How Many Have Had A Cache Muggled..

[+kbootb]

Have you had a cache muggled and they signed the log and became a cacher?

 

Did you discover caching that way?

[+Woody's Wanderers]

No, but we found a cache in Richmond Park, Surrey, which had been chanced upon the day before by some mushroom hunters. They signed the log, exchanged some items and re-hid the cache (although not very well!) Don't know if they took up caching. (GCKPTQ I think).

 

Also, the Ashtead Common cache was found by Common Rangers who signed the log and carefully re-hid it.

[+Kitty Hawk]

I've seen a log by a ranger saying, I think in a jovial tone "What's this doing on my patch"

 

I've seen a log by someone who never entered their visit on the website, which seemed odd, but apparently quite common.

[+HazelS]

For the life of me I cannot remember whether this was a log we found or it was a story someone had told us... but I rememebr that a cache had been found by the police searching an area, and they'd signed th elog and replaced it!!

[+Whizz Kid]

Yes, I had some workmen working right by one of my caches. They signed the log, left a swap and put it back!!!

W

[+Kryten]

I saw a log entry in a cache in the botanical garden in Sydney written by the groundskeepers who said it wasn't very well hidden and would get found by the local winos.

[+John Stead]

One rather well known cacher who has currently 1564 finds to his name started out muggling a cache while picking up litter near his home, took it home, looked up geocaching.com and was hooked, finding his first thousand in 10 months or so.

 

And he beat me to a FTF today - just like old times two years ago!

Edited February 1, 2006 by John Stead

[+Cryptik Souls Crew]

Workmen putting in a fence found one of my caches, signed the log and put it back.

[+Pieman]

I actually came across muggles in the act of signing the log book at a cache (Castles in the Air). They were very intrigued especially, as they saw it , they had found something very unusual in the middle of nowhere and then a stranger had come up to them and explained all about it!

[+Beds Clangers]

While working on a mobile phone site near Cherwell Valley Services (M40), two engineers I was working with picked up a bag of CDs and "bits & pieces" inside the site.

 

Over a coffee they mentioned it to me so I had a quick look. It turned out to be the remains of an "Alpha-Quest" cache.

 

Quick e-mail exchange with Messe and I was able to give him his cache back but minus the ammo can!!

 

Always thought it strange that someone would nick a complete cache and throw the entire contents away (about 10CDs)!!!

 

Can't remember if they signed the log book "Took cache, chucked contents"

 

Nick

[+The Hornet]

Always thought it strange that someone would nick a complete cache and throw the entire contents away (about 10CDs)!!!

 

Can't remember if they signed the log book "Took cache, chucked contents"

I once had an Ammo box cache muggled. The "thieves" emptied the contents of the Ammo box into a carrier bag, signed the log explaining they thought the box would be useful, then re-hid the carrier bag!

 

Could have been worse I suppose.

[+woZere]

For the life of me I cannot remember whether this was a log we found or it was a story someone had told us... but I rememebr that a cache had been found by the police searching an area, and they'd signed th elog and replaced it!!

Bishops Gifthouse (GCH R2D) currently disabled , the log was signed "we wish you well in your activity" Darlington Police. We found the cache in poor condition shortly after, damaged possibly by the cows that were in that area and it was disabled. Enabled in a slightly different location it is again disabled, having gone missing towards the end of last year.

[+Haggis Hunter]

I had one that said something along the lines of - "What a sad bunch of gits you are, I was going to take the contents but I can't help being intrigued, so I placed it back."

[+The Longdogs]

This is EXACTLY how I got in to geocaching. I found a cache whilst out walking, signed the book, looked up the website and got hooked!

[+Simply Paul]

Lesley Boggle found one of my caches by accident while walking her dog...

[+Bambi&Thumper]

Last year, when we found Medieval Haunts (GCMDR2), we found that someone (presumably a Jehova's Witness?) had written out large passages of the Bible in the log book - like pages and pages. They were so keen that they'd even added suplementary pages... It was really odd.

 

Bambi.

[+Firth of Forth]

Angus Glens - Toby Tall was found by a group of pupils from a special residential school (EBD) in Aberdeen. Luckily they signed the log and left it intact.

[+BikerKats]

It was my post on another topic that inspired this thread, but do have a look at the original logs re the muggle - they are quite funny:

 

Austins Line

 

They amused us, anyway!

[+MBFace]

We found the following entry in the log when we visited Abbots Bay today -

 

22/1/06

I have no idea wot this is about. Been in the Mine Entrance next door & was hiding my keys under these rocks.

Strange Club you've got!!!!

Rob, Cumbria

P.S. took nowt!!

 

Also, a few weeks ago a work colleague told me about something 'unusual' he had come across on one of his regular walks. It turned out to have been the Duddon Bridge cache which he duly examined and replaced, learning about geocaching in the process.

[+choccymandm]

A pair of very nice muggles used to regularly look in on one of our caches to make sure it was ok ... they were such a nice pair of muggles they even got the camera developed for us when it was fully exposed and left the prints in the cache for us to collect!

 

... so there is hope for humanity!

[kiteflyer]

Did a cache in Cornwall at Xmas. GCR506, the area is being cleared by some local students, they found the cache and placed a pic of themselves in it. Said in the log that they were going to keep an eye on the cache.

Maybe future cachers

[+sTeamTraen]

I had a cache found by the local village's general dogsbody ("ouvrier communal" - a standard job in France). One of his jobs is to leave notes on badly parked cars saying "your vehicle is causing an obstruction - please move it". He left one in the cache saying "your vehicle(crossed out)box is not causing an obstruction, please don't move it".

[+Firth of Forth]

One of my caches went missing - East Lothian Quartet- Bonus cache - so I went out to replace it. later the same day a note appeared on the cache page from a muggle who said that his daughter had found it and taken it home. It wasn't until he looked at it properly that he realised what it was, and promptly replaced it. So then there were two boxes in the hiding spot and I had to go back again (a 2 mile roundtrip) to take one away. The muggle added that he lived nearby and would keep an eye on the cache. Muggles can be such nice people!

[Dave from Glanton]

You Can See My House From Here! looked like it had disappeared a while ago. I found the cache had actually been rehidden in a slightly different spot, with the log duly signed and swaps made.