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The badly deteriorated bazooka was pulled from the Charles River in Needham on Wednesday, state police said.
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Wednesday's discovery of bazooka shells marks the second time in as many days that magnet fishing enthusiasts have pulled military projectiles from the Charles River in Needham, Mass., but why fragments of old weapons are being found in the river. This raises the question of whether Blue.
Josh Parker, a Brockton magnet fisherman and YouTuber, was magnet fishing with friends Wednesday morning, so it was “business as usual,” he said. That's when he discovered a bazooka shell in the water.
“When I pulled it up, I was speechless. … I couldn't even get the words out,” Parker told CNN on Wednesday.
On Friday, another Brockton magnet fisherman and YouTuber, Sean Martell, pulled a military projectile from the same river basin. The object, which is about 12 inches long and 4 inches in diameter, is in “severely deteriorated condition” and appears to date from either World War I or World War II, according to a Massachusetts State Police spokesperson. It is said that it will be done.
The military projectile discovered this week was an old, severely degraded bazooka that may have been used during World War II, state police spokesman Dave Procopio told CNN on Wednesday. Ta. Parker said he and about four other men pulled it out and estimated it was nearly 200 pounds.
After Parker pulled the projectile out of the river, two members of the Massachusetts State Police bomb squad arrived around 1 p.m. and took it to a safe location to “safely return fire,” Procopio said. It is said that it was made safe. It was disposed of in an unspecified area of town, according to a Needham Police Department Facebook post.
“This is the second discovery in as many days that members of the magnet fishing group have pulled old munitions from the Charles River under the Kendrick Street Bridge,” Procopio said. “The question is, why were these objects suddenly found there?”
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According to state police, this is the projectile taken from the Charles River in Needham by Sean Martell on Friday.
CNN has reached out to Needham town administrators for comment. Needham is approximately 29 miles by car southwest of Boston.
“In our experience, it is not common for people fishing with magnets to find weapons in the water,” Procopio said. In many cases, they end up washed up on beaches or dug up at construction sites.
Parker's YouTube channel, 508 Magnets, invites viewers to follow him on his “fish-magnetizing, diving, and metal-detecting adventures in search of hidden treasures throughout Massachusetts and New England. ” We invite you to participate.
“I'm glad it was me who pulled the river up and not the kids,” Parker said, adding that he was glad he got out of the water to make the river safer for people who frequent the river.
“Magnet fishing is a great hobby. We're cleaning up our waterways and making sure they're better places for people and wildlife,” Martell told CNN after discovering the projectile last week. “It removes a lot of impurities from the water, making it safer.”
