[GeoStL] Re: Another reminder to avoid railroad caches!
- From: Mike Lusicic <lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:54:50 -0500
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Nope. He said
Ouch, I don't like that last sentence.
I agreed with that sentiment, then voiced why I personally didn't like
it. You will have to ask Rich why he doesn't like it.
tklnhl wrote:
>-
>Wow -- Rich said all that???
>
>JK..
>
>Nancy
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike Lusicic" <lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 5:14 PM
>Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Another reminder to avoid railroad caches!
>
>
>
>
>>-
>>Well, lets think about this. What about a micro? Cannot put it in a
>>public place because it could be mistaken for a poison gas cylinder or
>>maybe it is full of anthrax? I am with Rich. This terrorism scare is
>>making life in this country less free each and every day, and there is
>>just too much crying wolf... or the sky is falling to suit me. I fear
>>what they may up with next. Especially in an election year where someone
>>can claim how safe they have made is from terrorism by banning
>>geocaching because it is so easy to confuse with a terrorist bomb or
>>other instrument of destruction.
>>
>>Chris Binder wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>-
>>>Well...it's common sense to not put a cache near a railroad, road bridge,
>>>tunnel, or a government facility. It's the guy's fault anyway.
>>>
>>>~Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "GC-RGS" <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 4:57 PM
>>>Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Another reminder to avoid railroad caches!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-
>>>>"They need to find another game."
>>>>
>>>>Ouch, I don't like that last sentence.
>>>>
>>>>Rich
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Pam Ekey" <pekey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>To: "Geocaching" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 4:45 PM
>>>>Subject: [GeoStL] Another reminder to avoid railroad caches!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>-
>>>>>Here's another reminder why we don't hide caches near trains or railroad
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>equipment! This is from today's Indianapolis Star:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Web game leads to bomb scare
>>>>>Associated Press
>>>>>October 27, 2004
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>HARTFORD CITY, Ind. -- Police shut down three businesses and evacuated
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>everyone inside after a competitor in an Internet scavenger hunt placed a
>>>>box under a train behind an ice cream shop.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>They were allowed to return about three hours later after the Delaware
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>County Bomb Squad determined the box was not dangerous, the Star Press of
>>>>Muncie reported today.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>The bomb squad was dispatched Tuesday afternoon after police received a
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>report that someone had put the box at the Tin Lizzy, at Indiana 3 and
>>>>Indiana 18, about 45 miles southwest of Fort Wayne, said Blackford County
>>>>Sheriff Kevin Mahan.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Investigators said David Cook of Gaston, a 37-year-old computer
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>consultant, had placed the box under the train as part of an Internet
>>>>game
>>>>called geocaching.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>The game is similar to an on-line scavenger hunt, Cook said. Someone
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>will
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>hide a box somewhere and then place the global positioning system
>>>>coordinates on a Web site. Players then get the coordinates and go
>>>>looking
>>>>for the box.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>When they find it, they remove an item and replace it with a simple
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>trinket or toy, sign the book and go back to the Web site and log it.
>>>>Cook
>>>>said he had found the box and then put it back, along with others at an
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>old
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>cabin and in a cemetery.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"I feel horrible about the whole thing," he said. "I've heard of
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>high-profile cases where boxes placed near government buildings were
>>>>mistaken for bombs. But I've never been involved with anything like this,
>>>>not even remotely."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Mahan said he did not know if Cook would face charges.
>>>>>
>>>>>"We're going to interview Cook, tally the costs and then meet with the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>prosecutor," he said. "People have to understand that I've been to three
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>FBI
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>and CIA briefings in the last two weeks, getting briefed on terrorists
>>>>and
>>>>terrorism. They need to find another game."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>var pageName="Web game leads to bomb scare"var server=""var
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>channel="News"var pageType="article"var pageValue=""var prop1=""var
>>>>prop2=""var prop3="updates/news"var prop4=""var prop5=""var
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>prop6="news"var
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>prop7="local_news"var prop8=""var prop9=""var prop10=""var s_code='
>>>>'if(s_code!='
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>'){s_it('gpaper138')if(s_code=s_dc('gpaper138'))document.write(s_code)}elsed
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>ocument.write('')
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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