Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Huckleberries Online

Coffee Cup Drop Warned Of Killer

Here's a message scrawled onto a coffee cup that was dropped to a group of campers Monday while a search was going on for an armed suspect in Mount Rainier National Park, Wash. A helicopter crew searching for the gunman who killed a Mount Rainier National Park ranger on New Year's Day came across a small group of campers and used an unusual method to warn them the shooter was at large, writing messages on paper coffee cups and dropping them to the campers telling them of the danger. The first cup said, "A ranger has been shot shooter at large. Call on cell if able." Story here. (AP Photo/Jen Berthiaume)

Question: Do you still feel safe hiking & camping in woods?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

Follow Dave online: