Wow... That Would Up The Difficulty Level!

[+joefrog]

On Thursday (I think it was), I did a cache in NYC/Queens called Carousel (GCGY13) in Forest Park. I got home to read in the Sunday paper about this:

 

Escaped tiger causes pileup in New York City

 

Seven year old Bengal tiger Apollo captured after escaping from the Coles Brothers Circus.

 

NEW YORK (AP)  -- After escaping from the circus, a white tiger alarmed picnickers and motorists Saturday on what for him apparently was a calm, half-mile stroll through an unfamiliar urban jungle.

 

The animal, named Apollo, was safely recaptured in the Queens section of the city -- but not before the sight of him on the Jackie Robinson Parkway caused a multi-car accident. Four adults and one child suffered minor injuries.

 

When the tiger lay down on a nearby street, six police officers with guns drawn created a perimeter around it, Capt. John Durkin said. The tiger's trainer arrived and coaxed it back into his cage.

 

"They did some type of signal, and the tiger jumped into the cage," Durkin said. "The tiger was taken into custody without incident."

 

The 7-year-old, 450-pound (200-kilogram) tiger is part of the Cole Bros. Circus that was performing in Forest Park.

 

The cat was being transferred from a small cage to a larger one when the two enclosures separated, creating an opening big enough for him to get out, police and parks officials said.

 

Apollo calmly prowled through a section of the park, walking past Mary Mason and other people at a church picnic.

 

"We were all in shock," Mason said. "Here we are, out on a quiet Saturday afternoon picnic and all of a sudden, a tiger is walking past like he was on a quiet afternoon stroll."

 

Durkin said police followed the animal for about a kilometer (half-mile) from the park to a residential street near the Jackie Robinson Parkway. The tiger had apparently strolled through some streets and stepped on to the parkway before settling in on the street where the police found him, police said.

 

Durkin said authorities were investigating whether the Florida-based circus would be charged with anything. Circus officials declined to comment on the incident.

 

It's not the only time police have had to deal with a tiger in the city. Last October, police and animal control officers removed a nearly 270-kilogram (600-pound) tiger and a 1.5-meter-long (5-foot-long) alligator from a Manhattan apartment.

 

"Police have no special training on how to deal with tigers," Durkin said. "Based on this tiger and the last tiger, we may have to incorporate something into our training."

 

 

Whooo, boy... would THAT have upped the difficulty level of this cache, or what?

 

I can see the alternate headline -- "Geocacher Leaves Huge Smelly Pile in Queens"

[+clearpath]

O.M.G. !!! What if Apollo decided he was hungry while taking a stroll through the urban jungle? Can you imagine playing in the park when a 400 lbs. tiger strolled by looking at you with hungry eyes? Yikes !!!!!

[+JMBella]

You could have shot him with your marshmellow gun.

[+joefrog]

You could have shot him with your marshmellow gun.

Had TWO with me to leave up there, but I never did find a cache with enough room/large enough to leave it!

[+PSUPAUL]

And as I shared in a private email to joefrog, those guns are awesome. For less than $10, including ammo, I occupied 4 boys for two days! Then I got to impact a special child that is using it as fun pulmonary exercise, it is much more fun to hit his brother with a marshmallow than just blowing in a tube to make balls move around!

 

Thanks Joefrog!

 

And sorry for hijacking your thread.

[+Team Flying Dachshund]

there will probably be a cache to commemorate the incident.

[+we3dements]

I could see the log for that now:

"Sighed log, Left McToy, took white tiger. Thanks for the hide"

[+joefrog]

And as I shared in a private email to joefrog, those guns are awesome. For less than $10, including ammo, I occupied 4 boys for two days! Then I got to impact a special child that is using it as fun pulmonary exercise, it is much more fun to hit his brother with a marshmallow than just blowing in a tube to make balls move around!

 

Thanks Joefrog!

 

And sorry for hijacking your thread.

Hey, that note made my day! Thanks!

[gm100guy]

Headline

 

" tiger drops on street after consuming a bag of marshmellows"

 

 

 

Edited August 2, 2004 by gm100guy

[+Night Stalker]

I recently found a cache that temporarily had me literally skunked. Thats right there was a skunk visiting the cache when I got there. Luckily neither one of us took offense so I was able to return home that night, but at least for a while the difficulty level of this cache went way up.