 	San Luis Obispo, California. April 2, 2005. This film canister micro, formerly known as "I"t Might Be Open, was found on a gate by rangers. They thought it might be a booby trap and called authorities. A deputy sheriff responded to the scene and shot the cache. 

"I"t's NOT a bomb!

Provo, Utah
"A bomb squad detonated a suspicious package outside the Provo Police Station..." The cache was destroyed the same day it was published.
Media story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/635160668/Detonated-bomb-turns-out-to-be-box-of-toys.html
Bookmarked: October 3, 2009

"The Sting"

Bomb squad responds to call near Lake Kaweah near Visalia in Central CA. June 30, 2009
The geocaching container was found hanging from a sign near the lake's second boat ramp.

http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20090630/NEWS01/906300320/1002/Bomb-squad-responds-to-call-near-Lake-Kaweah

100' Clearance

 	Boulder, Colorado
Cache placed near school. Bomb squad.
Police statement: http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=10936
News report  http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_12190782
Dept Homeland Security   http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/DHS_Daily_Report_2009-04-22.pdf
Bookmarked: September 29, 2009

A Knight's View

 Published: April 19, 2010
Updated: 6:41 p.m.
'Suspicious' container turns out to be part of a game
http://www.ocregister.com/news/anaheim-244792-martinez-container.html


AAA Cache

 	Downers Grove, Illinois
A "bottle with rope wick extending from the top and putty substance at the base of the wick..." Bomb squad.
Bookmarked: October 3, 2009

Abby and Xena

Eugene, Oregon. December 20, 2005. This small cache hidden near a bike trail was discovered by maintenance workers who thought it suspicious but an alert member of the bomb squad that responded to the scene was familiar with geocaching and quickly determined that the cache was not a threat.

Amazon Creek Bike Path

Midland, Texas
Ammo can on university property.
Media story:http://www.newswest9.com/Global/story.asp?s=8756390
Bookmarked: October 3, 2009

Another Ceed Cache

 	Savannah, Georgia. May 24, 2004. 
This ammo can in a community park was blasted with a water cannon and confiscated by the bomb squad ahead of the G8 Summit.

BBadMonkey's Lake Mayer Cache

Monroe, Ohio. August 23, 2006. 
The bomb squad was called, fire crews were brought in, and 10 homes were evacuated after geocachers were spotted leaving a suspicious container wrapped in camo tape in the bushes outside a historical society museum. The cache was x-rayed by the bomb squad and removed after it was determined to be harmless. It was later returned to its hiding spot.

BCTC-Monroe Historical Society

Erie, Pennsylvania. November 6, 2004.
 The bomb squad blew up this large ammo can hidden near a police station.

Bubble Bubble Toil & Trouble

Cleveland Heights, Ohio. March 24, 2003.
 This cache near a walking path was reported to authorities after a geocacher was seen rehiding the ammo can. The bomb squad determined that it might be explosive because batteries were seen in x-ray images taken by the bomb squad robot. They blew up the lid off and confiscated the remains. The geocacher seen with the cache is contacted by the local police but no charges are filed.

Caching Toddler, Hidden Tupperware

 	May 24, 2007 - High Point, NC
(by Amy Dominello, News Record Staff Writer)
A customer saw a man in the drive-thru line attach a magnetic box to a sign outside the Starbucks at 3875 John Gordon Lane about 8:30 p.m. When the customer asked what the man was doing, he responded he was attaching a drive-thru traffic counter, said Alan Richardson, Starbucks' regional marketing manager for the Southeast.
The customer was suspicious and told employees, who called police, Richardson said.
The High Point Police Department responded, located the container and cordoned off the area for safety. The Greensboro Police Hazardous Devices Team was called in. The container was examined and Greensboro Police determined it contained no explosives.

Catch A Shooting Star (Series) Part 1

 	Edmond, Oklahoma
Camouflaged paintball can attached to tree, near a church and school. Bomb squad.
Media story: http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_173003854
Bookmarked: October 3, 2009

Chicken Lips

 	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. February 14, 2006. A road worker saw a geocacher acting suspiciously near an Interstate Highway and found this ammo can with a combination lock hidden at the spot. The bomb squad was called in and the cache was exploded.

Christmas City T. B. Lodge – Reservations Required

Bomb scare
By Staff reports
Updated: 05/18/2010 10:24:37 PM PDT


LAKE COUNTY -- On Tuesday afternoon CalTrans employees making repairs to a road sign just north of Lower Lake spotted what appeared to be a pipe bomb in the ground near the post that held the sign. California Highway Patrol, Lake County Fire Protection District and Lake County Sheriff's Office were called to the scene. Highway 29 between Lower Lake and Siegler Canyon Road was closed for approximately three hours while the Napa Bomb Squad determined the device was not an explosive, but a part of a worldwide treasure hunting game.

Click It Or Ticket

 	Orillia, Ontario. May 7, 2006. 
Muggles found this cache by accident and delivered it to a nearby police station. Police thought that the PVC container wrapped in camo tape might be explosive so the area was evacuated for about four hours while the bomb squad investigated.

COG Series #3: Levis-Pedis Secutus

 	Montreal, Quebec
Micro on a bridge; confiscated by police.
Bookmarked: October 3, 2009

CoinCache

Ovilla, Texas
ATF: "We were called to a park in Ovilla, Tx today to respond to a possible bomb chained to a tree in a park."
Bookmarked: October 3, 2009

cotton pick'n cache

Harford, Maryland
An "ammunition box attached to an old unused rail track." Bomb squad.
Bookmarked: October 3, 2009

DAM CACHE II

List caches attacked by various bomb squads.

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