Giant Mice

Last week, we had Boston’s reaction to the Aqua Teen Hunger Force guerrilla marketing campaign. This week, we have Portsmouth, NH’s reaction to a geocache.

Common sense, people.

Do not put light brights on highway overpasses and do not duct tape Altoid tins to electrical panels.

I’m not saying this because it could lead to a “chilling effect.” I’m saying this because it’s stupid.

Geocaching is a fun and, sometimes, challenging activity that gets people outside where they may go places they wouldn’t otherwise go and see things they wouldn’t otherwise notice. The location of the cache caused concern not only to the police but also to the first person to find the cache who noted his discomfort in the cache log (in geocaching, it’s common practice to sign a log and, sometimes, trade items in the cache box).

There are thousands of caches out there in the wild waiting for people to find them and new ones are appearing every day. This incident will not put a stop to the activity and the overall effect of this will be an awareness that people think that placing a cache on an electrical box is stupid - the person that might have considered it will now be a bit more creative and that is a good thing.

Fortunately Police Captain Janet Camplin seems to get it. As she pointed out, activities such as these are on the rise and people just need to use a bit of common sense.

I couldn’t have said it better myself.