This past weekend a San Diego hiker was walking through the Mission Trails Regional Park outside the city, when he stumbled across something alarming. It wasn’t a bear or mountain lion, but a weapons cache. Rather than run away (or even worse, explore further!), the hiker flagged the coordinates in his GPS and reported it to the authorities.
The trails of Mission Ridge Regional Park cover land that was used for weapons testing during WWII, which explains the sighting of the explosives. However, the real story is how the hiker stayed calm and collected enough to safely inform the authorities of the danger.
As for the follow-up about the explosives, all we know is that a bomb squad was sent to investigate, but officials have not revealed more information to the public.
-via Backpacker and The Goat
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