Tenants Find Alien Protection Device Upon Move-In

Bomb Squad Called In

A home in eastern Iowa no longer has the power to scare off underground aliens.
Police have taken away a device from a home in Davenport after its new tenants discovered a box containing what they thought was a bomb.

But the house's former owner said it was designed to scare off aliens living underground.
Jessica Harper moved out of the house last month and left behind the box. She said she got it from her mother's friend, an astrologer who Harper describes as "off his rocker."

She said she didn't want to throw it away because it wasn't hers.
The new tenants discovered the box Monday and evacuated their home while the local bomb squad investigated.

Authorities would not confirm the device's purpose, but they said it looks dangerous.