sunkist21

http://www.chicagotr...0,1174320.story Okay, just to clear this up for everyone, heres my side of the story, since IM the one who found it, and IM the one who called the police.. When your a geocacher, u go out for the fun, and u go out to find a jar full of trinkets... i would understand if the caches name was "halloween cache" so that people would undestand you might find something creepy.. but this cache was nature cache.. in a tree... i would have never expected to find a jar full of dark red solution with what looked to be a tounge and fingers stuck with about 100 pins in them, with a face of a kids picture pinned to the tounge... you could even see the fingernail.. what looked to be the fingers were decaying, there was stuff floating all around the inside of the jar... and there was a second jar, which looked to me to be a penis wrapped with string..now what id like to know, is what person in their right mind would open the jar to smell it when it could possibly be a murder case? i didnt want to put my fingerprints on that! So I called the cops immediately. They needed to know about this.. and when the cop showed up, at first they were joking but the second he saw the jar he even thought it was real and called his sargent.. and seeing as they found a head in the woods a week back, they thought i had found the rest of the body. They told me it was possibly gang related because of the kids picture in it but who knows... im just thanking god that it was me who found it and not some little kid. I contacted the owner of the cache (MGBmusic) and its temporarily shut down for now..

Thank you, im just trying to get the word out there.. You've done that. Repeatedly. We get it already. if its bothering you so much... STOP READING THIS FORUM

Baffled. I'm gobsmacked and baffled. And you say you're a teacher of young children? Read the Forum Guidelines: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?app=forums&module=extras&section=boardrules WOWWWWWWWW! why r u turning this into such a big deal.. YES i am an early childhood education teacher. i work with 2 and 3 year olds.. but u think i speak to them that way? no.. as u can see, i blocked out the word with stars. im sure a child doesnt know what BLOWING trees is.. so please. take ur BS elsewhere. no 1 wants to hear it.

Thank you, im just trying to get the word out there..

I will say this, I found a number of fake hands and foot caches. I always thought it was funny! Seriously, I think it was a geocacher that did it. Some cachers got some dark sense of humor. but when theres needles and pins stuck in decomposing fingers... i dont think would be good for a kid to find. I just dont think thats funny at all. after I look at your profile and I dont think that picture of you is really for kids to see. Are you serious? How off-topic can you go? I agree... that was wayyy over the top! First of all, what is the point of judging the OP in the first place? But judging her because of a profile picture? Sorry, SwineFlew, but you deserve to be called on a comment like that. The pig man was just flirting.... that is how pigs flirt! no? NO.

everything eh? wow Okay, just to clear this up for everyone, heres my side of the story, since IM the one who found it, and IM the one who called the police.. When your a geocacher, u go out for the fun, and u go out to find a jar full of trinkets... i would understand if the caches name was "halloween cache" so that people would undestand you might find something creepy.. but this cache was nature cache.. in a tree... i would have never expected to find a jar full of dark red solution with what looked to be a tounge and fingers stuck with about 100 pins in them, with a face of a kids picture pinned to the tounge... you could even see the fingernail.. what looked to be the fingers were decaying, there was stuff floating all around the inside of the jar... and there was a second jar, which looked to me to be a penis wrapped with string..now what id like to know, is what person in their right mind would open the jar to smell it when it could possibly be a murder case? i didnt want to put my fingerprints on that! So I called the cops immediately. They needed to know about this.. and when the cop showed up, at first they were joking but the second he saw the jar he even thought it was real and called his sargent.. and seeing as they found a head in the woods a week back, they thought i had found the rest of the body. They told me it was possibly gang related because of the kids picture in it but who knows... im just thanking god that it was me who found it and not some little kid. I contacted the owner of the cache (MGBmusic) and its temporarily shut down for now.. Setting aside spelling and punctuation, as a cacher in the area I wanted to clarify that this was not part of the cache nor appears to have been placed there by the CO. I am also not sure of the what the purpose of the title of the thread is for. I understand calling it in, but what are the rest of us suppose to "BEWARE". i just want to get the word out to people and their parents to be cautious in the area. u never know what else they can find.

I will say this, I found a number of fake hands and foot caches. I always thought it was funny! Seriously, I think it was a geocacher that did it. Some cachers got some dark sense of humor. but when theres needles and pins stuck in decomposing fingers... i dont think would be good for a kid to find. I just dont think thats funny at all. after I look at your profile and I dont think that picture of you is really for kids to see. Are you serious? How off-topic can you go? besides she is dressed fine. Anyway, that was a sick joke on someone's part. thank you.. idk what everyones ragging on me for doing the right thing

everything eh? wow Okay, just to clear this up for everyone, heres my side of the story, since IM the one who found it, and IM the one who called the police.. When your a geocacher, u go out for the fun, and u go out to find a jar full of trinkets... i would understand if the caches name was "halloween cache" so that people would undestand you might find something creepy.. but this cache was nature cache.. in a tree... i would have never expected to find a jar full of dark red solution with what looked to be a tounge and fingers stuck with about 100 pins in them, with a face of a kids picture pinned to the tounge... you could even see the fingernail.. what looked to be the fingers were decaying, there was stuff floating all around the inside of the jar... and there was a second jar, which looked to me to be a penis wrapped with string..now what id like to know, is what person in their right mind would open the jar to smell it when it could possibly be a murder case? i didnt want to put my fingerprints on that! So I called the cops immediately. They needed to know about this.. and when the cop showed up, at first they were joking but the second he saw the jar he even thought it was real and called his sargent.. and seeing as they found a head in the woods a week back, they thought i had found the rest of the body. They told me it was possibly gang related because of the kids picture in it but who knows... im just thanking god that it was me who found it and not some little kid. I contacted the owner of the cache (MGBmusic) and its temporarily shut down for now.. Setting aside spelling and punctuation, as a cacher in the area I wanted to clarify that this was not part of the cache nor appears to have been placed there by the CO. I am also not sure of the what the purpose of the title of the thread is for. I understand calling it in, but what are the rest of us suppose to "BEWARE". I just wanted to get the word out there to the cachers in the area to be careful. The police are finding things in these woods that arent right..and NO, this was not the cache that was supposed to be found. the owner had NOTHING to do with this

I will say this, I found a number of fake hands and foot caches. I always thought it was funny! Seriously, I think it was a geocacher that did it. Some cachers got some dark sense of humor. but when theres needles and pins stuck in decomposing fingers... i dont think would be good for a kid to find. I just dont think thats funny at all. after I look at your profile and I dont think that picture of you is really for kids to see. Are you serious? How off-topic can you go? besides she is dressed fine. Anyway, that was a sick joke on someone's part. thank you. i dont see how you can judge me on how i dress when you dont even know me.

The entire situation seems like a misunderstanding, to a certain degree. It appears as though you were doing what you deemed "the right thing" and it was poorly reported. Miscommunication happens, poor reporting happens, and life goes on. We all have our own idea of what is acceptable, funny, scary, etc... That's what keeps life interesting. IMO Now, a statement like yours, quoted above, leaves little room for misunderstanding. While I think you are probably a very nice young lady, attractive, educated, well intentioned and pursuing a noble career, you can not truly believe that you know everything about children. I have degrees in metallurgy, machine tool technology and mechanical engineering and have been working as a machinist and cnc programmer for 20+ years, but I don't know everything about machining, metal or engineering. I also have 3 kids, 2 are grown and had 4.0 GPA's through high school, maintained 3.6 and higher GPA's through college and are both in the military now. My youngest is a straight A student and in 5th grade. None of them have been in trouble with the law, nor had any real issues of any sort. They are all good kids who did what we all hope kids will do while growing up. I think that suffices as proof that I was a decent parent. But it wouldn't mean that I know everything about kids. It just means that I know enough to have been able to help guide them. I am sure you know a-lot about children, and will do fine in life, but to claim you know everything about children is disingenuous and, quite honestly, impossible. As I stated previously, you are an attractive young lady, but your lack of humility makes you appear less so. Just something to think about... didnt mean it like that, i was implying that i know that children couldnt handle finding what looked to be decomposing fingers in a jar.. Don't be so sure. Kids eat boogers and play with some pretty gross stuff from time to time. boogers, here and there is fine. were talking about DECOMPOSING FLESH here. i wouldnt never let my children play with severed fingers and toungues , but thats just me. Gotta prepare them for the zombie apocalypse somehow. Just my .02 worth, it's over now. You know what it is now. And you even said you don't think geocachers put it there. So, relax. It's all good. trust me, im a lot more calm now that i know it was rubber.

Reading this, I agree with your decision to call the police. thank you. at least someone agrees with me.

Okay, just to clear this up for everyone, heres my side of the story, since IM the one who found it, and IM the one who called the police.. When your a geocacher, u go out for the fun, and u go out to find a jar full of trinkets... i would understand if the caches name was "halloween cache" so that people would undestand you might find something creepy.. but this cache was nature cache.. in a tree... i would have never expected to find a jar full of dark red solution with what looked to be a tounge and fingers stuck with about 100 pins in them, with a face of a kids picture pinned to the tounge... you could even see the fingernail.. what looked to be the fingers were decaying, there was stuff floating all around the inside of the jar... and there was a second jar, which looked to me to be a penis wrapped with string..now what id like to know, is what person in their right mind would open the jar to smell it when it could possibly be a murder case? i didnt want to put my fingerprints on that! So I called the cops immediately. They needed to know about this.. and when the cop showed up, at first they were joking but the second he saw the jar he even thought it was real and called his sargent.. and seeing as they found a head in the woods a week back, they thought i had found the rest of the body. They told me it was possibly gang related because of the kids picture in it but who knows... im just thanking god that it was me who found it and not some little kid. I contacted the owner of the cache (MGBmusic) and its temporarily shut down for now..as for me saying i know everything about children, i was implying that in my best judgement, i would not want any of my children to find this kind of thing. it could scar them for life.

you called the police for a jar with a rubber finder and tongue in it... are you serious????? Okay, just to clear this up for everyone, heres my side of the story, since IM the one who found it, and IM the one who called the police.. When your a geocacher, u go out for the fun, and u go out to find a jar full of trinkets... i would understand if the caches name was "halloween cache" so that people would undestand you might find something creepy.. but this cache was nature cache.. in a tree... i would have never expected to find a jar full of dark red solution with what looked to be a tounge and fingers stuck with about 100 pins in them, with a face of a kids picture pinned to the tounge... you could even see the fingernail.. what looked to be the fingers were decaying, there was stuff floating all around the inside of the jar... and there was a second jar, which looked to me to be a penis wrapped with string..now what id like to know, is what person in their right mind would open the jar to smell it when it could possibly be a murder case? i didnt want to put my fingerprints on that! So I called the cops immediately. They needed to know about this.. and when the cop showed up, at first they were joking but the second he saw the jar he even thought it was real and called his sargent.. and seeing as they found a head in the woods a week back, they thought i had found the rest of the body. They told me it was possibly gang related because of the kids picture in it but who knows... im just thanking god that it was me who found it and not some little kid. I contacted the owner of the cache (MGBmusic) and its temporarily shut down for now..

The entire situation seems like a misunderstanding, to a certain degree. It appears as though you were doing what you deemed "the right thing" and it was poorly reported. Miscommunication happens, poor reporting happens, and life goes on. We all have our own idea of what is acceptable, funny, scary, etc... That's what keeps life interesting. IMO Now, a statement like yours, quoted above, leaves little room for misunderstanding. While I think you are probably a very nice young lady, attractive, educated, well intentioned and pursuing a noble career, you can not truly believe that you know everything about children. I have degrees in metallurgy, machine tool technology and mechanical engineering and have been working as a machinist and cnc programmer for 20+ years, but I don't know everything about machining, metal or engineering. I also have 3 kids, 2 are grown and had 4.0 GPA's through high school, maintained 3.6 and higher GPA's through college and are both in the military now. My youngest is a straight A student and in 5th grade. None of them have been in trouble with the law, nor had any real issues of any sort. They are all good kids who did what we all hope kids will do while growing up. I think that suffices as proof that I was a decent parent. But it wouldn't mean that I know everything about kids. It just means that I know enough to have been able to help guide them. I am sure you know a-lot about children, and will do fine in life, but to claim you know everything about children is disingenuous and, quite honestly, impossible. As I stated previously, you are an attractive young lady, but your lack of humility makes you appear less so. Just something to think about... didnt mean it like that, i was implying that i know that children couldnt handle finding what looked to be decomposing fingers in a jar.. Don't be so sure. Kids eat boogers and play with some pretty gross stuff from time to time. boogers, here and there is fine. were talking about DECOMPOSING FLESH here. i wouldnt never let my children play with severed fingers and toungues , but thats just me.

ur misunderstanding my point.. im saying, what adult in their right mind would want their child to see that? && if it looked like decomposing flesh, would u open it and smell it? dnt think so. Having not seen it with my own eyes, I can't say. I find it odd that others can so easily pass judgement without seeing it for themselves. Believe me, i worked in halloween stores, nothing scares me... but this creeped me the eff out. and i had to call the police.. it just wasnt normal.

you called the police for a jar with a rubber finder and tongue in it... are you serious????? DEAD SERIOUS

ur misunderstanding my point.. im saying, what adult in their right mind would want their child to see that? && if it looked like decomposing flesh, would u open it? dnt think so.

Okay, just to clear this up for everyone, heres my side of the story, since IM the one who found it, and IM the one who called the police.. When your a geocacher, u go out for the fun, and u go out to find a jar full of trinkets... i would understand if the caches name was "halloween cache" so that people would undestand you might find something creepy.. but this cache was nature cache.. in a tree... i would have never expected to find a jar full of dark red solution with what looked to be a tounge and fingers stuck with about 100 pins in them, with a face of a kids picture pinned to the tounge... you could even see the fingernail!! what looked to be the fingers were decaying, there was stuff floating all around the inside of the jar... and there was a second jar, which lookede to me to be a penis wrapped with string..now what id like to know, is what person in their right mind would open the jar to smell it when it could possibly be a murder case? i didnt want to put my fingerprints on that! So I called the cops immediately. They needed to know about this.. and when the cop showed up, at first they were joking but the second he saw the jar he even thought it was real and called his sargent.. and seeing as they found a head in the woods a week back, they thought i had found the rest of the body. They told me it was possibly gang related because of the kids picture in it but who knows... im just thanking god that it was me who found it and not some little kid. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-jar-of-fingers-tongue-determined-to-be-nonhuman-20111205,0,1174320.story

The entire situation seems like a misunderstanding, to a certain degree. It appears as though you were doing what you deemed "the right thing" and it was poorly reported. Miscommunication happens, poor reporting happens, and life goes on. We all have our own idea of what is acceptable, funny, scary, etc... That's what keeps life interesting. IMO Now, a statement like yours, quoted above, leaves little room for misunderstanding. While I think you are probably a very nice young lady, attractive, educated, well intentioned and pursuing a noble career, you can not truly believe that you know everything about children. I have degrees in metallurgy, machine tool technology and mechanical engineering and have been working as a machinist and cnc programmer for 20+ years, but I don't know everything about machining, metal or engineering. I also have 3 kids, 2 are grown and had 4.0 GPA's through high school, maintained 3.6 and higher GPA's through college and are both in the military now. My youngest is a straight A student and in 5th grade. None of them have been in trouble with the law, nor had any real issues of any sort. They are all good kids who did what we all hope kids will do while growing up. I think that suffices as proof that I was a decent parent. But it wouldn't mean that I know everything about kids. It just means that I know enough to have been able to help guide them. I am sure you know a-lot about children, and will do fine in life, but to claim you know everything about children is disingenuous and, quite honestly, impossible. As I stated previously, you are an attractive young lady, but your lack of humility makes you appear less so. Just something to think about... didnt mean it like that, i was implying that i know that children couldnt handle finding what looked to be decomposing fingers in a jar..

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-jar-of-fingers-tongue-determined-to-be-nonhuman-20111205,0,1174320.story IM THE ONE WHO FOUND IT!

Im in early childhood education, im a straight A student, and there is no need for you to be judging on how i dress. you dont even know me.

I will say this, I found a number of fake hands and foot caches. I always thought it was funny! Seriously, I think it was a geocacher that did it. Some cachers got some dark sense of humor. but when theres needles and pins stuck in decomposing fingers... i dont think would be good for a kid to find. I just dont think thats funny at all. got a problem with my tattoo? sux. after I look at your profile and I dont think that picture of you is really for kids to see.

I will say this, I found a number of fake hands and foot caches. I always thought it was funny! Seriously, I think it was a geocacher that did it. Some cachers got some dark sense of humor. I dont think its funny if little kids should be finding jars of what looked like decomposing fingers with pins in them..it could scar them for life..

I will say this, I found a number of fake hands and foot caches. I always thought it was funny! Seriously, I think it was a geocacher that did it. Some cachers got some dark sense of humor. but when theres needles and pins stuck in decomposing fingers... i dont think would be good for a kid to find. I just dont think thats funny at all.

I, personally did not like the way the chicago tribune handeled things.. the first article was written completely blaming the geocachers, and since i was the one who found the jar in the forest, i called the tribune and told them they had the story all wrong. They eventually edited it, making geocachers not seem like the bad guys..