicious location. :hmm:

Looks like they blew up the wrong one trick pony. :biggrin: