huntinggamo Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) Today in Colorado Springs, Colorado geocaches were mistaken as explosive devices, bomb squad blew up 2 and dis-asembled the third. Bomb Scare even though this is kind of negitive publicity, it will definatly draw some attention to geocaching Edited February 5, 2009 by huntinggamo Quote Link to comment
+scorpio_dark Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I was wondering which geocaches they were. It looks like they may have been some smalls and micros planted along the side (or inside) Patty Jewitt Golf Course. GC1D40P and GC1EAJ4 may have been encountered and GCW02K Teed Off Sounds like the one that police described to the news on-scene. That KKTV reporter sure needs to work on her research though. She sounded plain dumb and was even messing up non-geocaching related phrases. But I am hard on newsies, being one myself. I haven't been caching in a while, but this reminded me to go out and enjoy. Quote Link to comment
jbuffethed Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 did they at least sign the log first Quote Link to comment
+BadAndy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Sounds like it turned out good for everyone. 1. Bomb squad got to play with their robot. 2. Local school signed off on their quarterly disaster drill. 3. No geocache was assploded and no geocacher faces charges or fines. 4. Incompetent news crew still got their story aired. Co. Springs PD gets a thumbs up for once. Quote Link to comment
+undertree Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) I always love it when they refer to caches as "GPS Devices". It sounds as if the caches are tracked by people with the GPS Tracking Devices. You just want to say "Hey stupid, It's Tupperware." I guess that "Tupperware Scrambles Federal CERT Team" Doesn't sound as good as GPS Devices. I wish they would refer to caches as game pieces much the same as the shoe in monopoly should trigger a school to shut down. We need to reserve that kind of response for when Sally shares an aspirin with a classmate. [Edited to remove potty language.] Edited February 6, 2009 by Keystone Quote Link to comment
+condor1 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Can you believe this trash. Will our game suffer? Will it flourish? I guess time will tell. And had this on my watch list to find today. Guess its time to update my list for the Un-Exploded ones. Quote Link to comment
+Team CeDo Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 A CHAPSTICK TUBE BOMB? Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) Can you believe this trash. Will our game suffer? Will it flourish? I guess time will tell. And had this on my watch list to find today. Guess its time to update my list for the Un-Exploded ones. It's flourished pretty well in the last eight or nine years. Edited February 5, 2009 by sbell111 Quote Link to comment
midnightfairy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Which cache # was it does anyone know. I am going to bring some flowers! All i can say it here is our tax dollars hard at work colorado springs supports geocaching and then blows them up Quote Link to comment
+WolfgangStiller Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) A CHAPSTICK TUBE BOMB? Based on the report in "The Gazette" (the local paper that got their facts together and didn't call the cache a "GPS tracking device") the actual cache was a chap-stick container. While the bomb-squad was there, they found some other items that caused them alarm such as a pipe with a wire sticking out that apparently had nothing to do with a geocache. (Love that animated icon!) Edited February 5, 2009 by WolfgangStiller Quote Link to comment
+anakerose Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Holy PARANOID! Quote Link to comment
Crab_Soul Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 so did they blow up the cache? or the old pipe? Quote Link to comment
Crab_Soul Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 (edited) A REAL PIPE BOMB Even as a noobie i would know never to make a cache like this. i think this picture should be on the rules.. Edited February 7, 2009 by Crab_Soul Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 A REAL PIPE BOMB Even as a noobie i would know never to make a cache like this. i think this picture should be on the rules.. It's not what the cache looks like, it's where it is. The more we insist on placing caches in high traffic areas the more this is going to happen. Some people may think it's good for the sport. I don't. Quote Link to comment
+WatchDog2020 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 (edited) Lets lock down a school for a flippin chapstick tube. Someone should tell the Bomb Squad guy that Traveling caches are no longer around. But he did good by saying no charges will be filed and they were just playing a game. Edited February 8, 2009 by WatchDog2020 Quote Link to comment
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