Flashing Beer Ad Forces Hotel Evacuation (Thought To Be Bomb)

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PLYMOUTH, Ind. --A red light from a beer ad that a bartender suspected was a bomb when he saw it blinking on a wall forced 35 people to be evacuated from a resort hotel.

The guests were allowed back in their rooms less than an hour later after a Marshall County sheriff's officer determined the light was part of a Pabst Blue Ribbon ad suction-cupped to the window of the Sam Snead restaurant in the resort.

The bartender called authorities about the suspicious flashing light at 12:30 a.m. Monday, and the guests were evacuated about six minutes later, said Doug Leedke, general manager of Swan Lake Resort in Plymouth, 25 miles south of South Bend.

Jon Van Vactor, a detective lieutenant with the Marshall County Sheriff's Department, said the authorities determined about a half-hour later that the bomb squad was not needed.

The hotel let guests back in their rooms by 1:30 a.m., Leedke said.

The false alarm is a sign of the times in a post-Sept. 11 world, Leedke said. :eyes:

"Our employee saw something unusual and reported it," Leedke said.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/06/21/flashing_eer_ad_forces_hotel_evacuation?mode=PF

I guess in his world the bad guys like to place bombs with flashing red lights, so as they can alert as many people as possible. Also, they like to put them near load-bearing objects, like restaurant windows.

in Plymouth, Indiana :eyes:

I'm pretty sure its up there on the list.

and DC so we can keep high level targets like Plymouth Indiana safe!