I have no idea who swaniwa is claiming as an "arm chair cacher". They seem to have the evidence.
I do feel strongly that if a cacher does not find the physical cache and leave some proof that they had found it, they are NOT entitled to log it on line. Even if a log book is ruined or full, we at least sign "KJ" on a slip of paper and place it in the cache. We are very proud to know that our signature IS in or on every single cache we have ever found.
It's called "geocaching", NOT "computer caching" for a reason. If you think it's about computer caching, I might as well "leave" Kitsap County and zip over to New York and I will log 50 finds in the Big Apple, within the next 30 minutes. I'll have another 50 finds in Italy in another 30 minutes! All this, without leaving my living room. Kind of takes the fun out of it.
At the same time, I would not risk having this person or any cacher delete our own "legit" finds that we worked hard to get, because we exposed his or her "crime". I would hope that the cacher knows that he or she is a cheater and loses sleep over it.
At the very most, I would contact the person and nicely say; "Hey! It appears you forgot to sign several logs on caches you found. You might want to remember to do it in the future! Take care and happy caching". This would at least clue the cacher in that people are watching and some of us do take geocaching seriously.
Also; I have advocated for the disabled for the last 20 years. There are adaptive devices like stickers and pre-made cards with your signature that would help if you can't hold a pen. At least have someone contact the owner and explain that you couldn't sign the log, but DID find the cache.
