Funny Story
I am not a Geo enthusiast but may become one after what happened yesterday.
I am an avid hiker and was out on a hike like I often do around here in a
city park called Babb Run in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio. I looked up somewhere
along the trail in the park and noticed a rock shelter that caught my
eye.
I swayed off the trail about 30 ft and came upon a large tree with a
rock pile next to it. Rocks don't generally stack themselves so I got
closer. As I came up to the pile I noticed what appeared to be an army issue ammo
container under the rocks. Once I identified this I stopped to think,
What is an ammo case doing at a public park. With all the things happening
in this country today I elected not to unbury this but to call the police
to investigate. I called and had dispatch send an officer down to the park
entrance and I would bring them down. They sent down an officer who
just so happened to be a personal friend of mine for the past 25 years. This
relieved me because I seemed a little embarrassed in getting the police
involved. I told him what I found and it was about 1/2 a mile into the
park and 30 foot off of the main trail. We walked and when we got to it he
agreed to take precaution in taking it out. Being trained for things
like this he went around it visually and decided it was safe to take it out
and open it. Upon opening in we were pleased to find the paper stating this
was a geocache. Inside were many trinkets,toys,coins,and other small items obviously
left by other possible geo enthusiasts. We signed the log and both put in
our business cards and had a good laugh. We respectfully put it back for
others to find.
I was impressed to find out this had been there since 2003 and the last
entry was about 2 month ago. I went home and looked up the web sight a
did a little reading about the group and got to admit I am curious enough
to join and possible find more geocaches. It was really fun. I also found
out there are about a half a dozen caches in my area which gives me more
chances to pursue this group.
If I can suggest using something other than a ammo case though I will.
Unfortunately with all the alerts and terrorist threats we are facing,
maybe a redesigning of a container might be in order. But that is just
a suggestion, not that ammo cases are typically booby trapped as opposed
to other types of cases are, but you never can tell. Crazy world.
