Mar 25, 2009 10:49 pm US/Pacific
'Mythbusters' Explosion Startles Yolo County Town
ESPARTO, Calif. (CBS13) ―
An explosion rocked the Yolo County town of Esparto today, and it was kind of on purpose. The popular TV show "Mythbusters" was shooting an episode of their show, but the segment didn't exactly go as planned.
The Mythbusters came out to answer the question: Can you really knock off someone's socks?
What better place to come than a rock quarry? The residents of Esparto no longer agree with that statement after Friday's event.
"They said it felt like someone rammed into the side of the school with a truck," said resident Janine Gillham, whose son was in school that day.
Ironically, the filming was a secret, so people wouldn't come close enough to be in danger from the blast. The explosion ended up being big enough to be felt and head by everyone in Esparto, and it caused damage at local homes and businesses.
"Scared the hell out of everybody," said Lavell McCray, whose store suffered damage in the blast.
McCray's convenience store lost a window, and their surveillance monitor fell to the floor. "It evidently broke loose from the ceiling," McCray said.
The Mythbusters teamed up with the Yolo County Bomb Squad with precise measurements of the blast. Commander Nick Concolino told the Daily Democrat, "It was a geographical oddity. I mean, we had people, vehicles, quarry equipment that was much, much closer to town and there were no injuries, no damage, no characteristics that the people in town described."
That answer doesn't sit well with some residents. "They had to know this was going to happen. They had to," McCray said, and if they didn't, "they're fools."
Show producers won't say if you can really knock off someone's socks, saying people will have to watch the episode to find out.
The episode may ultimately turn out to be one of the most expensive shows Mythbusters has produced, because all the people with claims will be filing them with the show's producers.
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