Another Cache found by the bomb squad

[magellan315]

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At least everyone had a sense of humor about it when they figured out what it was.

[+SUp3rFM & Cruella]

Great story with a happy ending.

[RV'n Iowans]

Great story!! All Ammo Containers I've found have a Geocache Label clearly taped to the outside of it. Always a good idea. Did find a cache the other day that was cammoed, cylindrical, about 8" long=I knew what it was but someone else could surely have mistaken it for a mini-pipe bomb.

[magellan315]

Take a closer lok at the picture in the article. Looks more like there was a stash note in the cache.

[+Zop]

Ya gotta love it!!

[+CSpenceFLY]

a stash note in the cache means they will know what it is after they blow it up. Anything like that in a semi-urban environment should be marked as a geocache on the outside.

[+Trucker Lee]

I don't know if that was the original name of the cache, but the name now reflects the infamy this cache has received. Too funny! Cool the bomb squad didn't finish this one off. GC137ZJ

[+IANNA]

I wonder what the date of that article was becuase i was having a heck of a time doing on anything one geocaching last night. maybe we got flooded by muggles

[+Driver Carries Cache]

There's nothing I love finding more than a nice big ammo can, but in planning my own hides, I felt the use of such objects in many locations is irresponsible. I set some personal guidelines for ammo can usage:

 

1. Ammo can will be sanded and painted. Removing all markings and hopefully making it look less "military".

2. Ammo can will definitely be clearly marked on the outside as a "geocache".

3. Urban hides = No ammo can. For those, I use Lock-N-Lock containers, transparent so the contents are visible... and far less scary to your average muggle.

 

At least this bomb squad encounter turned out OK. I would be mortified if any of my planned hides triggered a bomb squad response.

 

DCC

[+Renegade Knight]

That's how the system is supposed to work. Kudos all around.

[+Confucius' Cat]

Glad to know Boston hasn't spread!

[+anakerose]

Ok no offense, but can we say PARANOID?? Who would want to blow up a GOLF COURSE?? Maybe it's because I"m Canadian and don't think everyone's a terrorist....people need to RELAX.

[+Confucius' Cat]

Ok no offense, but can we say PARANOID?? Who would want to blow up a GOLF COURSE?? Maybe it's because I"m Canadian and don't think everyone's a terrorist....people need to RELAX.

Good point. Why WOULD anyone want to blow up a golf course?

 

My father-in-law often says, "Anyone who would (...insert activity you deem useless and/or silly here...) would PLAY GOLF!"

 

Silly useless game... I mean, at least in baseball you hit the ball and SOMEONE ELSE goes after it... golf, you hit it into the woods, cuss, and go look for it... then you hit it into the woods again... or into the water...

 

[+Too Tall John]

Ok no offense, but can we say PARANOID?? Who would want to blow up a GOLF COURSE?? Maybe it's because I"m Canadian and don't think everyone's a terrorist....people need to RELAX.

Good point. Why WOULD anyone want to blow up a golf course?

 

My father-in-law often says, "Anyone who would (...insert activity you deem useless and/or silly here...) would PLAY GOLF!"

 

Silly useless game... I mean, at least in baseball you hit the ball and SOMEONE ELSE goes after it... golf, you hit it into the woods, cuss, and go look for it... then you hit it into the woods again... or into the water...

 

Sounds like maybe your father-in-law would blow up a golf course?

[+Cash-n-Dash]

This was in my hometown of Amarillo. At least the bomb squad had a great sense of humor about it. I think the man collecting stray golf balls was upset because he wanted to use the ammo can to collect the golf balls and he realized the ammo can was chained up!!

Like someone said before, why would someone think a chain link fence bordering a golf course would be a target for a bomb? Too much paranoia for me.

[+Moving Glass]

What's there cache count?

[+kgban]

Hey it is my hometown too. Oh guess it is my cache too. Humm guess they were really not to worried about it. They never contacted me. I had my contact information in the cache and heard nothing. Guess it is helpful to have a properly labeled cache with all the information in it.

Of course a few months ago a find that I had along with Cach-n-Dash had a much worse ending to it after the bomb squad found it. They blew it up. Oh well it was not marked.

This was in my hometown of Amarillo. At least the bomb squad had a great sense of humor about it. I think the man collecting stray golf balls was upset because he wanted to use the ammo can to collect the golf balls and he realized the ammo can was chained up!!

Like someone said before, why would someone think a chain link fence bordering a golf course would be a target for a bomb? Too much paranoia for me.

[+Rattlebars]

We had a cache collected by the Boardman OH police department. Since there was an e-mail address in it, they e-mailed the owner. The owner rescued it from the police department but to advantage. If if any of the Boardman cops see you poking around a building with a funny thing in your hand, they might just stop and help you look!

[+CSpenceFLY]

Hey it is my hometown too. Oh guess it is my cache too. Humm guess they were really not to worried about it. They never contacted me. I had my contact information in the cache and heard nothing. Guess it is helpful to have a properly labeled cache with all the information in it.

Of course a few months ago a find that I had along with Cach-n-Dash had a much worse ending to it after the bomb squad found it. They blew it up. Oh well it was not marked.

This was in my hometown of Amarillo. At least the bomb squad had a great sense of humor about it. I think the man collecting stray golf balls was upset because he wanted to use the ammo can to collect the golf balls and he realized the ammo can was chained up!!

Like someone said before, why would someone think a chain link fence bordering a golf course would be a target for a bomb? Too much paranoia for me.

 

Is your cache labeled on the outside?

[+baloo&bd]

Is your cache labeled on the outside?

 

Fun to do, however serves no practical purpose.

 

Great they didn't over-react and then had a sense of humor to boot.

[+kgban]

Is your cache labeled on the outside?

 

Fun to do, however serves no practical purpose.

 

Great they didn't over-react and then had a sense of humor to boot.

Yes it is labeled on the outside. It has a label that says placed here using United States Government Satallites Please do not remove.

[+Team GeoBlast]

Ok no offense, but can we say PARANOID?? Who would want to blow up a GOLF COURSE?? Maybe it's because I"m Canadian and don't think everyone's a terrorist....people need to RELAX.

 

I've met more than one golf widow that would support blowing them all up.

[+anakerose]

LOL ok I'll give you that one.

[steve638]

THis is to funny and needs to be refreshed!

[+Machuco]

Seems like the bomb squad had a positive attitude about the whole situation. It could have turned out alot worse!

[+EScout]

Global "Incident" Map displaying "Terrorist" Activities

 

This site is good for hours of entertainment. Every hoax, mistaken bomb, suspicious package is shown on a map with original report from local or national sources. A very small percentage are real events.

[+PhxChem]

You're all looking at it wrong!! Al Qaeda knows America's love for Caddy Shack. It's only through the antics of Chevy Chase and Bill Murray that American can truly heal. OF COURSE they're going to target a random golf course (fence?) in Bull Poo Smell, TX!!!!

 

Mr. Nosey Nelly should be commended!! You sir, saved lives!!

Edited December 16, 2007 by PhxChem

[+tabulator32]

Ok no offense, but can we say PARANOID?? Who would want to blow up a GOLF COURSE?? Maybe it's because I"m Canadian and don't think everyone's a terrorist....people need to RELAX.

 

That is a wonderful attitude to live with, however, to err on the side of caution is to save lives in the long run.

 

It appears the bomb squad was at least somewhat familiar with geocaches and probably verified it on the GC.com website prior to opening it. Otherwise, I would have completely expected them to destroy it on site. (***Why risk a life of someone on the bomb squad for something that MIGHT not be a bomb?!***)

 

Having said that, it was really cool of the bomb squad to react the way they did. I'm glad it worked out as it did. But, really, if you WERE'NT familiar with geocaching...and you were watching that story unfold on the news, wouldn't you wince a bit when they showed the bomb squad guy attempting to open the box?

 

[+joranda]

That was cool, no one got upset about it and the cache stayed there, well until the local kids looked for it after it was put in the paper.

[+joranda]

That was cool, no one got upset about it and the cache stayed there, well until the local kids looked for it after it was put in the paper.