Home PageFacebookRSS News Feed
PocketGPS
Web
SatNav,GPS,Navigation
MacFixer, the iPhone, iPod, and iPad specialists
Bomb Squad Called to Deactivate Geocache in Chicago


Article by: maft
Date: 9 Apr 2014

pocketgpsworld.com
A part of Chicago was closed off yesterday while the bomb squad investigated a suspicious finding. A green PVC pipe was found in a wooded area behind an old village hall and, as a precaution, the police were called. The suspect pipe turned out to be a geocache; part of the global Geocaching game where people hide items around the world in a GPS-powered treasure hunt.

It is worth remembering that not everyone knows about Geocaching, and that their guidelines state that when placing a geocache you "clearly identify your cache as a geocache" and "Do not design your cache such that it might be confused with something more dangerous" - like a pipe bomb... Geocaching is a fun pastime but if thought isn't put into the design and placing of a cache then it can cause a lot of disruption for nothing.

Source: Chicago Daily Herald



email icon
Comments
Posted by 66Mustang on Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:16 am Reply with quote

Hmmm, so if a terrorist puts a "This is a Geocache and definitely NOT a bomb" sticker on his IED, none of us will report it...?

Not sure what point I'm trying to make here.


 
Posted by Snudge on Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:18 am Reply with quote

All good training for the bomb squad though?


 
Reply to topic

CamerAlert Apps



iOS QR Code






Android QR Code







© Terms & Privacy

GPS Shopping