Cacher finds a real pipe bomb!

[+SSO JOAT]

Talk about role reversal. A guy is out caching and locates what he thinks is a geocache only to discover that it is actually a real pipe bomb.

 

Now, one has to wonder... with all the caches that have been mistaken for a bomb, what are the chances that it was pure coincidence that a real bomb was located in what appears to be the area of a geocache?

 

http://www.theworldlink.com/news/local/art...1cc4c002e0.html

[+DragonsWest]

Not again... There was some kook leaving Pipe Bombs laying around Newhall Park, Concord, CA.

 

They finally caught up with that varmint.

[+MontyFam]

Wowza role reversal is right! Add that to the "strange things you have found while caching" topic

[+JL_HSTRE]

Not to be paranoid, but given some of the eco-nazis crusading against any and all geocaching what are the chances that at least one of those crazies starts leaving pipe bombs intentionally resembling geocaches for the purposes of harming geocachers and scaring others from participating? :anitongue:

Edited October 4, 2010 by joshism

[+wiseye]

WOW, who did the snowy plovers piss off?

[+mynetdude]

Not to be paranoid, but given some of the eco-nazis crusading against any and all geocaching what are the chances that at least one of those crazies starts leaving pipe bombs intentionally resembling geocaches for the purposes of harming geocachers and scaring others from participating? :anitongue:

 

All the more reason to plaster official geocaching stickers or some kind of obvious indicator its a cache.

[+Castle Mischief]

Not to be paranoid, but given some of the eco-nazis crusading against any and all geocaching what are the chances that at least one of those crazies starts leaving pipe bombs intentionally resembling geocaches for the purposes of harming geocachers and scaring others from participating? :lol:

 

Not to be paranoid, but once you start thinking like that you might as well never leave home again. You've got a much better chance of dying in a car wreck.

[knowschad]

This isn't the first time a pipe bomb or something resembling one has been dismantled by OSP bomb technicians on the North Spit. In January 2009, they went there to destroy a suspicious object that appeared to be a pipe bomb.

 

I wonder if that one was the cache that guy was looking for?

[+addisonbr]

Not to be paranoid, but once you start thinking like that you might as well never leave home again. You've got a much better chance of dying in a car wreck.

I'm less concerned about actually getting hurt, than about a bad incident or two encouraging authorities in some places to try to shut the activity down.

[knowschad]

Not to be paranoid, but given some of the eco-nazis crusading against any and all geocaching what are the chances that at least one of those crazies starts leaving pipe bombs intentionally resembling geocaches for the purposes of harming geocachers and scaring others from participating?

 

All the more reason to plaster official geocaching stickers or some kind of obvious indicator its a cache.

OK

[+John in Valley Forge]

This isn't the first time a pipe bomb or something resembling one has been dismantled by OSP bomb technicians on the North Spit. In January 2009, they went there to destroy a suspicious object that appeared to be a pipe bomb.

 

I wonder if that one was the cache that guy was looking for?

He was looking for this one,

 

GCC9E5

 

look at the logs.

[+Castle Mischief]

Not to be paranoid, but once you start thinking like that you might as well never leave home again. You've got a much better chance of dying in a car wreck.

I'm less concerned about actually getting hurt, than about a bad incident or two encouraging authorities in some places to try to shut the activity down.

 

It has happened and it probably will happen again. The best we can do is to label our caches, get adequate permission and listen to the advice of our reviewers. Cover your butt and don't worry about the actions of people that you can't control. There's always going to be a Gladys Kravitz out there just dying to bear witness to something horrible and ruin your fun, but don't sweat it.

Edited October 5, 2010 by Castle Mischief

[knowschad]

This isn't the first time a pipe bomb or something resembling one has been dismantled by OSP bomb technicians on the North Spit. In January 2009, they went there to destroy a suspicious object that appeared to be a pipe bomb.

 

I wonder if that one was the cache that guy was looking for?

He was looking for this one,

 

GCC9E5

 

look at the logs.

 

pssstt... I was kidding.

[+L0ne.R]

Why didn't they shut down the beach and any nearby roads for hours? Why are there no photos of the bomb squad in full regalia with the assistance of a robot? Why didn't they blow it up? They always go for the full effect with the final blow-up when it comes to geocaches, yet a 'real' pipe bomb they "dismantle". Maybe they did blow it up, but the media didn't feel a real bomb was worth hyping as much as a mis-judged geocache.

[+MontyFam]

LMAO great point Lone R! Wow seem bass ackwards to me!

[+JJnTJ]

Well, there's a Bomb Squad Olympiad. Maybe they were warming up before competition started.

 

[+David]

Not to be paranoid, but given some of the eco-nazis crusading against any and all geocaching what are the chances that at least one of those crazies starts leaving pipe bombs intentionally resembling geocaches for the purposes of harming geocachers and scaring others from participating?

 

All the more reason to plaster official geocaching stickers or some kind of obvious indicator its a cache.

OK

 

C'mon knowschad! Surely Groundspeak wouldn't sell an official geocaching sticker to a crazy eco-nazi.

[+mynetdude]

Not to be paranoid, but given some of the eco-nazis crusading against any and all geocaching what are the chances that at least one of those crazies starts leaving pipe bombs intentionally resembling geocaches for the purposes of harming geocachers and scaring others from participating?

 

All the more reason to plaster official geocaching stickers or some kind of obvious indicator its a cache.

OK

 

C'mon knowschad! Surely Groundspeak wouldn't sell an official geocaching sticker to a crazy eco-nazi.

 

Dunno about that, Groundspeak would sell to anyone who wants the stickers. I am sure the bomber doesn't care about stickers.

[+EscapeFromFlatland]

Not to be paranoid, but given some of the eco-nazis crusading against any and all geocaching what are the chances that at least one of those crazies starts leaving pipe bombs intentionally resembling geocaches for the purposes of harming geocachers and scaring others from participating?

 

This is Coos County. Most likely its someone acting out on their paranoia that the federal government is going to take away their right to own guns, like the bank bombers in Woodburn.

 

Edit: 6 hours was the fastest response time we had for EOD in Iraq when we were 30minutes from the base where they were dispatched, so a 6hour response time for a bomb squad that had to drive 3 hours from Central Point to North Bend is pretty amazing.

Edited October 6, 2010 by bramasoleiowa

[+Bad Duck]

Since the cache had possibly slipped down into the hollow of the log I fear it was the geocacher that was trying to blow up the log to get my cache. The Batleth Bros are a very determined lot.

[mddbkzr]

Many of us live close to a military reservation area that covers 464,000 acres, out of that 265,000 acres are accessible with a proper permit by allowed people (I have a fishing permit which allows hiking and general use). They have been using this land for close to a century now.

 

That means LOTS of room for caches, but also means that there is a chance that there will be unexploded or spent ordnance in the lesser traveled areas.