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Mythbusters Experiment Goes Wrong, Cannonball Fires Through Two Houses, Lands in Minivan

by James Plafke | 11:07 am, December 7th, 2011

Fans of half-science, half-explosion show Mythbusters show must wonder if anything ever goes wrong behind the scenes. A couple of families in Dublin, California found out that yes, they sure do. Reportedly testing to see how fast a cannonball would travel, rather than hit the designated targets — barrels of water, a cinder block wall, and then land in the side of a nearby hill — the cannonball blasted through two family homes ended its accidental trip landing inside a minivan.

The cannonball blasted through the front door of a home, then reportedly bounced around inside before exiting through the back of a second story bedroom wall. Then, not yet content with its journey, the cannonball traveled around 50 yards, crashing through another home, destroying roof tiles, before landing inside a minivan.

Officials claimed that the Mythbusters have been using the firing range from which the cannonball originated for the last eight years for similar experiments, but this was the first time something so severe went wrong.

It wasn’t that the cannonball entirely missed the initial targets either, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The 6-inch cannonball missed the water barrels, but went right through the cinder block wall, and bounced off the targeted hillside, which led to the projectile entering the neighborhood. Interestingly, the family inside the first home through which the cannonball traveled slept through the whole thing, only to wake later due to plaster dust.

Luckily, no one was injured, except maybe the pride of two television hosts.

(via CBS Los Angeles, San Francisco Chronicle)

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  • Unistat76

    I can’t see this as anything but a win for the homeowners.  Nobody hurt, money from the network, probably a new car, an awesome souvenir, and maybe even a chance to meet the Mythbusters! 

  • drewerd

    quintessential epic fail

  • Anonymous

    They should have just booked it like when you break a window playing stickball. (CRASH) “Cheese it!”.

  • Anonymous

    I think the cannonball was just overeager to get to soccer practice.

  • Ron

    Very true, if it had been my home I wouldn’t be really upset about it unless something irreplaceable had been destroyed (I can’t think of what though). It would be a cool story to say the least!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=521655368 Linda A Warenfelt-Wagner

    I bet their in trouble for that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Robbie-Meisler/502439616 Robbie Meisler

    If it had shattered my computer and wrecked my hard drives, then I would have been pissed. Nothing else really would have made that into a bad experience for me.

  • Erik N

    If that happened to me I’d be pleased cause I would get compensation for damages, a new car, and an awesome souvenir (a hole in the wall) with a sign above it saying ‘My home was used by the Mythbusters’

  • Creed6760

    Oh goody! Another “upstanding” and honest citizen heard from.

  • Sergio R Ribeiro

    Well… was the Myth busted?

  • Mem

    When you learn a new word and are dying to use it: Take it to another site than the one that just used it a couple of news posts prior :p

  • Durararalove

    Only time the word “epic” should be used to describe something: When you’re talking about galaxies, literature, and anything large and beautiful (landscapes and such). Please refrain from using the word epic out of context! Spread the word people. We have too many idiots doing that today.


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