‘bong scare’ in redding california. yesterday it was a bomb scare lol

[thecanasuir]

just read it lol i have no comment lol
Incident may be ‘bong scare’
Bottle and its contents not yet identified

By Lauren Brooks (Contact)
Originally published 09:26 p.m., February 2, 2007
Updated 09:26 p.m., February 2, 2007

An old-fashioned, medicine-type bottle containing a clear liquid that prompted a bomb squad response in downtown Redding on Thursday may actually be another kind of illegal device.

Sprouting a couple of bent plastic straws that snake through a rubber stopper and are taped to its sides, the bottle apparently resembles a water pipe, or bong, used to smoke marijuana or other narcotics.

“It looks like a homemade smoking device,” said John “Bubbles” Marsh, a retail clerk at The Underground on Pine Street, which advertises itself as a rock ‘n’ roll department store. Marsh was shown a photo of the device taken by a Record Searchlight photographer.

“Yeah, it kind of looks like a homemade piece,” Marsh said.

Still, he said, he was not 100 percent certain.

Three ranking Redding police officers contacted Friday night had not seen the device, so they were unable to speculate about its origins, they said. Those who had seen the device Thursday night could not be located for comment.

[Racefan]

lol I didn't want to report this one as this is my town and it makes our police look like idiots (which they truly are but...lol) A bomb scare over a stupid bong. Come on!

[Bud420Man]

Hahahaha. News article of my night.

Bomb threats.... Everything is a bomb threat these days.

[CaseyJones]

How could somebody be so clueless?

[Haha420]

what i wanna know is how someone from redding california can even recognize a bong!! i mean jeez you live in redding in northern california how do you not know what a bong is? haha

[Racefan]

Yep! One of the most prolific growing areas in the country and the police can't identify a bong! Makes one wish all cops were that stupid huh? lol