Investigators think a missile found in a Fort Myers metal scrap yard Tuesday was pulled out of the Gulf of Mexico by a shrimp boat months ago, according to the Southwest Florida Domestic Security Task Force. (...) A shrimper probably nabbed the missile in its net. Thinking it was scrap metal, the shrimper tossed it in a 40-foot-long bin (...) Excitement over the missile began shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday when a Garden St. worker thought he was blow-torching a piece of pipe. Sparks flew and smoke shot out an end of the missile, which was corroded and without markings. Garden St. President Robert Weber used a crane to pin down the missile as it scooted across the ground.
Military officials detonated the missile later in a remote area. Lesson of the story: Be careful when blowtorching obscure metal objects.
