A contractor recently came across a historic discovery while renovating a customer's bathroom in Seattle, Washington.
Vadim Kharkhavyy, who works for Polar Bear Construction, was tearing out the bathtub when he noticed a grenade “between the studs,” KIRO 7 News reported Wednesday.
“My first thought was to get out of there,” Harkavy told the station.
Viral 'tunnel girl' ordered to stop digging shelter under her home, neighbors react
“I quickly got out of there, took a breather, and actually went back and recorded the situation,” he said.
“I zoomed in on my phone and took a closer look, and I was like, this is a real, goddamn grenade.”
Police said the grenade (not pictured) found behind a wall in WA was not a live object and was likely used in the World War II era. (St. Petersburg)
Harkavi, who has worked in the construction industry for 10 years, said he sometimes finds old magazines, newspapers and other items inside walls and under floors.
Things got serious when he realized the item was explosive.
“I got a little scared, so I put down the bathtub and ran out of the room. I waited about five minutes just to be sure,” Harkavy told a trade publication and website that reports on housing, commercial and home-related information. told one professional remodeler. General remodeling company.
“I didn't know if I had caused anything.”
“Even if you opened that compartment, you wouldn't know it was there.”
Seattle police and a bomb squad were called to the scene, but the device was determined not to contain live ammunition.
Woman goes viral after discovering 'bizarre' home for sale on ZILLOW: 'It took off'
The grenade was hidden in the wall through a human-accessible compartment under the bathtub and a closet on the opposite side of the bathroom wall, Professional Remodeling reported.
“Even if you opened that compartment, you wouldn't know it was there,” Harkavy told the site.
“There's electrical and plumbing in the way and everything is so tight that you wouldn't have noticed if you stuck your head in.”
“So someone had to know it was there from the way they got in.”
A Seattle Police Department public information officer (PIO) (not pictured) said it was unclear who placed the grenade where it was found and how. (St. Petersburg)
Harkavi said he lost three hours of work after finding the hidden grenade, but was not in danger of losing his life, KIRO 7 reported.
“Whether it's a bomb or a grenade, it's an explosive. I've got kids and a wife at home, so I'd rather play it safe than sorry,” he told the station.
This was the average cost of a home in America in the 10 years you were born.
Harkavy also told KIRO 7 that Seattle police investigators believe that World War II veterans bring weapons with them when returning home from combat, and that someone may have “kept them there and forgotten about them.” “There is a sexual nature,” he said.
The Seattle Police Arson and Bomb Squad (ABS) was unable to provide comment to FOX News Digital at the time of publication.
According to multiple news reports, contractors from Seattle-area Polar Bear Construction were tearing out the bathtub when they noticed a grenade (not pictured) hidden in the wall. (St. Petersburg)
The ministry's public information officer (PIO) said it was unclear who planted the grenade where it was found and how.
Click here to sign up for our lifestyle newsletter
The PIO also sent Fox News Digital a link to the ATF website, which states: “Unloaded or dummy grenades, artillery shell casings, and similar devices are , they cannot be used because they have been cut or drilled in an ATF-approved manner.'' Those used as ammunition components in destructive devices are not considered NFA weapons. ”
On December 31, 2023, a grenade was discovered inside the wall of a home during renovation work in a town near Dallas, Fox News Digital previously reported. (white residential area police station)
This is not the only recent incident in which grenades have been discovered during home renovations.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
On December 31, 2023, in Texas, officers from the White Settlement Police Department responded to a call after a new homeowner discovered what appeared to be a military-style grenade.
A contractor in Washington discovered a hidden grenade while demolishing a bathroom in a customer's home in the Seattle area. Police reportedly told him the device could be from the World War II era. (St. Petersburg)
The Fort Worth Fire Department's arson and bomb investigation team arrived at the scene and determined the grenade contained no explosives, and people at the property and nearby residents were evacuated, Fox News Digital reported earlier this month.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Polar Bear Construction for comment.
Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price contributed to this report.
For more lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle..
