Not a shocker! Traditional Cache
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This is more of an educational tool than an actual geocache. I see caches all the time on or around electrical equipment. They make me extremely nervous. Safety tip time! All electrical equipment can be dangerous. From those poles at Wal-Mart to the power boxes or towers with caches near or on them. One wire short and you could 'splode like a skeeter that got too close to the blue light! Stay away from damaged electrical equipment. If you see wires or damaged electrical casings don't touch it. Copper thieves aren't worried about your safety. Call the power company right away. And tell to make it snappy because the quicker they fix it, the quicker you can find the cache! I personally would never use a screw driver to look for a cache near electrical equipment. I've seen pictures of caches that are literally inside a piece of equipment that should NOT be there. You need permission, right? You ask the power company if you can place a cache inside their equipment they will say no. Unless you bribe them with Macaroons. If I see an obviously unsafe cache on power equipment I will remove it and note it on the website log. You could be saving a life and more importantly you just got a FREE cache container! If you Geocache with children, or your husband, explain the do's and do not's of caches that may have power running to them. DO NOT go near exposed wires. If you see red, black, white or copper wires it's probably not safe. DO NOT look for a cache in a power box until you ensure there is no electricity running to it. I come across caches that are near electrical equipment fairly often. If I've spent way too much time (more than 45 seconds) I do consider looking in the electrical equipment. It might be the cache but it looks so REAL! If it's obviously running into the ground and could be electrified, I ain't gonna risk it. DO be aware of your surroundings. Look for hidden dangers. Downed power lines would seem obvious but people are killed by just going near them. It's easy to be distracted by stupid things that take your eye off the prize and could be dangerous. Speaking of which, wasn't there a cache by Shotgun Willies in Laurel? I think I logged 27 DNFs at that cache. DO NOT continue walking forward if your bones tingle and your skin catches on fire. I actually had a really cool cache planned. It was going to be a PVC pipe connected to an electrical outlet along a fence. The pipe was going to look like it was chewed through with burned wires inside. I bought a blow torch to make burn marks on the fence. I was working on buying fake grey fur to stick to the wood. A friend volunteered her old squirrel feeder I could make look like the cache. The cache was going to be named Squirrel Food. I thought it would be so ridiculous no one could think it was a real electrical box. Then I realized that it would be an extremely bad example. It had everything a actual dangerous cache would have. Exposed wires, burn marks and bits of a hungry squirrel. A child, or husband, could see that cache and think it's OK to go near that type of thing. Remember folks! It's better to be safe than to have an epic geocache! :)
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