Oddly named man's walking stick prompts evacuation

By NBC News staff It happens virtually every day somewhere in America: A suspicious object is found in a public building. The building is evacuated. The object turns out to be innocuous. Everybody goes back to work. It happened Wednesday in Akron, Ohio, where City Hall was evacuated after someone spotted something that looked like it could be a pipe bomb. The Summit County Bomb Squad, Akron police, Akron fire crews and even the University of Akron's K-9 unit all responded and determined it wasn't a bomb. Police gave the all clear at 10 a.m. ET.  So why are we telling you about it? Read on. Fox station WJW-TV of Cleveland reported that the item was a 4-foot-long aluminum stick with duct tape at both ends and the word "Kaboom" written across it.  It turns out "Kaboom" is a person, not a threat. According to WAKR radio of Akron: "It was a homemade cane owned by James 'Natural' Kaboom — that's his legal name — 66, of North Hill. He'd forgotten it at a meeting." There was no immediate information on why Kaboom was at City Hall, nor why he legally changed his name from Krosner (as Ohio court records indicate) in the last few years. More content from NBCNews.com: No Halloween for sex offenders? They challenge California city's restrictions Pedestrians, bicyclists beware in New York, Los Angeles Veterans angle for a overdue shout out during tonight's debate Woman rides wild manatee in Florida, turns herself in Video: Dangling base jumper rescued from cliff Follow US News from NBCNews.com on Twitter and Facebook