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Mrs. Mizzou · MnGCA President Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 503

It wasn't a long story, so I just post rather than link:

andrewmcc · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 979

LucidOndine · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:43 pm Post subject:

Queue SJ rant in 3, 2...
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Arcticabn · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject:

The cache in question is GC1240D and has been in that location since 12 April 2007. It has been found some 106 times. It was hidden there by one of the teachers at the school. Oh and the plates were Nevada not Nebraska.

ArcherDragoon · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:55 am Post subject:

Sounds like he had proper permission...but not everyone knew about it...oops on their part...

I do like how the spokesperson had no clue and yet it seems there was a clear paper trail for this cache...though, the two people that were originally confronted should have been more giving with information...should I get "caught", I always explain what I am doing...I even have those geocaching pamphlets from Geocache-U to help explain...
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spinowner · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:45 am Post subject:

ArcherDragoon · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:17 am Post subject:

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3655

Jam3s · Geocacher Joined: 26 Oct 2008 Posts: 842

I have been stopped THREE times in the last month while caching by police officers. I think that around here they all know what geocaching is and they seem to let you go right after you tell them what you were doing. Each of my contacts were under 3 minutes (one was only 35 seconds) and the officers were friendly.
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NeverSummer · Geocacher Joined: 20 Feb 2009 Posts: 97

Great reason to just not hide caches near schools, retirement homes, hospitals and the such. Even with permissions on that cache, it still was pretty silly to hunt a cache at a school during school hours.

Having spent a few years working in schools and dealing with many "campus security" issues. It is always questionable to staff--even those in the know--when someone is seen snooping on campus, let alone replacing an unknown box near the school.

Also, it is a bummer that there are alarmists that fear the worst whenever they see things like that. Also a big bummer that the teacher didn't make it clear to all parties involved that the cache existed. If I were the owner, it would have been worth a strong suggestion to not look for the cache during school hours. Seems like common sense might have help with all parties...save the law enforcement, who were just doing their jobs.

spinowner · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:30 am Post subject:

This has been discussed before, but I think it's worth repeating that common sense should prevail when hiding a cache. An incomplete list of places I avoid includes schools, post offices (and mailboxes!), police stations and fire stations. I also don't like playground equipment. Please feel free to expand this list.
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