The lava tubes of the Mauna Loa Forest Reserve on the Island of Hawai‘i were created by lava stream carving out caves beneath indurate volcanic rock-and-roll . Under most circumstances , they ’re safe to take the air through , but what Kawika Singson insure on a recent hike there get off him in the opposite direction . AsWest Hawaii Todayreports , the Kona resident physician discovered undetonated turkey lodged into the rock candy dating back as far as 1935 .
Eighty - five years ago , a stream of lava from the active Mauna Loa volcano imperil to reach the nearby town of Hilo . Hawaiian Volcano Observatory founder Thomas A. Jaggar came up with a plan to protect the villagers that involve asking the U.S. Army to dismiss dozens of bomb near the molten rock .
While sum explosives to an already - volatile lava stream may sound misguided , his thinking was grounded in logic . The melodic theme was that the bomb would push the lava stream off course of study and away from Hilo . When the bomb were dropped onDecember 27 , 1935 , they slow up the stream slenderly and diverted them into the Hilo Forest Reserve . The re - routed flows eventually stopped totally on January 2 , 1936 . There ’s still some debate over whether the bomb calorimeter stopped the lava or whether the timing was a coincidence .
Similar bombings in the country were hold out for the same reasons in 1942 , 1975 , and 1976 . Larger dud were used in the seventies , which means the artifacts give away in February of this year must be from either 1935 or 1942 .
Coming from a military background and know the history of the area , Singson immediately pick out the rusted objects embedded in the ceiling of the lava tubing as bomb . After taking some picture , he withdraw to safety and get in touch with the Department of Land and Natural Resources to share the accurate positioning of the explosives . The department ’s Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement and Division of Forestry and Wildlife are now make for on a way to dispose of the devices safely , perchance with the military machine ’s help .
[ h / tWest Hawaii Today ]
