Women thought vibrator was a bomb
A group of South African women searching through a dump for recyclable goods thought a vibrator was a bomb.
The women, who had never seen a vibrator before, were at the Hermanus rubbish dump in South Africa's Western Cape.
They heard a ticking noise coming from a bag and alerted the dump's manger, Adolf Hansen, fearing there'd be an explosion.
He said: "I heard a sort of a ticking sound. I didn't really want to touch it because I thought it's possible it could be a bomb."
Hansen said he decided to open the bag containing the item and recognised it as a vibrator, because he said he'd seen them "more than once" before.
He told the women there was no danger of the vibrator exploding. The women said they didn't want it for recycling, says the IOL website.
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