What was meant to be a simple family beach day turned into an incredible, almost surreal story.

As their children played freely in the sand, the youngest suddenly let out a scream. Curious, the parents rushed over. Their son had just stumbled upon a strange, massive object, half-buried beneath the sand.

Proud of his find, which he believed to be an “ancient treasure,” the child asked his parents to take a photo of him with the object. He even carved his name into it, convinced he had made a historic discovery.

Delighted, the parents shared a few pictures from the day on social media, completely unaware of what they had just exposed to the world…

A few hours later, someone commented on the post. They claimed to recognize the object in the background. As the father read the message, a chill ran down his spine: it was a military device from a historic conflict, still potentially dangerous.

Authorities were immediately notified. A specialized team was dispatched to the scene. The verdict was clear: what the child had touched—and even carved his name into—was an actual undetonated explosive device.

By some miracle, nothing happened.

Today, the parents can’t bear to imagine what might have occurred. Their vacation photo has become a haunting reminder of a narrowly avoided tragedy.