BowtechHunting Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Everyone- This was very close to my hometown in Owensboro, KY. I haven't heard of this happening before, but I figured in time I would eventually here about it! Be careful out there with Muggles! WFIE News Quote Link to comment
+BulldogBlitz Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 OH MY!!! i wonder if other caches will be blown up by overzealous cachers who can't get the lids off. thank you for the news. Quote Link to comment
+geodarts Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 (edited) Unfortunately it happens all too often. The Kentucky incident had its own thread but in my area the bomb squad has blown up everything from a ammo can that was camo'd with circuit boards and placed next to a bridge along an interstate to a film can on the side of the road. Amazingly, nothing has happened to a cache in a pvc pipe placed very near to a light rail transit police station. Edited July 9, 2010 by mulvaney Quote Link to comment
+Castle Mischief Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 This article is a win for the following image alone. There should be some sort of news agency award nomination for the guy that created it. Quote Link to comment
+thedeadpirate Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 It's like De Ja Vue! Quote Link to comment
hoosier guy Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 (edited) Bet they were on their way to the Moon Light. Edited July 9, 2010 by hoosier guy Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I hope Lara Croft can keep her mitts off my mummified cache. Quote Link to comment
+humboldt flier Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 It's like De Ja Vue! As Yogi would say, ... De Ja Vue ... all over again Quote Link to comment
BowtechHunting Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 (edited) Bet they were on their way to the Moon Light. Haha, I love that place!! Good thing they didn't try and blow up Moon Light up. That would've caused some reeeeaaalll problems and upset people! Edited July 16, 2010 by BowtechHunting Quote Link to comment
BCProspectors Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Ni! This happens about once a month. Quote Link to comment
4wheelin_fool Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Ni! This happens about once a month. And it never gets posted in "Geocaching in the News" inside the weekly e-mail for some odd reason.. Quote Link to comment
+debaere Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Everyone- This was very close to my hometown in Owensboro, KY. I haven't heard of this happening before, but I figured in time I would eventually here about it! Be careful out there with Muggles! WFIE News yeah this happens a lot, it seems. What really annoys me about this article is the general feeling that "nothing is safe, everything is a threat" attitude. It is a sentiment echo'd by the "Investigators" in the article, and by the comments by Peter Rubb about we don't live in the same world we used to. Fact is, we DO live in the same world we used to. There have always been threats for as long as I can remember. The difference is now they mainly come from overseas instead of zealous local groups (KKK, wacky extremist environmentalists, whack job people in general). The only real difference is how we react to it. We as a people have become very paranoid and over react to everything. Our leaders are no exception, mainly because paranoia gets viewed as the ability to protect and that leads to votes and budget increases. We need to all calm down as a society, get our wits about us, and stop living in a nation of fear. Otherwise the terrorists have won, and we might as well give up now. Not everything is a threat. In fact 99.9% of things out in the world (especially in the US) are not threats, and the 0.1% that are threats are normally not out to get you. The things that are actually out to get you are very rare indeed. Seriously guys, take a deep breath and relax, k? OK rant over (note: nothing above should be taken personal or related to geocachers in general, but to the world at large. Yes I realize I am preaching to the choir, and yes despite knowing that it is still therapeutic for me to type this) Quote Link to comment
+mchaos Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Only thing I have to comment on is how much of a tool bag the writer of the article is. I think that is enough said.... Quote Link to comment
+Minimike2 Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Makes me wonder. Could an armchair cacher log a faux find and then call the bomb squad to blow up the cache in order to hide the fact there is no signature in it> /end Tom Clancy moment Quote Link to comment
+EscapeFromFlatland Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 I resisted the urge to go find a micro cache a block away from Joe Biden's visit last week after I saw the Coast Guard helicopter circling over my apartment had weapons mounted. Instead I got a mirror, stood on my balcony and flashed the helo a few times. Quote Link to comment
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