A family in Wisconsin was surprised to find a fully stocked bomb shelter in their yard.
The Zwick family lived in their home in Neenah for more than a decade
aware of a strange metal door in their backyard, and they didn't open the door until 2010.
Like a scene from Lost, a mysterious ladder
led down the hole into the darkness.
Climbing down the ladder the Zwicks found a Cold War era bomb shelter
stocked with enough provisions to last a family for two weeks.
The 80 square foot shelter contained goods from the era of JFK.
Although the shelter itself was flooded, many
supplies were still in excellent shape, despite decades of storage.
Ken Zwick and Carol Hollar-Zwick were astounded by
the stock of vintage goods marking a unique era in America.
And Frank Pansch, a medical doctor, was the previous owner of the home.
He built the shelter in 1960 when
Americans and Russians were living under the constant threat of nuclear war.
Fallout shelters were meant to protect families from
fallout created by atomic blasts, not the explosions.
The shelter is located about 200 miles from Chicago, and 100 miles from Milwaukee,
the two nearby cities targeted by the Soviet Union.
The family donated all the items to the Neenah Historical Society.