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Larry would drive their parcels out to the Mount Carmel compound where David Koresh often signed for them personally.

He was always friendly and Larry enjoyed chatting with him about cars and other hobbies.

But things changed over time.

While the parcels had initially borne packaging labels that indicated they contained medication or other personal items, larger boxes had started arriving from an arms dealer.

More and more kept coming.

Larry thought it was strange that a religious organisation would be ordering so many firearms.

In early 1992, David Koresh began redirecting these deliveries so they weren't addressed to the Mount Carmel compound.

Instead, Larry had to take them to a garage that they rented several miles away, known as the Mag Bag.

The Branch Davidians who met Larry to sign for the packages began dressing in military fatigues.

In Larry's view, they looked more like a militia than a church group.

They were also ordering ammunition and magazines for .223 rifles, AK-47s, and AR-15s.

They even ordered a grenade launcher.

One day in February of 1992, Larry dropped one of the parcels marked for delivery to the mag bag and it broke open.

Inside were about 50 hand grenades.

Several rolled out of the box.

Terrified, Larry jumped back, before realising that they were just the grenade casings and they had no explosives inside.

Still, the sight of so many potential bombs was alarming, especially as Larry had noted that another delivery was marked as containing black powder, a substance used to make explosives.

Larry told his wife about the incident, who in turn reported it to the local sheriff's department.

The Gilbreths told the sheriff about the other deliveries as well.

It wasn't illegal to receive large shipments of firearms in Texas, but the grenades and black powder were more concerning.