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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I really dislike what 9/11 has done to innocent things like this.
I had an uncle who was kicked off a plane just because a passenger told the flight attendants that "he looked like a terrorist" (a flight from Orlando to NYC)... also, when I was in Grand Central Station today, they have armed National Guard soldiers on patrol there. I just put my hand in my pocket to adjust my iPod volume, and he stared at me, while pointing his submachine in sort of my direction. Ugh.
I relate to those geocachers greatly. The real enemy is Osama, not common Americans. And public suicide bombers are in Iraq and Israel, not the United States. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I geocache & putting one under a bridge is pretty ***** stupid if you ask me. Where will this guy hide one next, in an airport?
Common sense.. - dpinkston, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2TNLNSL TFTC!
- silence7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've been geocaching for a couple years now, and stories like this are becoming more and more common. There is a very un-complicated easy to understand list of do's and dont's on the geocaching.com website, but some people don't RTFM, or at least follow it and it is going to ruin it for the rest of us.
- crash331, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I am a geocacher myself and this is rediculous. I have placed and found many caches on bridges. Having him pay a $300 is BS, also. Not his fault they dispatched a bomb squad and whole police station for a geocacher.
- robnoxious, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1crash331 said ... I am a geocacher myself and this is rediculous. I have placed and found many caches on bridges.
Where are you from? And what bridges are you finding these caches? Just curious.
Having him pay a $300 is BS, also.
Yes, that is BS I agree.
Not his fault they dispatched a bomb squad and whole police station for a geocacher.
I don't know where you live but in NY you can't even photograph bridges anymore - so leaving a cache around for someone to snoop and find while holding a GPS device is definately a no-no. You are asking for big trouble. - GreenSlabOfClay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"County prosecutor Matthew Williams said that he is not seeking jail time but that he would like restitution for the expense of the law enforcement response."
Great now they have a good excuse to extract payment from some poor sap.
I'm thinking it won't be long before you have to register these.
Worse, some ahole decides to actually put a bomb in one.
Law enforcement should consider it a great way to build experience. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"I geocache & putting one under a bridge is pretty ***** stupid if you ask me. Where will this guy hide one next, in an airport?
Common sense.."
What common sense? A bridge is public and he wasn't doing anything to harm anyone. I'd say the requisite common sense is lacking on the side of the authorities. - sonic767, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There's stuff on the gc.com web site about choice of containers and placement, etc. There's also a bit of anecdotal evidence about mouthbreathing public officials getting really silly to the point of utter cluelessness about it all.
Here in Sydney, Australia, I've found a few caches in less than ideal (from a "likelihood that some meathead will misinterpret and overreact point of view") locations, but since we're only new members of the Union, the full weight of "Gawd Bless America" stupidity hasn't fully rained down on us yet (y'all knew that Australia is the 53rd state, right?).
Just doing a quick mental check, all of my caches are actually in clear plastic containers (except one, a non UV-stable plastic, apparently its a pile of plastic shards on the ground until I get there to fix it!) and.... yeah, they're all in bushland.
Anyway, in this case, I think there's a few facts missing - the journaliar couldn't have generated such a sensational story had he told The Whole Truth, and I'd love to hear what *really* happened - bottom line for me is that this guy did pretty much nothing wrong at all, pre 11/9 no-one would have looked twice. Post 11/9, every public official is on some moronic kick, desperate to catch a "terrorist" at all costs. So much so that they'll generate a terrorist where one cannot be found. - scarybunnyman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Awesome find!... sign me up!
- Katore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I was caching up in Dallas when I ran across a cache off of a nature trail which had an article in it about its self. (I hope that makes sense) Apparently someone thought it was a bomb and they used a water cannon on it. Why someone would think that a bomber would put a bomb in a scarcely populated and rarely traveled area beats me. No charges were filed.
- kb9vgr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0we had one called the tinlizzy near muncie lets just say that all was dropped after the officers started gettig laughed at all the time at least thats how i think it went but the officer and his stupid quote became a laughing stock let me think he said somthing like "on behalf of the fbi and the police we dont like this game" later a few police admitted to actualy liking the game and made him into a liar hehe
stupid uneducated people - lowbot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0>>County prosecutor Matthew Williams said that he is not seeking jail time but that he would like restitution for the expense of the law enforcement response.
Wow, what an ass. So the cacher was doing something completely legal, the cops were caught with their pants down and the county can't just apologize and walk away? As far as leaving "debris" on public propery, err this is a legitimate use of public property. He wasnt dumping garbage or littering. Reason #458 to never live in Idaho. - lowbot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0>>He really was littering under the strictest since. It is a risk a geocatcher faces.
Okay, but I doubt they'll be arresting parents hiding eggs on Easter if they stray from their own private property. With law comes discretion. What the county knows is that its a lot easier to get a guilty plea and save some face then for this nobody to get a good lawyer and beat this. I know the "terra" card plays well in the fly over states but this is ridiculous. - laser314, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Alright!!!! 38 posts and no one said "OLD POST" Dugg it just for that.
- knowitall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Our good ol' USA is becoming more like what we were so against for 50+ years.... Communist. This paranoia is going way to far...
- TKDWILSON, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"""I don't know where you live but in NY you can't even photograph bridges anymore""""
That is not true. Maybe a police officer may give you trouble, but you can photograph anything you want as long as you are not trespassing or breaking any laws in the process.
He really was littering under the strictest since. It is a risk a geocatcher faces.
Eric Wilson - teh_toaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Oh sweet, I found a cache on the site that is right by my house in the middle of nowhere:http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d19b0f16-90bd-4416-8976-e1c7211c6dc0
Now if only I had a GPS I might join in the terrorism...er, I mean shoebombing...er, I, uh, I've sad to much. - jonesin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0These cops are so obsessed about terrorism that they're living in fear of anything and everything that's different. Man what a bunch of pussies.
- winterider68, on 12/22/2008, -0/+0Osama is the guy who bailed Bush Jr out of a mess in Texas many moons ago. Bush dissed him, never repaid the loan. Learned that tidbit in Dubai in 1998.
- settsu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0BTW, if you think this story is bad, ask a Geocacher about how they look when bearing down on an urban cache and some of the amusing methods to disguise your activity.
It's any wonder how there hasn't been MORE of these stories... - falcyn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Panics Terror Officials... i.e. officials who deal with terror, Homeland Security, etc. Made sense to me at 3 in the morning, anyways :
- rolypolyman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well, the only crimes we have to worry about in the U.S. are theft, larceny and terror; murder and terror; gangs, rape, and terror; terror, terror, embezzlement, terror; terror, terror, and kidnapping; terror terror terror and geocaching and terror, and plain terror.
Vikings: Terror, terror, terror, terror... - Sirocco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sorry, but the truth is that boxes in the middle of nowhere look suspicious; doubly so if they are next to any type of structure such as a building or bridge. Keep your caches out in the woods, and 99.9% of the time you will have no trouble.
- addisonj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I just read this story in my local paper... Idaho on Digg and Cnn ehh? scary... but yes, interesting nonetheless.
- R2-D2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Once I was on the top of a hill at Catalina Island and just randomly found a geocache. That was also when I found out what geocaches are.
- PercyKittenz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There was a cache near my house that someone had placed just off the sidewalk outside the police station, not knowing that they occupied the same building as city hall. While looking for it, the police got suspicious and most of the station came out to find out what I was doing. They actually accused us of urinating on the wall of the police station, but didn't raise any questions about bombs. We told them what we were doing as they detained us and ran our licence numbers. Didn't find the cache, but I guess the police did because it went missing shortly after.
- elroy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ahahaha, this is hilarious. If you don't want people to ***** with it, put some arab writing and biohazard symbols on it.
- nogami, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yes, because clever terrorists the world over have decided that a bridge in Idaho is the most appealing terrorist target in the US. Striking a mighty blow into the heart of the US, Boise has long been known as the source of... Well... Nothing.
Get a grip here folks... If it's a major landmark then ya, they should be a little more cautious about placing geocaches... But a bridge in the middle of Nowhere USA? Comeon... - winterider68, on 12/22/2008, -0/+0Ummm, got a ticket in San Diego for planting easter eggs in a local park. I needed a permit.
- gtg697w, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0"Story headline is grammatically broken. Maybe "terrorizes officials" would have been more appropriate, but would be quite redundant in combination with "panics." I'm rarely a grammar nazi, but this is particularly bad."
mancat...Terror is used as an adjective in the headline...you probably shouldn't be a grammar Nazi because you wouldn't be very good... - srocker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0erm....AMERICA even heh.
- settsu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0The growing problem with my sweet country is that there is so often TOO much "I" in it...
- b_austen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Int resting story about how a innocent hobby can be easily mistaken for terrorist activity. Whats the next innocent hobby to be ruined? Model rockets...
- robnoxious, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I just started geocaching with my kids, it's a lot of fun and puts that GPS device to good use. I haven't seeded any caches yet and it never crossed my mind to plant one by a bridge. These are usually hidden in wooded areas or covered by brush. The guy must have been a newbie and not familiar with the rules.
- fohat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0No I think it is Amerca now.
- JetTredmont, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Two comments:
"Terror Officials" would be officials in charge of managing (for or against) terror. How in the world did this country get so ***** lazy we can't say "Terrorism" instead? "Terrorism" of course being the use of terror to achieve political or other ends. "Terror" officials would be raiding movie theaters showing bad slasher films. "Terrorism" officials would be blowing up buckets on the sides of bridges. I blame this stupid laziness on our dear "War Preznit".
Second, sorry, geocaching may well be an innocent hobby (okay, well, it *is* an innocent hobby), but putting a bucket in the bowels under a bridge is just plain stupid. Sorry, folks. Because, yes, that is a "valid" terrorist target by just about anyone's reckoning. Now, in a trail at a park? No, that's pushing it. You have to use common sense, and if you fail to do so, yes, you *are* liable for the reaction by local, state, and federal officials. While geocaching may be a great hobby, it is *not* a federally funded hobby.
There's some pretty straightforward rules spelt out at the geocaching registry site, so far as I can tell. You just need to follow them. - r©ain, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I say send him to Gitmo anyway! Personally, anyone who arouses even the slightest suspicion of terror by the local donut munchers or illiterate TSA bag screeners should be shot on site. God bless the USA!
- srocker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0AMERCA - Land of the Free ?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0"have one"="have won"
- mancat, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Story headline is grammatically broken. Maybe "terrorizes officials" would have been more appropriate, but would be quite redundant in combination with "panics." I'm rarely a grammar nazi, but this is particularly bad.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Evidently, the terrorists have one.
Thanks again for another lie, you retarded monkey-boy also known as g.w. bush junior.
I guess drugs and booze do make you retarded, our president's drug-addled mind proves it.
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