Yet Another Geocache Goes Boom!
This is another in the long list of people who seem not to think when hiding geocaches...
A bomb squad in Nevada investigated a suspicious pipe dropped off in front of a Carson City business earlier this month only to find the item was part of an electronic treasure hunt.
A man in a van without license plates assembled the object around 8 a.m. and put it in the bushes in front of SE Drywall on Gordon Street behind Slotworld near the corner of Highway 50 East and College Parkway, according to police.
Eric Sjogren, owner of the business, said he called the police to be safe, especially with “the state of the world at this point.”
The Tahoe Douglas Bomb Squad investigated the pipe only to find it was part of geocaching.
This is the point however where the police lose me. Probably not the best quote...."Quite a few people in this world have too much spare time,” Sjogren said. “We’re not one of them.” Lets hope the reporter misunderstood him.
Roger Wheeler, a Douglas County deputy with the bomb squad, said investigators have to take all calls seriously, and this one especially sounded suspicious.
The squad used a small explosion that would have disabled the object if it had been a bomb, he said, and a plastic bag came out identifying it as from geocaching.
