Interesting thread....a little behind the current news but got a heads-up from DM when I met him at the recent NEPA event...
Hate to open perhaps more of a can of worms, but this story I share may have similar ties to your SGL 57 pirated caches, DM (or it may be bored or pranking teens)
This weekend I cruised over to the Wallenpaupack area for some caching, and did a great and enjoyable EIGHT-part multi on what I believe are State Game Lands (I checked the cache description but it does not say) In any event, it was next to a Rifle (target) Range, which I think may be cause enough to "piss-off" some folks...as I parked there and walked near their range.
Here is the cache name and code PIRATE TREASURE GCTYR9
Anyway, after completing it Sat afternoon (and I noticed no one else in the woods stalking me), the final ammo-can part has disappeared in the last day or so....it was well-disguised in a hollowed-out log.
Now the question is:
Who would complete 8 small parts then arrange the clues which were in a puzzle format to get to the cache?
Or was someone stalked by anti-caching types to the final? Or, was the last part actually stumbled upon? (It was well-off-trail)
I have a personal gripe because I lost 2 new geocoins that I just registered that day....
But I am more concerned because a nearby cache I found also went missing...this one off a Hiking Trail (Blooming Grove)
WTF?
packim