Manitoba Geocaching Association

dani_carriere · Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 481 Location: Winnipeg

I'm not saying that these are geocaching related, but we just received this notification at the office. Reminder: No one should be hiding geocaches under bridges, especially those that are main arteries in a city.

Osborne Street bridge closed by police
By: Staff Writer
12/03/2010 3:01 PM |

WINNIPEG — Motorists and pedestrians are being asked to avoid the Osborne Street Bridge due to an ongoing police investigation.

The bridge is the second closed today by police. The Arlington Street Bridge was closed over the noon hour due to discovery or a suspicious package. The package turned out not to be explosive and the Arlington bridge has reopened.

The Osborne bridge will be closed until further notice.

Winnipeg Transit said routes 36, 60, 61, 75 and 76 are also being affected by the closure

Pilotmounders · Joined: 24 Aug 2009 Posts: 62

I know they're not mine if they are those kinda things Shocked

Would a reviewer not see that the cache would be hidden will be under a bridge in a major city? I'm still learning how all this works & after hiding a couple they seem to do a good job locating where the area is.

candaceandwill · Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Posts: 163

Neither bridge closure was geocache related...

Jimbo 2 · Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 163 Location: Manitoba

It would be nice if they showed a picture of the object, or told us what it was.
Maybe the police should log onto Geocaching.com whenever a package is found so they can verify that it is or isn't a cache.

candaceandwill · Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Posts: 163

ertyu · Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 547 Location: Winnipeg

candaceandwill · Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Posts: 163

Exactly, it can't happen. The police can not disregard a suspicious package just because an anonymous person with an odd avatar on a website says it isn't dangerous...

Caching is the bane of police bomb squads everywhere. I completely agree with Dani's comments above.

TurdleEggs · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 686 Location: Ste Genevieve

I realize these two bridge incidents weren’t cache related, but it’s a reminder (as Dani and Will have stated) that we should not be placing caches under major railway or vehicle bridges. It will result in further restriction and regulation of geocaching.

The idea of the police using geocaching.com to see if a suspicious package is a geocache sounds appealing, but would only work for the honest terrorists. It’s not reasonable.

Shawnssica · Joined: 04 Jan 2010 Posts: 13

glacier_ice · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 686

Gives new meaning to the cache called BOOM! in Carman

I can imagine someone starting an account under 'Achmed, the Dead Terrorist'. LOL

garium · Joined: 08 Aug 2009 Posts: 10 Location: East St. Paul

ohmic · Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 456 Location: Winnipeg

Apparently skirt lifters can cause worries too!

dani_carriere · Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 481 Location: Winnipeg

MissionMode · Joined: 27 Nov 2009 Posts: 106

candaceandwill · Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Posts: 163

Too bad because that's some really bad PR for geocaching. I am very surprised it doesn't happen more often.

Don't get me started on fire fighter jokes.... OK...

Q. How can you tell when a firefighter is dead????
A. The remote control slips from his hand.