+treasure_hunter Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Have you ever been looking for a cache or signing the log and you get this feeling that someones looking at you, and you look up and low and behold it is a muggle. I have the perfect solution to stop a muggle from watching your every move. I have done it before while searching or logging a cache. If I see a muggle watching my every move I turn around and give them the stare down. I mean my eyes are dead locked right on them. After they see that the tables have turned and I am starring at them they usually get freaked out and stop looking at me and go on about their business. Has anyone else ever tried this technique?? Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Nope. I project my aura and when it invades their bubble it has the same effect. Most of the time... Quote Link to comment
+Faith the Aquariaqueen Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I like to look at them square in the face, and say "Boo!". Then there is always the fallback of wearing a bright orange jumpsuit like those issued at the state penitentiary. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 ....just loudly mumble "I know it fell right here, right off the spaceship and bounced right here" - continue mubling as the person heads off..... Quote Link to comment
senecaripple Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 ooh ooh! they're coming for you! you cant run, you cant hide, they know who you are! these are the shadow people! bring a tape recorder and record them! they're trying to tell you something. evp Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I just pick up a stick and chase them away. Quote Link to comment
+treasure_hunter Posted July 21, 2005 Author Share Posted July 21, 2005 I just pick up a stick and chase them away. LMAO Thats great! And if that dont work then just throw the stick at them. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 If I can't blend in and be ignored, I'll try to wait the muggle out. If that doesn't work, I try again another day. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I thought they were just checking me out. It's not everyday they see a naked Smurf Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 The jokes just write themselves. Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Jeremy just feeds them! Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I just pick up a stick and chase them away. So now we know who it was Experience in the park. Quote Link to comment
+tabulator32 Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Just walk right over to them and ask if they would be interested in signing your petition to outlaw pencils in school and the workplace because they can potentially used as a weapon. They will rapidly lose interest in you and soon wish they had never even seen you. (This tidbit of utter posh was instigated by hearing a news article about a group trying to condemn the word "fail" being use in classrooms as it carried a bad connotation and may affect the children's mental helath. They decided it would be better to use the term "delayed success" as a "failure" was truly nothing more than not having yet succeeded.) I, personally, adhere to the adage of our friend Yoda..."Do or do not...there is no try." Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Are you sure that wasn't Mr. Miyagi? Quote Link to comment
+reveritt Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Yeah--I just say "Hi, howya doin'?" That's usually enough to send them on their way, but if not, I just try to act normal (a bit out of character for me) and remember that I'm not doing anything wrong. Quote Link to comment
+beopots Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Stay perfectly still and wait for them to get really close..... then PUSH THEM OVER!!!! Quote Link to comment
+dandylaurel Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Ooooo! Muggle tipping! Quote Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 (edited) Jeremy just feeds them! Jeremy should know better. Now they will lose their fear of geocachers and whenever they see one will expect a hand-out. Edited July 21, 2005 by tozainamboku Quote Link to comment
+beopots Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 (edited) Jeremy just feeds them! Jeremy should know better. Now they will lose their fear of geocachers and whenever they see one will expect a hand-out. Oh no, they're going to become habituated and we'll have to put them down. Just like the bears in yellowstone. Edited July 21, 2005 by beopots Quote Link to comment
+beopots Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Ooooo! Muggle tipping! This could become part of the logging process, TNLNSLTM (Tipped Muggles). Or we could give you 10 extra points for each one you tip! Quote Link to comment
atroxatrox Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 On my Garmin I have a small button which shuts the muggles off for some five minutes, just enough to drag them off to a better spot. Just point the GPSr at them and click. Quote Link to comment
+Rainwater Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 just hold your GPSr up and talk into it like a walkie talkie and say real loud "I found him!!...hes right here looking at me, if you hurry, we can catch him!" Quote Link to comment
atroxatrox Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 just hold your GPSr up and talk into it like a walkie talkie and say real loud "I found him!!...hes right here looking at me, if you hurry, we can catch him!" Even better shouting is: Oh no! The batteries for my Geiger meter just died. How am I going to SURVIVE out here! Aaargh! Aaargh! is optional. Quote Link to comment
+ADKcachers Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Wow, I always thought they were staring at my attractive physique. Quote Link to comment
+deimos444 Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Ooooo! Muggle tipping! I suppose next will be muggle tossing Quote Link to comment
+Dhalihalama Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 I one asked if he was going to help me wipe. Quote Link to comment
dveillo Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Just walk right over to them and ask if they would be interested in signing your petition to outlaw pencils in school and the workplace because they can potentially used as a weapon. They will rapidly lose interest in you and soon wish they had never even seen you. (This tidbit of utter posh was instigated by hearing a news article about a group trying to condemn the word "fail" being use in classrooms as it carried a bad connotation and may affect the children's mental helath. They decided it would be better to use the term "delayed success" as a "failure" was truly nothing more than not having yet succeeded.) I, personally, adhere to the adage of our friend Yoda..."Do or do not...there is no try." that's perfect Quote Link to comment
+Kit Fox Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 I just ignore them, and most of the time, they go away. I once told a curious bystander that I was checking the tree for fruit flys. It satisfied his curiosity, and he walked away. Seriously though, if someone hides a cache in an area that is frequented by muggles, they have no right to complain if their cache gets muggled. Quote Link to comment
+Clan Delaney Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 DON'T. MOVE. They can't see you if you don't move. Quote Link to comment
+AppaYipYip Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 haha! The jokes in this thread are great. I have yet to have a mugggle stare at me, usually I do my best to blend in Quote Link to comment
+Gecko1 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Jeremy just feeds them! Jeremy should know better. Now they will lose their fear of geocachers and whenever they see one will expect a hand-out. Oh no, they're going to become habituated and we'll have to put them down. Just like the bears in yellowstone. Quote Link to comment
+Sue Gremlin Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 I've done my share of joking about this, but we did a cache this weekend and it was muggled right afterward. It was this cache. I somehow feel responsible. We were careful, and looked around before we re-hid it, but perhaps someone was watching us. Maybe someone just happened upon the spot, and we had nothing to do with it, but I still feel terrible. The logbook was lost, but most of the other things survived, including a travel bug. Quote Link to comment
+maggieszoo Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Didn't someone have a card or something you could print that described geocaching for muggles? Or was that for cops? Where was that link.......I know I left it lying around here somewhere........ Quote Link to comment
+][ Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 I just throw rocks at them and scream, "You're dead to me! You hear?" Quote Link to comment
+the hermit crabs Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Didn't someone have a card or something you could print that described geocaching for muggles? Or was that for cops? Where was that link.......I know I left it lying around here somewhere........ Geocacher-U has a brochure and a smaller business-sized card explaining the basics; is that what you were thinking of? Quote Link to comment
+The Bookends Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 I hold my arms out at odd angles, stand on one leg, close my eyes and start shouting "I'M A TREE! I'M A TREE! I'M A TREE!". By the time I open my eyes they are usually gone. Quote Link to comment
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