Spencer Pratt is not afraid of critics.

The former reality star, whose campaign for mayor of Los Angeles has been picking up steam, was mocked by Chelsea Handler, but he was quick to get in a jab of his own.

Handler posted a video to social media on Friday, telling her followers, “Oh hi, if you’re seeing this video, this is a reminder that a straight white male former reality star that has no previous experience in government should not be a legitimate political candidate.”

The video had been displaying photos of Pratt, but she inserted a photo of President Donald Trump before saying, “Have we learned anything yet?”

CHERYL HINES FIRES BACK AT CHELSEA HANDLER IN ‘TOXIC’ MANSION DISPUTE, SAYS SHE’S TRYING TO STAY RELEVANT

Spencer Pratt and Chelsea Handler traded jabs over Pratt’s run for mayor of Los Angeles. (Getty Images)

“The bar is on the f—ing floor, people, and I need you to jump over it,” she added. “OK, thank you, have a nice day!”

Hours later, Pratt took to X to respond.

“Most of you have probably never heard of Chelsea Handler, so here’s an introduction!” he wrote, attaching a video of comedian Shane Gillis at the recent Netflix roast of Kevin Hart.

In the video, Gillis said, “Chelsea Handler went to dinner at Jeffrey Epstein’s house in 2010. That’s just a fun one. You can look it up, there’s articles. It wasn’t like a big party, there was, like, seven people there. It was like, Prince Andrew and Woody Allen were there.”

Chelsea Handler argued that Spencer Pratt “should not be a legitimate political candidate” in an Instagram video. (Getty Images)

Fox News Digital has reached out to Handler for comment.

Handler has admitted to going to Epstein’s home multiple times over the years. While guest-hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in 2022, she said that while she’d never been to Epstein’s island, she did “accidentally” find herself at the dinner party with the aforementioned guests, having been brought along by Katie Couric.

She joked, in the monologue and in other interviews, that while dining with Allen and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn — who Allen originally knew as the adopted daughter of his longtime partner, Mia Farrow — she asked the couple, “So how did you two meet?”

Meanwhile, Pratt’s mayoral campaign has come under scrutiny as he fields various accusations, including questions over his current living situation.

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Spencer Pratt, seen with wife Heidi Montag, has been quick to address his critics during his campaign. (Rich Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)

The speculation intensified following reports he was not living in an Airstream trailer parked on the lot of his former California home. The former “Hills” star acknowledged he is not actively staying in the trailer despite suggesting he was in a recent mayoral campaign ad.

“Hey guys, why don’t they wanna talk about why I need a hotel in the first place?” Pratt wrote on X. “Karen Bass let my home burn down. Also 6,000 of my neighbors. NBD.”

“Funny how they never attack my policy ideas,” he added in a separate post. “They can only try to assassinate your character. They don’t wanna talk about my debate masterclass a week ago, they wanna talk about a reality show from a lifetime ago.”

“That’s because they want the continued decline of the city,” Pratt continued. “They are locked in an ideological death spiral and can’t shake it. Come at my policies or go sit back down on the back bench. I’m in the arena, son.”

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Spencer Pratt is seen in Pacific Palisades, California, on Jan. 7, 2026. (MEGA/GC Images)

Pratt has been staying at the Hotel Bel-Air for the past month while his wife and kids have been staying in Carpinteria, California, sources told TMZ.

The 42-year-old told the outlet the Airstream had become unsafe as he campaigns to be Los Angeles’ next mayor, claiming the hotel’s “armed security” made it “the only option.”

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“The reality is the Ba–holes and Ramaniacs are a little bit whacko, and since I destroyed them in the debate, and am surging in the polls, they are getting increasingly desperate and hostile,” he explained.

Pratt doubled down during “TMZ Live” on Wednesday, claiming critics were missing his point.

Spencer Pratt’s mayoral campaign has earned the support of multiple celebrities, including Paris Hilton and Kristin Cavallari. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images; Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images)

“I don’t live at the hotel Bel Air. I don’t live in the Airstream. I don’t live in Santa Barbara. I don’t have a house. They burned it down,” he told the outlet.

Despite his house burning down, Pratt emphasized the Palisades property is his home.

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“That is where I live, period,” Pratt noted. “I don’t need to sleep there every night. I don’t need to go number two on that toilet. That is where I live.”

Fox News Digital’s Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.

Several masked demonstrators carried Hamas flags at an anti-Israel protest in Manhattan on Friday, while a Hezbollah flag waved above the crowd, hours after federal authorities charged an alleged Kataib Hezbollah operative of plotting attacks on Jewish community centers and a Manhattan synagogue.

The protest drew about 500 demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags to Washington Square Park, where chants of “globalize the intifada” rang out as one speaker declared Israel has no right to exist and said Palestinians would take over Israel “by any means necessary.”

Just as the protest was kicking off at around 4:30 p.m., New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the alleged terror plot by Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, a commander in the Kataeb Hezbollah terrorist operation in Iraq.

“Let me be clear: antisemitism, violent extremism, and terrorism have no place in our city. This kind of hate is despicable,” Mamdani said.

ISRAEL, JEWS TARGETED WORLDWIDE AS WELL-FUNDED LEFTIST, ISLAMIST GROUPS JOIN FOR ‘NAKBA 78’ PROTESTS

Demonstrators display imagery associated with Hamas’ military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, during a “Nakba 78” protest march in Manhattan, New York City, on May 15, 2026. (Michael Dorgan/Fox News Digital)

Two minutes later, a starkly different scene unfolded in Lower Manhattan off W. 4th Street. The activists descended on the busy Washington Square Park with Palestinian flags, pre-printed signs and banners, transforming a corner of the park into a rally staging ground to protest the existence of the state of Israel and demand its dismantling and replacement with a state called Palestine.

Among them, a young anti-Israel demonstrator arrived, draped in the flag of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades — Hamas’s military wing — wearing it like a cape. The flag depicted a masked armed fighter beside the Dome of the Rock beneath green script in Arabic, declaring the shahada, or Muslim proclamation of faith. He also carried a flag featuring an image of Abu Obaida, the spokesman for Hamas’ military wing, who became one of the terror group’s most recognizable figures after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Israeli forces killed him in 2025.

Others followed wearing the green headbands of Hamas and carrying similar flags. Nearby, a protester carried Hezbollah’s bright yellow flag, featuring the organization’s recognizable green insignia of a stylized assault rifle incorporated into Arabic calligraphy.

The demonstration was organized by anti-Israel groups including the Muslim American Society — a powerful nonprofit whose leaders supported Mamdani’s election — and Within Our Lifetime, another local group. Protesters arrived carrying pre-made banners over their shoulders, stacks of professionally printed signs and a North Face bag filled with protest gear. 

These same groups led protests at a Jewish synagogue and community center in New York City this past week, resulting in viral clashes with Jewish community members.

Based in Brooklyn, N.Y., next to an NYPD precinct, Muslim American Society of New York is a 501(c)(3) sister nonprofit of Muslim American Society. It had $782,644 in revenue in 2024, according to its last tax filing. Within Our Lifetime isn’t a nonprofit but accepts donations.

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A demonstrator holds a Hezbollah flag during an anti-Israel protest in New York City on May 15, 2026. (Umar Abbassi/Fox News Digital)

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By about 5:06 p.m., Within Our Lifetime’s polarizing co-founder, Nerdeen Kiswani, emerged from the crowd at the Washington Square Arch and led chants of “Globalize the intifada! From New York to Gaza! Globalize the intifada!”

“We do not mince words here,” Kiswani told the crowd. “Yes, that also means necessarily that the state of Israel and Zionism must be abolished. I do not and will never recognize Israel’s so-called right to exist. It has no right to exist.” 

Minutes later, at about 5:14 p.m., Abdullah Akl, a leader at the Muslim American Society Youth Center in Brooklyn, stood in front of a large black banner that read “GLOBALIZE THE INTIFADA” in white and gold letters.

“From the river to the sea,” Akl shouted, invoking a slogan widely interpreted as calling for the elimination of Israel between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. “Palestine will be free.”

As demonstrators readied to march north through Manhattan, several participants openly waved Hamas flags above the crowd. When asked about the displays, Kiswani told Fox News Digital: “We only bring Palestinian flags.”

But the Hamas flags remained visible throughout the march, including directly behind Kiswani and Akl as demonstrators moved uptown in a tightly coordinated procession. Kiswani told Fox News Digital, “We only bring Palestinian flags.”

The Manhattan protest was one of about 736 “Nakba Day” events that 425 organizations with about $1 billion in collective revenue held across 39 cities in recent days, according to a Fox News Digital investigation. “Nakba,” the Arabic word for “catastrophe,” refers to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.

Chants throughout the evening rejected the idea of a two-state solution.

Within Our Lifetime co-founder Nerdeen Kiswani speaks during a “Nakba 78” anti-Israel protest in Washington Square Park on May 15, 2026, in New York City, as demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags and Hamas flags gather behind her. (Asra Q. Nomani/Fox News Digital)

“We don’t want your two states,” demonstrators shouted, following Kiswani’s cue, as organizers moved the march route through Manhattan, past Sephora, the makeup store, on E. 14th Street.

Protesters beat drums decorated with stickers reading, “By Any Means Necessary,” while marchers carried a banner declaring, “From Gaza to Jenin. Revolution Until Victory.”

In the crowd, activists from Islamist and communist groups marched together, including Al-Awda, which advocates for the so-called “right of return” of diaspora Palestinians to Israel, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, a self-declared Marxist group, and the Workers World Party, which describes itself as a “revolutionary Marxist-Leninist party inside the belly of the imperialist beast.”

A group of Orthodox Jewish demonstrators also marched beside pro-Palestinian activists carrying signs reading “Judaism condemns the state of Israel” and “Torah demands all Palestine.” Rabbi David Feldman told Fox News Digital he believed “the state of Israel may not exist at all” under Jewish law and said Palestinians should regain “every inch” of land taken from them.

About Hamas, he said, “They don’t target against Jewish people, so I don’t think that they are a terrorist group. They’re just fighting for the land, what people stole from them, that’s all. So that’s what I believe, so I don’t say anything in politics, that is all.”

But the Hamas supporters went undisturbed as they flew a flag of the terrorist group over Kiswani and Akl, clapping, just before they set out to lead the group through Manhattan in a carefully choreographed street theater that stretched into the night. This past week, another flag raised another controversy: a purple flag with the swastika symbol of Nazis, the five-point star that is a symbol of Judaism and the “NYU” acronym for New York University. The university apologized for its use.

A demonstrator carries imagery depicting Abu Obaida, spokesman for Hamas’ Qassam Brigades, during a “Nakba 78” anti-Israel protest march in Manhattan on May 15, 2026, in New York City. (Umar Abbassi/Fox News Digital)

As the demonstration snaked over Sixth Avenue, one protester, Anas Shuayb, 27, defended the Hamas imagery as “free speech” and described Hamas as a “form of resistance” to Israeli military activity in Gaza and the West Bank.

Shuayb said he voted for Trump and attended the protest partly because he opposes the U.S. war in Iran.

“I’m Palestinian and a Palestinian who voted for Trump,” Shuaib, who attended Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in 2024, told Fox News Digital.

Shuaib said he was disappointed Trump had “fallen in the trap of Netanyahu” after campaigning against new foreign wars. “America should fight no war for Israel,” he added. “America first, not Israel first.”

The demonstration resembled a carefully staged political production more than a spontaneous protest. Organizers distributed professionally printed signs reading, “We Will Return,” a slogan referencing Palestinian demands for a mass movement to modern-day Israel.

Outside Grand Central Station on 42nd Street, Kiswani grabbed the mic and led the group in a proclamation of aggression. On Park Avenue, protesters defiantly unfurled a massive Palestinian flag stretching across much of the streets while crowds beneath it repeatedly chanted, “Globalize the intifada,” 

“Palestine has the right to exist and to resist and to reclaim land and freedom by any means necessary,” Kiswani told the crowd.

As the crowd marched uptown to Time Square, Hamas and Hezbollah imagery remained visible without any effort by organizers to remove or discourage the displays.

Activists appeared highly conscious of their visual presentation. Some demonstrators marched in designer sunglasses, luxury handbags and carefully styled outfits while protest marshals coordinated crowd movement and legal observers from the ACLU monitored the route.

Akl, the leader at the Muslim American Society, wore a parody designer-style shirt reading, “The Anti-Zionist Social Club,” mimicking the aesthetic of luxury streetwear brands popular among younger activists.

Members of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization distributed flyers reading, “Victory to the Palestinian Resistance!” On the reverse side were advertisements for LGBTQ organizing meetings featuring imagery from the “Gay Liberation Front.”

The route itself appeared strategically staged for maximum visibility and dramatic effect.

Demonstrators gathered beneath the overpass outside Grand Central Terminal, where chants of “Free Palestine” and “Globalize the Intifada” echoed through the station, in one of the loudest moments of the evening. Protesters appeared at moments to push toward the terminal entrance, though they ultimately didn’t enter the station.

Later, on Park Avenue, marchers briefly surrounded vehicles in traffic while chanting “Shut it down,” creating the appearance of a street takeover as NYPD officers quietly redirected cars around the demonstration.

At several points, protesters shouted at bystanders and critics to “get off the street” while police officers continued escorting the march route through Manhattan.

Professionally printed banners reading “Revolution Until Victory” and “Resisting the Nakba Since 1948” stretched across the front lines of the march as drummers, megaphones and coordinated flag displays transformed intersections into temporary stages for chants and political theater.

Many of the demonstrators wore masks or face coverings and keffiyehs, while some acted as informal security detail, repeatedly stepping between cameras and protest leaders, blowing whistles and thrusting Palestinian flags into camera lenses to disrupt filming by journalists and bystanders.

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Demonstrator carries imagery depicting Abu Obaida, spokesman for Hamas’ Qassam Brigades, during a “Nakba 78” anti-Israel protest in Times Square in New York City on May 15, 2026. (Asra Q. Nomani/Fox News Digital)

By the time the final marchers arrived at Times Square for a carefully choreographed public prayer, photographed extensively by the organizers’ social media team, the evening had showcased what experts describe as a durable and politically normalized protest ecosystem in New York City, blending nonprofit institutions, socialist organizations, anti-Israel activism, legal support networks, social-media aesthetics and militant symbolism into a single coordinated street operation.

The young man with the Hamas cape joined the second row of the congregational prayer at Time Square, the iconography for the terrorist group’s Qassam Brigade prominent as he prostrated in prayer. 

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Caitlin Clark finally found her shot Friday night against the Washington Mystics, hitting five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, including the game-tying shot with 1.7 seconds left to force overtime.

That, in itself, could be the story. Clark has stunk this season from beyond the arc, but she found her shot when it mattered most.

The game-tying three was a thing of beauty. Frankly, the WNBA should be foaming at the mouth today. Forget the noise. They need Clark to be good. Believe me, I’ve seen the numbers.

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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark talks with head coach Stephanie White during a game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on July 13, 2025. (IMAGN Syndication: The Indianapolis Star)

When she’s hitting buzzer beaters and going viral on social media, it’s a fever dream for the WNBA and the folks in marketing. Nobody else in the league comes even close.

Yeah, the execs LOVE that. Trust me.

Anyway, that’s not the story today. The Fever went on to lose in overtime. That’s also not the story.

Instead, the story is this … odd … response by Fever coach Stephanie White after the game when asked specifically about Clark’s late-game heroics.

Take a look:

This feels like classic ‘coach speak’ to me

“I thought our whole group showed resilience in that rally we showed the ability to make tough shots,” White said. “We showed the ability to make tough shots. We had some really good time and execution moments, offensively and defensively … we just have to have more of it consistently.”

So, everyone is mad at this response today. Social media is a cesspool, and the pitchforks are aimed at Stephanie White right now.

Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever celebrates after scoring a basket to send the game into overtime against the Washington Mystics at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 15, 2026. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Fans are accusing her of snubbing Clark. Ignoring Clark. Downplaying her fourth quarter effort, which included 17 points. She finished with 32 points and seven 3s, by the way.

Not bad!

I could go on and on. It’s a bloodbath over on Elon’s app today. Everyone is fired up.

Personally … I don’t really see a problem with the answer. It’s coach speak 101. Some folks say White has never liked Caitlin Clark. Perhaps. I don’t know that for sure. Nobody does.

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But I’m not sure what she’s supposed to say here that we don’t already know? We all saw Clark hit the game-tying shot. We saw what she did in the fourth quarter. We know she’s a great player. Do fans really need the coach to vindicate them by stating the obvious? Seems petty to me.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark reacts to a referee’s call during a game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Aug. 12, 2025. (Grace Hollars/IndyStar)

Coaches are ALWAYS hardest on the best player. Again, it’s coaching 101. It comes with the territory. What’s that old quote from “Remember the Titans?”

“You wanna be a star, you’d better give me a star effort.”

Feel like that’s what we have here between Caitlin Clark and Stephanie White. The Fever lost. Clark, for as good as she was in the fourth quarter, still shot 10 of 28 from the field. Frankly, I would hope Caitlin Clark had no interest in getting her roses after a loss, no matter how good she was down the stretch.

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Anyway, where does everyone stand on this? Big deal or non-story?

Let me know!

Crean Lutheran High School girls’ track and field athlete Olivia Viola will compete against a trans athlete in the state tournament for the third year in a row. 

Viola watched a trans competitor break her personal record and knock her out of the state tournament last season, and on top of that, she has had to face criticism for speaking out in support of herself and other female athletes. 

As a Christian, the issue is important to Viola, but she also believes it applies to women of all beliefs. But she also suggested that Christians are being unfairly targeted in the pushback against “Save Girls Sports” activism. 

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Olivia Viola of Crean Lutheran competes in the girls high jump during the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet at Moorpark High School in Moorpark, Calif., on May 24, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)

“I would say it’s unfair to everyone, I wouldn’t say it’s specific to Christians, I would say it’s unfair to all women who have to compete against [trans athletes]. But what I do think is unfair is pegging Christians as the bad guys or the bigots for not wanting a male in our spaces,” she said.

This year, she can also vote for the first time to do something about it.

With the state’s gubernatorial election coming up this year, and the issue of protecting girls’ sports being at the top of Viola’s issue, Viola is planning to vote for Sheriff Chad Bianco. 

“He’s shown support for us, like, there’s been not very many people who are willing to make a public stance on it, and he’s shown very strong support for us and for women, which is great,” Viola said.

Bianco told Fox News Digital in an interview in February that he would use “force” as governor to ensure that girls’ sports are protected.

“You force people to not,” he said of how to handle schools letting males in girls’ sports. “In our high schools and in our school system, if they are going to allow it, we will not fund that. We will not fund the school, we will not provide them with their money.” 

Viola has been publicly fighting in the state’s movement to “Save Girls’ Sports” dating back to last year.

“I have received so much positive feedback from other people, saying that like it’s so important and that they’re grateful for what we’re doing to fight for it. So I honestly would say the majority of people think it’s important,” Viola said. 

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Olivia Viola of Crean Lutheran competes in the girls high jump at the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet at Moorpark High School in Moorpark, Calif., on May 24, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)

A bipartisan survey by the Public Policy Institute of California found the majority of California residents oppose biological male trans athletes competing in women’s sports. 

That figure included more than 70% of the state’s school parents.

“Most Californians support requiring transgender athletes to compete on teams matching the sex they were assigned at birth,” the poll stated. “Solid majorities of adults (65%) and likely voters (64%) support requiring that transgender athletes compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with. An overwhelming majority of public school parents (71%) support such a requirement.”

For Viola’s parents, Tracy and Juan Luis, the issue has caused immense frustration, especially with current Gov. Gavin Newsom after a statement from a source in his office last week that said Newsom “rejects the right-wing cynical attempt to weaponize this debate as an excuse to vilify individual kids. The governor’s position is simple: stand with all kids and stand up to bullies.”

Tracy and Juan Luis slammed the governor for his statement. 

“Newsom used aggressive and weaponizing language against 17-year-old girls. In my opinion, his words were aimed at intimidating female athletes into compliance. These girls complicate things for him, so he would prefer them to stay quiet. That is a terrible thing for a governor to do.  If the governor had any sense of right and wrong he would be applauding these girls for their courage to stand up for women’s rights,” the parents said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“In Newsom’s comments there was no discussion about the real root of the problem. He had no response about defying title IX. He had no response about how to fix the very bad policies in California that allow biological males to enter female athletic divisions without any type of clear biological regulations.”

The parents added that they believe the issue should transcend individual political and religious beliefs, and are disappointed more people who agree with their side aren’t speaking out.

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“Based on how fundamentally different men and women are physically, athletic categories must be based on pure biological reality — this includes a person’s age and biological sex — whether they have XX or XY chromosomes. When it comes to athletic divisions, nothing else matters — not political beliefs, not religious beliefs, not affluence, not gender ideology,” the statement said.

“If you start to try and blur those lines, you’ve stripped away all credibility for fairness. These girls are not telling people they can’t have ideological beliefs, they simply shouldn’t be a part of determining athletic divisions. One of the most disappointing things for me is seeing how many people support the girls, yet how few people are willing to stand alongside them. I truly think we won’t see a change until everyone who believes that athletics must have clear divisions based on sex, chooses to use their voices.”

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A dog walker recently stumbled upon an ancient axe head during a routine walk in a forest — an item that’s believed to date back three millennia.

The axe was found by a dog walker named John in the Forest of Dean, a historic woodland in western Gloucestershire, England, near the border with Wales.

The area is known for its ancient trees and dense canopy, and the man spotted the axe “nestled among the roots of a fallen tree in woodland near Brierley,” officials said.

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The discovery was announced in a recent press release from Forestry England, a government agency that manages publicly owned English forests.

“The find was quickly reported to Forestry England, who manage the woodland,” the release said. 

A dog walker named John, seen at left, discovered a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age axe head during a routine walk in England’s Forest of Dean. (Forestry England)

“The object was handed over for recording and investigation.”

The axe dates to the Middle Bronze Age, which lasted from roughly 1500 to 1200 B.C. in Britain. 

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It’s likely at least 3,000 years old.

Kayleigh Spring, an objects conservator at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Center, identified the tool as a palstave axe.

The ancient tool was identified as a palstave axe, a design commonly used during the Middle Bronze Age period. (Forestry England)

Palstave axes were designed with a side loop to be securely attached to a wooden handle.

“It is made from a copper alloy most likely bronze, a mix of copper and tin,” Spring said in a statement.

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“This tool was originally cast in molds.”

The axe reflects more advanced Bronze Age craftsmanship, and Spring noted that early Bronze Age molds “were simple hollowed stones.”

“Finds like this, though rare, do happen.”

“By the Middle Bronze Age, two-part molds allowed for more sophisticated designs like this one,” she said.

“After confirming it tested negative for chloride ions, we carefully removed soil and corrosion under magnification and applied Incralac to protect the pitted blade and minimize future corrosion while on display.”

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After analysis, the axe was sent to the Dean Heritage Center, a museum in Soudley, Gloucestershire.

Leoni Dawson, a community ranger for Forestry England, said that the find “help[s] us connect with the people who lived and worked in these landscapes long before us.”

After being reported, the axe was carefully analyzed and conserved before being placed in a local museum. (Forestry England)

“It’s incredible to think that tools like this have survived for thousands of years, hidden beneath our feet,” said Dawson.

A spokesperson for Forestry England told Fox News Digital that the find, while spectacular, is not unheard of.

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“The Forest of Dean is one of England’s largest ancient forests, shaped by centuries of history, industry and natural beauty,” the official said.

“Finds like this, though rare, do happen.”

The artifact was discovered in the Forest of Dean, an area known for its deep history and ancient landscapes. (Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images)

This isn’t the first time in recent months that dog walkers have stumbled across history in the United Kingdom.

In Scotland, two dog walkers recently found “distinct markings” on a beach in Angus that turned out to be 2,000-year-footprints.

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The footprints were later washed away, though archaeologists successfully made 3D models and physical casts before they were destroyed.