Is that a bomb? No, it's a geocache!

[rainbow_goddess]

I just heard on the radio that someone found a "suspicious object" in a tree near a local recreation centre. They called the police. The police took pictures of it and sent the pictures to the bomb squad. The bomb squad said, "Well, it doesn't LOOK like a bomb, but better safe than sorry," and advised the police to call the military. (We don't have

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[hrrunka]

There's a photo of it in the article. Looks like it was a bit of plastic pipe covered in camo-cloth...

[rainbow_goddess]

Yeah, after I read the article I went to the geocaching.com site and looked to see which one it was. I've found some of this user's caches before. They make their own cache container that is pipe-shaped and capped at both ends, so I suppose if you look at it sideways it might possibly resemble a pipe bomb, though having never seen a pipe bomb I can't say for sure.

[hrrunka]

An improvised explosive device could look like anything. In potential target areas it would seem sensible to mark a box as a geocache (official stickers are good!), and to use a container that's transparent (or at least translucent) so that the bomb squad can see into it without opening it...

[rainbow_goddess]

"In potential target areas," sure. I don't think a community recreation centre that houses a library, a swimming pool and a hockey rink would be any kind of "potential target area."

[hrrunka]

Sadly, the kinds of folk who'd plant an IED don't think that way, though.

[rainbow_goddess]

In a large metropolitan centre, maybe. Maybe in Toronto or Ottawa or Montreal or Vancouver. But not in a place like Langford, B.C. that I imagine most people outside of this Island have even heard of.

[kengr]

Just like a girl scout type camp wouldn't be a target. Oh, wait. They did that in Norway, didn't they...

The size of the town doesn't matter. You have to realize that some terrorists are *home grown*. *Local* nutcases, not outsiders.

[hrrunka]

Clearly, in this instance, the local law enforcement thought the area might well be a potential target, or we'd not be reading the story in the link.

[kengr]

It's definitely a target area if you are a terrorist. Remember, the whole *idea* id to blow up civilians in places they feel safe. Kids are a bonus.