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Bomb Squad Called to Deactivate Geocache in Chicago

 
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MaFt
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:48 am    Post subject: Bomb Squad Called to Deactivate Geocache in Chicago Reply with quote

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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

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:16 am    Post subject: Geocache 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.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

All good training for the bomb squad though?
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