A Utah State University employee was trying to teach students how to trace an animal tracking collar Tuesday — leaving it outside the iconic Old Main building on campus for them to locate.

But an unintended audience found it first.

Another staffer apparently watched the employee place the collar by the building and felt that behavior was concerning — not knowing it was for a class, and hours before Turning Point USA was scheduled to be on campus for its first Utah event since founder Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in the state weeks ago.

The worried staffer called police “about a suspicious item placed in a suspicious manner,” USU said in an updated statement about the situation.

The school immediately alerted those on the Logan campus to evacuate the area.

Responding authorities t

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