[GeoStL] Re: Cache Scare Redoux
- From: "Eric & Dayna East" <believer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 05:59:29 -0500
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I agree your idea of a sticker might not be a bad one but, to someone like
this sheriff who seems to be bent on putting an end to geocaching a sticker
isn't going to accomplish a thing.
I can hear him now when he finds a container with the new sticker...
"Yeah, I know what it says but, we can't be too carefull. That sticker may
just be a terrorist trick to keep us from destroying this here bomb!"
Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Bensman" <jbensman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:01 AM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Cache Scare Redoux
> -
> I agree with the earlier comments about how ridiculous this terrorism
stuff
> is getting. However, this is another good example of why I like clear
> Tupperware containers. It also demonstrates the importance of clearly
> marking the outside of the container to let others know what it is. Maybe
it
> is time to develop a better sticker that can be placed on the container to
> make it easier to know what it is. Perhaps it should be bright orange.
How
> about getting a toll free number to call on the sticker then the cops can
> call it to find out what it is. How about a sticker that says, "Geocache,
> www.geocaching.com Questions 1-800-XXX-XXXX" Then there could be some
fine
> print explaining geocaching.
>
> Jim Bensman
> "Nature Bats Last"
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching-
> > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pam Ekey
> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 9:16 PM
> > To: Geocaching
> > Subject: [GeoStL] Cache Scare Redoux
> >
> > -
> > The folks in Indiana aren't geocaching friendly, especially in Delaware
> > County. More on yesterday's "bomb scare" incident:
> >
> > Game not all fun after bomb scare
> > By: Kevin O'Connor
> > Staff Reporter
> > Published: 10/27/2004, 22:46:45
> > DELAWARE COUNTY, Ind. (NLI) - An explosive incident Tuesday in Hartford
> > City has raised questions about the safety of a popular electronic-age
> > treasure hunting game with fans from coast to coast.
> >
> > "It is a family friendly game," Layne Cameron, author of "The Geocaching
> > Handbook," said. "But when somebody sees an empty container sometimes
> > their first reaction, they jump to conclusions and think it's more than
> > just a game."
> >
> > Cameron said over one million people visit the Geocaching website every
> > month. But Tuesday's bomb scare was the first incident he'd heard of
where
> > a prize in the game had been mistaken for a dangerous object.
> >
> > Delaware County's bomb squad responded to Hartford City on Tuesday on a
> > call about a suspicious looking object placed under a replica train near
> > State Roads 3 and 18. The object was blown up as a precaution before
> > authorities realized it was a part of the Geocaching game craze.
> >
> > Workers at the Tin Lizzy restaurant noticed a man with kids milling
around
> > and eventually taking a package from underneath the replica train behind
> > the restaurant. The man took something from the package, then replaced
it
> > under the train, and left.
> >
> > It turns out the package was part of a Geocaching game. To play the
game,
> > Geocachers log on to a Web site to find coordinates and clues that lead
to
> > hidden treasures. The treasures are left by other players and put in
> > hidden containers near landmarks.
> >
> > Treasures can be hard to find even with the help of a Global Positioning
> > System (GPS) tracking device.
> >
> > This leads to a pretty suspicious looking treasure hunter. After
> > yesterday's bomb scare, Geocachers have to wonder, could seaching in
> > public places for these little treasures, get them in big trouble?
> >
> > Delaware County Sheriff George Sheridan responded to Tuesday's bomb
scare
> > and said he would respond to any similar situation in the same way. When
> > NewsLink presented him with a Geocaching container we found on
Wednesday,
> > he looked at it and said he thought it looked like trouble.
> >
> > "Oh yeah, this definitely looks suspicious; if you would come up on this
> > as a bomb expert, this would look like an explosive device." Sheridan
said
> > of the object NewsLink found.
> >
> > "Ten or 15 year ago, this wouldn't have been an issue, but nowadays,
it's
> > very serious," Sheridan said. "Somebody's gonna be talking about this
game
> > and it's gonna turn out, and it's gonna be the real thing; somebody's
> > gonna get hurt."
> >
> > On the topic of terrorism Sheridan said Tuesday's scare was somewhat
> > reassuring because, "People are being diligent and watching for this
sort
> > of thing."
> >
> >
> >
> >
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