German Man Finds Unexploded WWII Bomb In Backyard. It Was An Eggplant

Cops in the German city of Karlsruhe got a terrifying call on Thursday morning. On the other end was a panicked 81-year-old. He told cops he had found in his backyard what appeared to be an unexploded bomb from World War II.

Police rushed to the man's house after the alarming phone call. When they reached the pensioner's house, they found the object which had been a cause of panic. It was 40 centimetres long and dark-coloured.

But upon closer inspection, police realised it wasn't a bomb at all. The bomb-like object was actually an eggplant. In a statement on Facebook, Karlsruhe police said the humble vegetable may have been thrown over the fence by an unknown person and hence, causing the confusion. Weighing almost 5 kilos, the eggplant was disposed off by the complainant.

According to ITV, when cops first found the object on Thursday, they said, it "really did look very like a bomb".

Discovery of WWII bombs isn't uncommon in Germany. Back in August, a 1,400-tonne undetonated WWII bomb prompted the evacuation of about 7,000 people in Frankfurt. The bomb was discovered by a group of construction workers at a building site.