Blown Up Caches!!!

[+jeff-trex]

I hear from Hard Oiler about a cache that was blown up by the police near Ottawa. does anyone know which cache?

[+The Two Navigators]

It was Farewell Tour. I have no idea why you would take it home and then call the bomb squad.

Edited May 15, 2004 by The Two Navigators

[+tstar]

Wow! That is just crazy! Mental note: put "Before blowing up, please visit www.geocaching.com" on the outside of my caches.

 

Tstar

[+jeff-trex]

Thanks for the info I have added it to my watch list. To see if they do it again. I hope the owner this time labels the container. Or was it labeled?

[+geoSquid]

It was Farewell Tour. I have no idea why you would take it home and then call the bomb squad.

Look what I brought home dear! I think it's a bomb! I'm gonna throw it in the recycling and we can call the police after dinner.

 

sheesh.

 

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On one hand, I can understand the concern of a non-cache aware person finding such an object.

 

That he took it home because it found it interesting even makes sense.

 

That he thought it was a bomb and took it home anyway befuddles me. That he even touched it if he thought it was a bomb is pretty amazing.

 

Now, try to imagine the cops, who bring out their robot, blast the thing with a water cannon, and sploosh! little plushies and rubber toys all over the place, and the shards of a log book

 

That's got to be an embarassing moment

[+chris-mouse]

I suspect that the person who took it home thought he was cleaning up some trash, and dropped it in the recycling bin for disposal. Once it was sitting on the curb, some passerby probably saw it and thought it was a bomb.

The cache description says it was a camoflaged PVC tube. I can see that being mistaken for a pipe bomb. It's also one of the reasons I like to stick to clear containers for my caches.

[+Team Tigger International]

Last week was police week at the mall. I asked Officer Friendly what they would do (hypothetically of course) if they were called to a park because someone spotted a matt black ammo can. He assured me they would use the robot to x-ray it before blowing it up. I just hope I never have to determine the truth of this.

 

Wulf