- I sorta know this guy. I picked up a TB that was presumed lost. The owners just posted a log and moved it to a graveyard, and I was wondering what to do. Jay (lemur) was watching the TB log and wrote me a nice note offering to help me out if I had any problems. Seemed like a really nice guy. I just wonder if the area was restricted before the cache was placed. Glenn wrote: >- >http://tinyurl.com/4ekbp > >Remember, a friend is one that will come bail you out of jail. A true >friend will be sitting next to you exclaiming what a durn good time y'all >had!! > > >November 1 by ><http://www.geocaching.com/seek/../profile/?guid=2d2650af-dddf-4384-a680-71c295d622b6>Otter > >and Lemur (321 found) >The Los Angeles International Airport Police, in whose custody I just spent >the last four hours -- much of it handcuffed and in the back of a patrol >car or in a holding cell -- would like this cache, which was located in a >restricted area on a closed road next to the airport proper, archived NOW. > >I could give MUCH more detail, but suffice it to say that after finding the >cache and strolling off down the closed-off road next to the airport, I was >spotted by two uniformed LAPD motorcycle officers, who detained me, then >called in the cavalry; at one point I believe there were about ten cars >present, all there for me. The FBI eventually showed up as well. None of >them had heard of geocaching, although I did eventually get them to go to >geocaching.com and read about the hobby; I think the pages they printed off >from the site were what eventually got them to realize I wasn't a >terrorist. It was a close thing, though, from what I was able to glean from >eavesdropping. I am, frankly, amazed that I'm not under arrest instead of >sitting here in my hotel room frantically writing a "should be archived" >message. > >An airport perimeter the night before a national election is, evidently, a >bad place to be found strolling blithely around with a GPSr in hand. > >To make a long story short, none of the law enforcement authorities were >amused by a geocache located in an area marked "restricted area, no >loitering", right next to the airport. They were astonished and amazed by >the sheer number of finds; they photocopied BOTH logbooks. EVERY SINGLE >PAGE of both logbooks. They also examined all the travel bugs. Then they >did it all over again. They were very, very, very thorough. I was one >scared cacher. > >Then, when they finally let me go, they had me take the cache, and ALL the >bugs, and told me not to let it be found near the airport again. I'm >catching a plane home to Vermont in a few hours, so unfortunately that >means that all the bugs, even the ones that wanted to visit California or >points south or west, are unfortunately going to get a November trip to >Vermont. >242e5dce.jpg > > >So, please, so no one else goes looking for this missing cache and gets >busted as well, please ARCHIVE THIS ONE NOW. > >Thank you. > > > > >--------------------- >Glenn > > > > > > **************************************** > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > **************************************** >To unsubscribe from this list: > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the > Subject field > > > > > > > **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field