tlien11: Thanks, brian0766, for the alert.
Needless to say, I'm glad an incident was avoided, but talk about frustrating! I think this was my second-oldest cache, and third most-found. I have to say, I don't understand the thinking of some people. I don't understand what makes some people think, "I don't know what that object is, therefore it must be a bomb--someone must want to blow up that tree!" So many are embracing geocaching -- Texas Parks & Wildlife is promoting it big time. But here? One wonders.
I'll end my rant by expressing my appreciation that the MPD bomb squad has gone to some lengths to avoid turning geocaches into "incidents." They have familiarized themselves with the game and they have equipped themselves to be able to know when a cache is in a given area, again hopefully to avoid additional future "incidents." Unfortunately, when John Q. Public says, "No, I saw it...it's a bomb," their hands become somewhat tied. Well, especially on this one, with "TLien11" in the name, I'm happy it didn't become an "incident."
Okay...off my rant. I guess it's time to free up this spot anyway. Thanks to the 75 people--geocachers, that is--who found it.