10 Strange Things People Have Found In Their Backyard HD

Moving into a new house is exciting, and exploring all the nooks and crannies is part of the fun. But sometimes you might stumble across something a lot more interesting than a spider. These people were just minding their own business on their new property when they found strange things in their own backyard. 10. $175,000 Worth of Weed A man’s idea to install solar panels led to the discovery of $175,000 worth of pot. Digging around in his backyard, Mack Reed stumbled across an open vault hidden underneath a hot tub. Reed called in a technician to take a look, and it was then that he spied a bag stuffed inside. In the bag was the mother lode of weed. There were about sixty little bottles containing weed, and sealed bags with other kinds of drugs. 9. Alligator Sharon Bente took it upon herself to investigate. She was taken aback to see an eight foot alligator swimming in the pool. She immediately called her husband and he saw that the reptile had clawed a hole right through their patio screen. While the two watched, the alligator tried to lift itself out of the pool but failed, so he just continued to swim around. Finally an alligator trapper came and was able to remove the reptile. 8. A Ferrari In 1978 a car in good condition was discovered buried in a Los Angeles yard. This sparked a police investigation, where it was found that the car had been reported stolen in 1974. 7. Ancient Stone An ancient stone that was recorded in legal papers dating back to 1170 was discovered by an amateur historian after he researched the history of his own home. Stephen Davis read up on the history of the house he owned and came across a reference to an ancient stone that was thought to have marked a burial plot from the Bronze Age dating back to about 2,500 B.C. 6. Metal Door to the Past What would you do if you discovered a metal door hidden in your backyard? The Zwick family was faced with this decision and they hesitated for ten years before they decided to get the door open and have a peek at what was inside. When the door swung open they found a metal bunker in the ground. A ladder was fastened to the side and the family saw that the bunker was flooded with water. They had found a war shelter dating back to the Cold War. 5. Mystery Object Digging for worms in their backyard led two Kitchener sisters to something mysterious. They dug up what appeared to be a shiny rock. The object almost glowed in a blue color and was as big as the sisters’ heads. At first they thought that the object was part of a meteorite that fell in the region the month before. However, earth sciences professor Phil McCausland disagreed, saying that the visible layer of the object should have been much darker if it really was part of a meteorite. 4. Human Remains The residents of a brand new home in Yuba City, California got a little spooked when their family dog scratched a pot out of the ground that contained human remains. Police and anthropologists descended upon the house to i