KILTED MAN'S BOX SCARY BUT EMPTY IN ODD EPISODE.Byline: Daily News 'Twas a small wooden box the man in the kilt kilt Knee-length, skirtlike garment worn by men as part of the traditional national garb, or Highland dress, of Scotland. It is made of permanently pleated wool and wrapped around the wearer's waist so that the pleats are in the back and the flat ends overlap in front. left upon the altar Wednesday at Grace Baptist Church in the highlands of Saugus. 'Twas found to be empty when the bomb squad showed up, fearing it would blow to smithereens smith·er·eens pl.n. Informal Fragments or splintered pieces; bits: The fragile dish broke into smithereens. . Yet on the first day of Lent, the church was evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. and the pastor sent off for a wee bit, and the bobbies were suited up for the worst as they headed into God's house An almshouse. A church. See also: God God to investigate. ``Some guy in a kilt came into the church and dropped a box on the stage and walked out,'' said Sgt. Steve Gurlitz, of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Sheriff's Station. ``The pastor was concerned, he called us, but it ended up nothing.'' The box was empty and the plaid-skirted man long gone. At the church, a telephone message machine tried to explain the day. ``We had an unusual occurrence this afternoon and we're not able to answer our phones,'' the message said. Church programs were to resume in the evening. But earlier in the day, members of the sheriff's arson and explosives detail ordered groundskeepers and maintenance workers to leave the Copper Hill Drive site while they investigated. The team is called on to check all reports of suspicious-looking objects. |
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