Ugh.....Geocaching mishap in my city......

[+StumpyRRT]

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120612/NEWS07/120619959

[knowschad]

Manchester police arrived and, using a robot, detected what appeared to be a detonation cord or fuse hanging from the object, Patti said.

I wonder what that really was.

[+Anti_Podean]

Geocaching is a "real-world outdoor treasure hunting game based on GPS-enabled devices," according to geocaching.com. Participants register online then follow a specific set of coordinates to locate the geocache container.

 

One of the most responsible descriptions of geocaching I've ever read from the media. I'm impressed (even with half of it being a direct quote from GS).

 

Yet to see any comments on the article, though I'm sure the inevitable opinions linking it to Al Qaeda will follow soon enough...

 

I expect the string may have been from a yoyo, or something similar?

[+OZ2CPU]

oh no not again,

so now Manchester police will ban all geocaches located in the city ?

or what kind of aftermatch do you excpect ?

[+hzoi]

oh no not again,

so now Manchester police will ban all geocaches located in the city ?

or what kind of aftermatch do you excpect ?

 

It's a good possibility that this won't result in a tempest in a teapot. Maybe a fine to the cache owner.

 

We had a film can geocache detonated in front of the Kurhaus when I was living in Wiesbaden, Germany. That was several years ago. Geocaching still abides -- nay, thrives -- in Wiesbaden.

[+BBWolf+3Pigs]

This cache perhaps?

[Mr.Yuck]

Geocaching is a "real-world outdoor treasure hunting game based on GPS-enabled devices," according to geocaching.com. Participants register online then follow a specific set of coordinates to locate the geocache container.

 

One of the most responsible descriptions of geocaching I've ever read from the media. I'm impressed (even with half of it being a direct quote from GS).

 

Yet to see any comments on the article, though I'm sure the inevitable opinions linking it to Al Qaeda will follow soon enough...

 

I expect the string may have been from a yoyo, or something similar?

 

This is standard operating procedure, and what will happen:

 

-The cache page will turn into a forum, with about half the local note posters making "kaboom" jokes, and the other half making borderline disrespectful to law enforcement "over reaction" comments.

 

-Most of the comments to the newspaper article will be local Geocachers makeing borderline disrespectful to law enforcement "over reaction" comments, along with a small amount of local muggles making "Geocaching sounds stupid" comments.

 

-Most people here in the Groundpeak forums will say it was a stupid location for a cache, and deserved to be blown up.

 

Trust me, that's how it goes every time.

 

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[+cache_test_dummies]

This cache perhaps?

Looks like it was actually this cache.

[Mr.Yuck]

This cache perhaps?

Looks like it was actually this cache.

 

Yep. Already a forum on the cache page, along with a "Keystone Cops" reference. Now who here in the forums wants to say it was a stupid location for a cache, and deserved to be blown up?

[+uxorious]

Manchester police arrived and, using a robot, detected what appeared to be a detonation cord or fuse hanging from the object, Patti said.

I wonder what that really was.

 

Not sure what the cord was, but I would suspect it may have been a way to hang the cache. Because the cache was sitting in plain site it sounds like maybe the attaching system failed. Someone just set it down, and didn't know where it went???? (A muggle who found it on the ground maybe?)

[+cache_test_dummies]

This cache perhaps?

Looks like it was actually this cache.

Or not. The owner of the cache at the link I provided had originally believed his cache was the one targeted by the bomb squad, but he has now confirmed all is well with GC3ECP3.

[+Davequal]

This cache perhaps?

Looks like it was actually this cache.

 

Yep. Already a forum on the cache page, along with a "Keystone Cops" reference. Now who here in the forums wants to say it was a stupid location for a cache, and deserved to be blown up?

 

Dumb area, went b00m. saylavee......

 

 

 

[Mr.Yuck]

This cache perhaps?

Looks like it was actually this cache.

 

Yep. Already a forum on the cache page, along with a "Keystone Cops" reference. Now who here in the forums wants to say it was a stupid location for a cache, and deserved to be blown up?

 

Dumb area, went b00m. saylavee......

 

 

Thanks. But we'd better find out what cache is was first. Usually, it's not this difficult to figure out.

[4wheelin_fool]

It was a stupid location for a cache, and deserved to be blown up.

[+nikcap]

Geocaching is a "real-world outdoor treasure hunting game based on GPS-enabled devices," according to geocaching.com. Participants register online then follow a specific set of coordinates to locate the geocache container.

 

One of the most responsible descriptions of geocaching I've ever read from the media. I'm impressed (even with half of it being a direct quote from GS).

 

Yet to see any comments on the article, though I'm sure the inevitable opinions linking it to Al Qaeda will follow soon enough...

 

I expect the string may have been from a yoyo, or something similar?

 

This is standard operating procedure, and what will happen:

 

-The cache page will turn into a forum, with about half the local note posters making "kaboom" jokes, and the other half making borderline disrespectful to law enforcement "over reaction" comments.

 

-Most of the comments to the newspaper article will be local Geocachers makeing borderline disrespectful to law enforcement "over reaction" comments, along with a small amount of local muggles making "Geocaching sounds stupid" comments.

 

-Most people here in the Groundpeak forums will say it was a stupid location for a cache, and deserved to be blown up.

 

Trust me, that's how it goes every time.

 

-

 

And sometimes, it really is a bomb. Bomb Squad Removes Package From Woods in Sellersville. I bet the neighbors are happy they local LEO "over reacted".

 

It was a stupid location for a cache too!

 

You'll get a kick out of the nearest cache

[+jellis]

So was it a different cache or something totally different?

[Mr.Yuck]

So was it a different cache or something totally different?

 

In this case, I don't believe the local community ever figured out what cache it was, and it sounds like it could have been a misplaced cache. You know, like it was muggled, and left out in the open? But my "standard operating procedures" post still stands. I think I might bring that one out the next time a cache gets blown up, and people can figure out which one it is.

[4wheelin_fool]

It could have been a cache listed on another site, or something the good ole bomb squad threw together for practice.

[+cache_test_dummies]

It could have been a cache listed on another site,

Possibly.

 

or something the good ole bomb squad threw together for practice.

[+JesandTodd]

This cache perhaps?

Looks like it was actually this cache.

 

Looks like maybe this cache?

http://coord.info/GC2E9KX

 

Meh...maybe not. Looks like it was missing long before this!

Edited June 16, 2012 by JesandTodd

[4wheelin_fool]

It could have been a cache listed on another site,

Possibly.

 

or something the good ole bomb squad threw together for practice.

 

There was a previous incident where the reported "geocache" could not be identified, and I wouldn't doubt that they would do something like that. It also could have been unpublished.

 

 

[+Mattydred]

Edited June 22, 2012 by Mattydred

[+Volvo Man]

Personally, I'd keep an eye out any time this happens to see if any cachers who show their occupation as Swat officer or Bomb disposal expert, post a cache less than 528 feet away within a few weeks.

 

Or perhaps its a new OC tactic

[Mr.Yuck]

So was it a different cache or something totally different?

 

In this case, I don't believe the local community ever figured out what cache it was, and it sounds like it could have been a misplaced cache. You know, like it was muggled, and left out in the open? But my "standard operating procedures" post still stands. I think I might bring that one out the next time a cache gets blown up, and people can figure out which one it is.

 

The police were foolish in my opinion. Seriously, how many terrorists are hiding bombs in a desolated guardrail in effort to kill one or two people? Instead, they get everyone's dander up, call out the overpriced bomb-sniffing R2-D2 (it looks more like WALL•E, truth be told) and put a high-caliber round through it with a sharpshooter (being paid gravy train overtime like you read about, I'm sure). Taxpayer-funded playtime for Starsky & Hutch. Most of the replies in this thread aren't even from local cachers which makes the "lousy cache placement" posts quite amusing. Long-distance experts have failed to notice the area's fairly remote.

 

If you're OK with living in fear and submitting to a martial state then bully for you. I'm entitled to my own beliefs. These are more often than not the same people that think the TSA doing a cavity search on Granny Edith is in everyone's best interest for safety; or the illusion thereof. Sheep.

 

Does anyone besides this half-wit know which cache this actually was? As far as I know all the GCs in the area of the DHC complex are still there. I have doubts that it was even a cache at all. Or it's quite probable it's GC2E9KX which migrated less than a mile. Not impossible. Kids have bikes. Sure it was disabled in April, but the days are much longer, the weather is milder and the kids are out of school.

 

Interesting, protypical, standard operating procedures local "keystone cops" note posting guy coming here and calling me a "half wit". That's a violation of forum guidelines. And that's the 2nd day in a row I had to say that.

 

What, you don't know which cache it is? You're the guy posting notes to multiple local cache pages about it.

Edited June 21, 2012 by Mr.Yuck

[4wheelin_fool]

We still don't know which cache it was, how it was originally hidden, or why there were wires hanging out of it.