More news from the Raleigh Combat Zone

February 15, 2008

I’m increasing the boundaries of our self-defined “Combat Zone” due to two things that happened this week.

Raleigh Scrap Yard ammunition

First, just a couple miles away from our office but still well inside the city limits, Raleigh had 3 days of explosions of military munitions. Anyone living or working close to the Raleigh scrap metal recycling plant dealt with the feeling of being in a war zone as 18 anti-tank projectiles and three 90-millimeter rifle rounds had to be intentionally exploded at the plant to keep them from accidentally exploding in someone’s face. The ammo was dropped off at the plant early in the week and the workers who accepted it assumed it was spent ammunition. Two brothers have since been detained in the case that is being investigated or worked on by The Raleigh Police Department, Raleigh city officials, The Sanford Police Dept Special Enforcement Unit, Fort Bragg munitions experts, the FBI, and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (wow). See WRAL coverage.

bones in Boylan Heights

The second thing that happened was at a property that’s about a mile away from the office that’s owned by a Designbox friend. He’s renovating and had to call the police because a worker who tore the old flooring out found a big pile of old bones underneath! He called to let us know what was going on, and the office practically emptied as we all jumped in the car to see a real CSI moment. When we arrived, there were 4 police there analyzing the bones. We didn’t see anything incredibly scientific going on…the whole scene would have been edited out of any worthwhile crime drama. Eventually, it was determined that the bones were from a cow or deer or something of that size, and were definitely not human. But I still like to think it is quite mysterious that these bones were under the house.

stay tuned for the next drama to unfold…