What is this a picture of and why might it be important? Be specific, including the artist for full credit. Send your name, hometown and guess to: feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s mystery, “Home on the range,” showed the damage done in 1958 to a Mars Hill home in Florence County after an unarmed atomic weapon was accidentally dropped on it.
“Thankfully, the bomb did not have its fissile nuclear core rod installed at the time of the accident, but the conventional, high-explosive device that is used to trigger a nuclear explosion did detonate, causing damage to several buildings in the area and injuring six individuals,” wrote Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas.
“It is worth noting that if the nuclear rod had been installed in the bomb that fell on [Walter] Gregg’s yard, it would have destroyed everything within a 10-mile radius, and the radiation fallout would have likely killed thousands in Horry County, S.C. and Wilmington, N.C. Rather than asking what makes the photo interesting, perhaps the real question should be what makes this photo terrifying?
Others correctly identifying the photo were: Will Bradley of Las Vegas, Nevada; Frank Bouknight of Summerville; Truett Jones of Summerton; Bobby Ridgeway of Manning; Bill Segars and Don Clark, both of Hartsville; Jacie Godfrey of Florence; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Steve Willis of Lancaster; Penny Forrester of Tallahassee, Fla.; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; David Taylor of Darlington; Elizabeth Jones of Columbia; and Pat Keadle of Perry.
- Send us a mystery picture. If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: feedback@statehousereport.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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