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"MythBusters" cannonball hits house

Janelle Vreeland

"MythBusters" title screen

“MythBusters” experiment results in accident

The “MythBusters” team may be in some unfortunate hot water following an experiment that went awry.

MSNBC reports that the “MythBusters” team accidentally sent a cannonball through an Alameda County home. Although it is not known what the experiment entailed, the cannonball reportedly missed its intended target and instead hit a home near Tassajara Road and Somerset Lane where it entered the home through one wall and exited through another.

The Alameda County Sheriff’s Department reported that the “MythBusters” experiment cannonball “took a few unfortunate bounces.”

No one was injured in the accident. Authorities are still investigating the incident. It is not known where the cannonball came to rest.

Read more about the “MythBusters” experiment accident here.

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