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3. A Man Discovers a Live Missile While Remodelling a Bathroom

Location: Wisconsin's St. Francis Year of Discovery: 2011 Estimated Value: $22,344* (V-2 Rocket Price) A seventy-year-old retiree from St. Francis, Wisconsin named William Wittman discovered something strange in one of the walls while remodelling his bathroom. He came across a live rocket. He informed his wife about what he had discovered right away, and she promptly called the police.

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A man discovers a live missile while remodelling his bathroom u/boykob/Reddit.com The police bomb team retrieved the twenty-inch rocket and brought it to the St. Francis Public Works Department so it could explode. A WWII soldier whose son was also a Korean War veteran and an enthusiastic collector of artefacts formerly owned Wittman's home. It seems that he managed to obtain a live missile and, unable to part with it, concealed it within the walls for protection.