[GeoStL] Re: The good 'ole days.
- From: "Tim and Pam" <timpam2mocachers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:15:59 -0600
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I remember the good old days when we had to go under a bridge on interstate
44 to find a cache. I also remember hearing that the same cache was found by
the highway workers when they went to spray tar under the bridge. Did they
call the bomb squad? No they covered it with some cardboard and finished
there job.
Tim
www.tueltzen.smugmug.com
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Subject: [GeoStL] The good 'ole days.
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An oldie and a goodie: GC1A1C *Tunnel Vision "1909"
Back in the days when you could toss an ammo box on the tracks and think
nothing of it. We had a couple around here nearly like it. *
Then the aftermath...
*May 5, 2002 by Hillwilly
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User's web page <http://bdsmith@xxxxxxxxxx/>
Hillwilly's Day In Court
If most of you don't know what this is about this is an update on what
happened with Tunnel Vision 1909. On November 2, 2001 Hillwilly's cache
was blown up by the BOMB SQUAD in Dorris California. The FBI got
involved and charged us with Criminal Trespass and Criminal Vandalism
for placing the cache on railroad property. You cannot be within 150
feet of it. This happened to be the weekend of the most terrorism that
was suppose to hit all the bridges and tunnels in the U.S. since the
9-11 attacks. There were some people at the cache and replacing the ammo
can back on the hillside when the train conductor came out of the tunnel
and noticed them. In turn, he called the police and in turn they called
in the bomb squad and the FBI. They ended up coming to our house and
investigating us and dropped the terrorist charges. The other charges
were then filed against Hillwilly. He had to go to court on May 3rd.
last Friday and here is the outcome. The judge started out with a 1 hour
commentary on every case to be presented except ours in which Tonto,
fell asleep and was snoring through it. Hillwilly went up before him and
took the newspaper article that was featured in our local newspaper with
him and Quad doing Geo-caching and promoting it, along with alot of
caches and groups of people with the cache. The judge threw it aside and
wasn't interested. He proceeded to start telling him the charges of
Criminal trespassing and vandalism. Hillwilly sprayed some gold paint
where it wasn't suppose to be. The sentence was then read. It goes as
follows: 1 year jail time, 1 year on probation to stay out of any kind
of trouble, 1 year license suspension in the state of California, and to
pay all the expenses incurred for the bomb squad, the railroad having to
change 2 crews out because of a 4 1/2 hour detainment and closing down
of Hwy. 97. They had to taxi 2 crew men in to change shifts and 2 crew
men had to be taxi'd into K.Falls and put up in a motel for the night
then be taxi'd back to Redding the next day. The expense just for that
was $1650.00. With all the fines and fees attatched to all of this, the
grand total was $2030.00, which we had to pay right then and there. To
be kind ,for the moment, the judge told him he would drop the 1 year
jail time. He was not to be near the train tracks ever again unless he
was on the train. This was pretty hefty for playing a harmless game.
Tonto mentioned taking up donations, maybe not a bad idea. The thing we
didn't understand was the suspension of his driver's lecense for a year.
Pulled that out of a hat. I'm mentioning all of this so it hopefully
won't happen to anyone else. If you have any caches on RR property pull
them or move them, and you shouldn't go and get any one elses either.
This is probably the most expensive cache we will ever do and the most
talked about. I want to thank all of you for your thoughts and concern
for Hillwilly. Happy Geo-caching to all. Di
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