Cops, Bomb Tech Respond to Call, Find 'Banana'

Emergency personnel and a bomb disposal expert have determined that a suspicious "banana" hanging in a pine tree in Nebraska was really just a harmless geocache. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that a utility worker spotted the device wrapped in yellow tape and attached to a wire on Tuesday in northeast Lincoln and called 911. Police, firefighters, and a bomb technician determined the "banana" wasn't a bomb, but a prize hunted by people on geocaching quests. Geocachers across the world use GPS devices to track and find hidden objects. A fire investigator says city bomb technicians have been out on similar calls through the years as geocaching has grown in popularity. (More banana stories.)