Orpheus

I have a bad problem with chemicals of all sorts because I have anosmia (no sense of smell) so I never know when I have too many fumes in the area I'm in. I would be one of the ones affected and never know why.

Not sure if this is in the right place or if anyone here uses this type stuff but I thought I would post it anyway. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/9161630/detail.html Boot waterproofing spray is making pets and people sick as it evaporates indoors.

We put out bear keychains because I love bears and we also leave small hand sanitizer bottles for those messy caches. We have also left some McToys that we pick up but not very often. We are still working on deciding some other things we would like to leave but right now it's what fits the bank account.

You could always place it, then hook up with a local group or cacher and ask if one of them will maintain it while you are gone. Once you finish college and move on you can put it up for adoption or remove it.

In response to the OP's post in another topic, I do not believe that I am as dumb as a bag of hammers and I never said that it was okay for the bear to eat a human, nor did anyone else in this topic. My point was that every time a wild animal attacks a human it does not mean we need to crank up the "North Carolina Bear Trials" and burn them all at the stake. There have always been dangers with caching and there always will be. In previous years when no news articles about bear attacks circulated, they were still out there. This attack does not make them anymore dangerous than they were yesterday. That is all I was trying to get across. And yes, the bear has to be found and killed for attacking humans. While I don't like this idea I understand that it must happen. Also, regarding the "injuns" and bears being the same, yes they are. We are all living beings sharing a planet and should respect one another's space.

This post is not meant to start or continue any argument. First, I do feel sorry for the family for their loss. It is very sad when children die for any reason not just animal attacks. I just wanted to point out that we as humans are too quick to place blame on those "horrible, wild animals that we encroach upon". Second, when an animal (not just bear) attack occurs we as humans automatically place blame on the animal that is doing what is natural to it. If someone were to invade my home, I would defend myself to whatever level is necessary including taking another human's life. Third, the last lines of the article you linked say that there have been 42 bear sightings in the area of this campground in the past few weeks. As a human, I would choose not to take a 2 year old human boy and 6 year old human girl to an area that is shown to have lots of recent bear activity. BTW, having been in this area many times they generally post this info in all campground areas that I have gone to. Again, this is not saying that I have no empathy for this family in their loss. My heart goes out to them for all that they have gone through and what they will face in the future.

Vinny & Sue Team and ATMouse are right. These attacks are very rare. The hobby that I incorporate geocaching into is photographing wildlife (bears) in the woods. I have done some stupid things in the past to get photos of bears and have not been attacked. I have stood underneath a mother and cubs in a tree, I have stood within 5 feet of a 2 or 3 year old in the woods, I have stood within 10 feet of an adult in a parking lot, I have stood within 1 foot of an adult male and I have taken pictures of all of them and never been attacked. There is a lot of information about the attack that is not known. This bear could have had some unknown problem that caused this, there were children involved, one of an age that may not know the difference between big dog and bear and there was a campground area that could have contained an attractant for the bear. Bears as well as all wildlife can be dangerous if the situation is right. We should all be careful of all wildlife not just bears. Sorry if this sounds preachy but I do love the bears and hate to see them always blamed when something happens.

Ace, Bucky and Elliott with Elliott being eliminated tonight.

Just wondering if you decided on an idea?

Don't know if you consider this an unusual animal encounter but I was walking from one side to a cache and my husband was walking to the other. I went to step over a log and just happened to look down before setting me foot down. Just below my foot was a 4 foot long cottonmouth. I am deathly afraid of any snake but to know that it was a poisonous one just below my foot doesn't help any. Other than that we saw a coyote as we were leaving a cache and took some great pictures. Here are the coyote pictures, there are none of the snake of course. Coyote 1 Coyote 2

We found a USA coin that was given to a caching couple to celebrate 25 years together. We will be moving it along as soon as we find a cache worthy of it. We hope that it will continue to move on from there.

Jason Newsted - bassist, replacement for Cliff Burton after his death. Didn't even get that part. Thanks again for this great contest. I participated in the others but they weren't really my musical genre. Metallica rocks. Of course, I did enjoy learning about the other groups involved in the other contest. Thanks again

James Hetfield

Dave Mustaine

Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh, PA 6/30/95

Since there was a second hint does that mean we can guess a second time for the day?

New, New Minglewood Blues

My guess - He's Gone

So far I have the Tennessee, Ray&Rose, Big Bear which all have bears on them. I missed out on the TRL Bear Bait and the Cachehunters 42 has just come out I think.

I saw the TRL bearbait coin but missed out on ordering one. The money wasn't there when they were available. Snowwolf75 if you do make one let me know. My husband really loves wolves and I would like to get him a coin with a wolf on it. I have gotten several of the others with bears since I started this thread but nothing with a wolf. Thanks for your replies

That's an interesting idea. I work at a police department and the Chief's secretary used to have a patch collection until her office fire. We tried to replace some of them but have not been very successful. I think seeing patches like the Patch TB is a neat idea. Some departments have really great patches.

It is possible that one of the people who said no did in fact win but are bound by rules from Jeep, etc. to not let anyone know yet. Some contest do require you to remain quiet about a win until they are ready for the information to be released. The people who took the pictures for Work Smart and Lake Bullneck belongs to the same geocaching group that I belong to and they said nothing there about a win. Just my two cents.

Now the question is, how do you know that is the winner? Just curious.

I don't have the coordinates but this cache is in the parking lot of the Varsity. You can use the coordinates from there. What'll you have Hope this helps.

I don't really have a lot to trade but I am looking for someone willing to trade me a Georgia peach coin. I have Tennessee coins that I could trade or maybe someone who wants something non-geocoin that I could put my hands on. If you have a peach and would be willing to trade let me know. I am trying to get one of all the Georgia coins since I live in Georgia. Thanks.