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You think Halloween is the scariest holiday that revolves around candy? The Easter Bunny is more like the Easter Jackalope, 'cause egg hunts--seemingly harmless events--tend to get surprisingly aggro. Consider the existence of Easter Egg Hunt Insurance, which sounds crazy until you read up on this perilous spring tradition.
1. Stampeding Adults
Last year, Colorado Springs, Colorado canceled its annual egg hunt. Bad weather? Chickenpox outbreak? No, hundreds of "aggressive" parents leaped into fray to give their kids an unfair advantage, unleashing pandemonium. ("The good news is your Easter basket is filled with candy! The bad news is Mommy ripped out somebody's trachea.")
2. Snakes
Planning an egg hunt in Arizona? Think again. Easter Sunday routinely causes a spike in rattlesnake bites, 'cause parents accidentally hide eggs in snake dens. To be fair, it's debatable whether rattlesnake venom is less healthy than the goop inside Cadbury Creme Eggs.
3. Guns
At a 2004 Easter egg hunt, a group of children discovered two loaded handguns outside an elementary school in Flint, Michigan. The real mystery: why didn't they use 'em for an epic jelly bean heist?
4. Grenades
You know how you can find "Easter Eggs" in video games? Well, that's basically what happened in real life to a British three-year-old who found a live hand grenade last Easter. Surprise! Your life is a first-person shooter.
5. Bazookas
It sounds ridiculous, but some kid actually found a bazooka during an egg hunt last year in Germany. A whole bazooka. That's a huge upgrade from Bazooka bubble gum, especially considering there's no crappy comic strip on the inside and it can blow up a tank...which some other kid will probably find this Easter.
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