COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A high-tech treasure hunt led to a bomb scare and evacuations in central Colorado Springs.
Authorities say someone planted a small “geocaching capsule” in a field near the Summit Medical Clinic. Geocaching is a game in which people hide objects and post coordinates on the Internet so others can find them.
Police were told that a suspicious person left something in the field Wednesday afternoon.
Officers found the capsule but also ran across a metal pipe with a wire sticking out that apparently had been discarded in the field—leading them to think both objects were potential threats.
The Galileo School of Math and Science was locked down and portions of Mt. Everett and Mt. Vernon streets were evacuated while police blew up the suspected bomb.
Authorities later determined the pipe was harmless and the other object was an empty Chapstick tube containing a “log book” for geocaching players to sign.
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Information from: The Gazette,
