Washoe County, NV, Detonates GeoCache

[NevadaXJ]

I think this cache just went boom: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCXN6R

 

RENO, NV - Washoe County Consolidated Bomb Squad detonated a 'suspicious device' on Foothill Road, which turned out to be a 'Geocache'.

 

Reno officials could not identify the 'box' that was reported in front of the Squeeze-In restaurant on Foothill road. Officials closed down the road and the bomb squad detonated the device.

 

The 'device' turned out to be a 'geocache' an item used by GPS enthusiasts and placed at coordinates to be found by other 'Geocachers'. The items was an ammo box that was placed in 2006 and had just been found. It was padlocked to a lightpole and marked 'High Explosives'. After detonation, officials determined the cache was safe, however misleading.

[jholly]

I think this cache just went boom: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCXN6R

 

RENO, NV - Washoe County Consolidated Bomb Squad detonated a 'suspicious device' on Foothill Road, which turned out to be a 'Geocache'.

 

Reno officials could not identify the 'box' that was reported in front of the Squeeze-In restaurant on Foothill road. Officials closed down the road and the bomb squad detonated the device.

 

The 'device' turned out to be a 'geocache' an item used by GPS enthusiasts and placed at coordinates to be found by other 'Geocachers'. The items was an ammo box that was placed in 2006 and had just been found. It was padlocked to a lightpole and marked 'High Explosives'. After detonation, officials determined the cache was safe, however misleading.

I guess the lock is not hard to open anymore, or at least it does not matter.

[+NevadaWolf]

Though if it was Hoofocker, they ignored the obvious geocaching signs.

 

I doubt it was as that cache would have shut down the whole highway, not just a side street.

[jholly]

Though if it was Hoofocker, they ignored the obvious geocaching signs.

 

I doubt it was as that cache would have shut down the whole highway, not just a side street.

Being a clear container, labeled, with the cache owner standing right there telling the bomb squad what it is has very little effect on the outcome of the training exercise.

[WashoeZephyr]

Still blows me away, even the picture on Channel 8's snippet shows nothing of where it says "explosive" or anything else.

Let's add more irony, here's a picture of me at GZ (cache is directly behind me) explaining geocaching to someone in the sheriff's dept back in .07

 

REALLY PEOPLE!!