An 8-year-old girl pulled an ancient sword out of a lake, and she's our hero now

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An 8-year-old girl pulled an ancient Viking sword out of a lake during her summer vacation, securing her destiny as savior of the world. 

Saga Vanecek — because of course her name is Saga — unearthed the sword in Tånnö, Sweden while skipping rocks. She told the Local that she found "some kind of stick."

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"I picked it up and was going to drop it back in the water, but it had a handle, and I saw that it was a little bit pointy at the end and all rusty," she said. Instead of a stick, she pulled out what authorities believe is a thousand-year-old weapon. "I held it up in the air and I said 'Daddy, I found a sword!'"  Read more...

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