Mystery 'Splosion Scares Nevadans Shitless

Sheree Rose said the mysterious noise that sent her running outside of her Silver City home at exactly midnight Saturday sounded like a propane tank exploding on her front porch.Other Silver City residents said it sounded like dynamite, perhaps from an old mine, or maybe even a meteorite."We went outside after the blast, and there was no smoke," Rose said Sunday. "It was deathly quiet. You could see people coming out on their porches. It even knocked people out of their beds, those who were up close to the explosion."Rose was one of many callers who flooded Lyon County dispatch. But the sound that seemed to emanate from the hill where a water tank is located has stumped even fire department officials and sheriff's deputies.
"We had the sheriff, Hazmat and the fire department up here, and they couldn't find out what it was," she said. "It was kind of scary. I thought, 'Are we in Iraq?'"

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