Investigators said they didn’t want to risk anything with a toy pony equipped with wires and batteries. “We’re just not taking any chances at all. We’re just making sure everything is fine,” an officer said, according to WFTV.
In the embedded video, you can see the bomb squad placing a “bomb robot” next to the plush toy on Whisper Glen Court and then detonating it. The fake pony is destroyed instantly.
Waterbridge Elementary school is situated less than 100 yards away from the strangely-placed toy, WFTV reports. The school was placed on lockdown late Tuesday morning.
Eyewitness Scott Kilwine thought the incident was thrilling. “The guy said, ‘Fire in the hole, fire in the hole!’ And then boom!”
According to 11Alive.com, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office says the device was determined to be non-threatening.
