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Found near Vampire Dreams which is not far from a hospital. Found near BIOTE #5: I Wish I Was A Pharmacy, which is in a suburban shopping area near a McDonalds. Found near 100 Colones #2 - St. Francis of Assisi. This was a LPC and when I lifted the skirt, I was greeted by this scorpion.

I realize this is an old post, but just in case anyone else was wondering. I imagine the unused dog poop bag was so you could CITO the area around you.

THIS. I'm still pretty new, but I felt SO sheepish when, after logging a DFF, the CO sent me a message explaining what a LPC was. And then the epiphany hit and I was able to find 3 other DNFs, all while feeling like a total moron. Especially considering I had spent like 30 minutes digging in ground cover around the lamppost outside a Target. Also, geocaching in flip flops, sandals or heels. I've done all 3 and regretted it each time. Just ordered some Wellies to keep in the car. I'm mostly an urban/suburban cacher, so I'm not really on trails/hikes, but I've faced mud, tall grass and bugs! I've found myself without a pen, must have lost from my pocket it while searching. I've also grabbed a cache in excitement and forgotten exactly where it was hidden. Once a nano with a screw-off lid was attached to a bush. I unscrewed the container, took it back to my car, then had to try to find the tiny, tiny nano-lid in the bush. I try to remember to bring my pen with me to the cache now, unless it's a P&G.

I'm actually BRAND NEW to Geocaching and have only a handful of finds. It's funny, I always feel super sketchy and like a suspicious person when I'm looking for a cache. Today, I pulled over on a rural road and was looking for one that was presumably somewhere in a tree. I was there for less than five minutes when a police car pulled up next to my car. I walked over and they asked if everything was ok. I said I was fine, thanks, and they drove off. But it scared me enough to immediately ditch the site! I'm glad I found this thread because I was debating whether or not to tell them about geocaching or just say I thought I saw a kitten or was checking my tires, lol. Fortunately I probably looked more like I needed help than like I was up to something, but it still shook me. Later that day I went to a cache behind a bank and abandoned it pretty quickly because I felt SO sketchy digging around at the back of a bank with security cameras on me. edited: just saw the post above that said it's more dangerous in TX, lol, yep. That's where I was! And the cache was hidden near a barbed wire fence that marked someone's property. Yikes!