Ohio bomb scare thought to be child's science project

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — Authorities believe a suspicious item that caused a bomb scare at Ohio’s largest indoor water park was a child’s abandoned science project.

A bomb squad was called Thursday afternoon to the parking lot at Kalahari Resort, midway between Cleveland and Toledo. Squad members used a robot resembling the animated movie character “WALL-E” to carry the object away from parked cars and open it up.

Sgt. Randal Koubeck with the Lorain County Bomb Squad tells the Sandusky Register it was 2-liter soft drink bottle that had been cut in half and was then sealed up with black tape with an egg inside. Foam surrounded the egg, apparently to keep it from breaking if the bottle was dropped.

No one was hurt.