Geocaching game causes Disneyland 3-hour lockdown

[wfgodot]

File under, "The terrorists have won!"

Disneyland shut down for three hours after anonymous well-wisher hides
'spiritual message of goodwill' scroll in tree and sparks security alert (Daily Mail)

A scroll containing a peaceful message sparked a three hour lock down at Disneyland after the bomb squad was called in to investigate the 'suspicious package'.

An anonymous well-wisher had hidden the 'spiritual message of goodwill' in a tree near the front gates of the Los Angeles theme park on Saturday just hours before it was spotted and reported as suspicious.
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So....just sort of out of the blue, this thing was?

A similar security alert had closed the park last year when staff reported seeing a cylindrical object in Downtown Disney, which later turned out to be the hidden treasure in a game.

Police initially thought the item found on Saturday was part of the same game, a high tech adventure called geocaching in which people use gps to find containers filled with goodies.

more, with obligatory Disneyland photos, at link above

 

[Lilachaze]

I've always wanted to try Geocaching, But why all the pictures its more like an advert for Disney then a news story.

 

[tk71texas]

i love geocaching....i've always worried that someone would think i'm suspicious when hiding/searching for urban caches...lol