It is easy to overlook in the photo but it also has several cardboard tubes in the back that could conceivably be explosives. I was going into this article prep

It is easy to overlook in the photo but it also has several cardboard tubes in the back that could conceivably be explosives. I was going into this article prepared to be outrages but this is clearly an intentionally designed to look like an explosive. The fact is was designed to look like an explosive as a "novelty" is secondary. However, eight hours does seem excessive.