What Would You Do

[codeman3]

What would u do if u ever came up on some one destroying a cache, just rippin' through the cache?

i often thought about it but i came up on some one looking through an soup container.i could tell he wasnt caching but he wasnt really destroying i almost grabbed him but saw he was just curiousabout the container. so i just wanted to hear all responses u guys(and girls) have about this topic.

 

thanQ

[Stache Rats]

If the person was just curious about the cache, I would explain how the sport was played. If he was destroying it, I would say, "hey, that's mine." I would try to retreive the cache, notify the owner and follow his instructions about replacing or archiving.

[+Airmapper]

FREEZE!! SPREAD EAGLE, I HAVE YOU COVERED!!!

 

 

 

Well, really what Stache Rats said is good advice.

[+Mule Ears]

Hangin's too good for 'em. Burnin's too good for 'em. They should be torn into itsy bitsy pieces and buried alive!

[codeman3]

FREEZE!! SPREAD EAGLE, I HAVE YOU COVERED!!!

 

 

 

Well, really what Stache Rats said is good advice.

Now is that kinda talk really necessary? well YEA it IS!!!!!!

[codeman3]

Hangin's too good for 'em. Burnin's too good for 'em. They should be torn into itsy bitsy pieces and buried alive!

you should be a cop!!!!

[+TeamStuckey]

Just to be serious for a moment, the answer is to do nothing. At least not right away. We don't need negative attention, i.e. someone beating the crap out of someone messing with a cache. We get enough attention for cemetary hides and the like.

 

Just go back later and fix the cache back up. Don't do anything stupid.

[+Shifty]

I have walked up on someone in that particular situation.

 

"What exactly are you doing?"

 

"I found this box"

 

"I know, I left it here as an experiment, after covering everything in rat poison I wanted to see how long it would take before some animal ripped it open, ate the contents and died, I'm wierd like that"

 

"....."

 

Funny the look of terror on someones face when they realize what you just said wasn't followed by a "Hey I'm just kidding with ya."

 

But I bet you they don't open stuff they find in the woods anymore..

 

That may be a little extreme and you have to pull it off with a reaaaaaly serious/strange demeanor, then buy the guy a beer for the stool he just left go in his pants.

[adampierson]

What would I do if I came across someone destroying a cache?

 

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

 

What would I LIKE to do, but would never have the courage to do it?

 

Pull all of his/her teeth out with a rusty pair of pliers, use the teeth to make a necklace and put the necklace into the next cache I find.

[+Colorado Cacher]

1. Center the cross-hairs.

 

2. Adjust trigger pull for maximum effect.

 

3. Take a guess.

[GeoLizz]

What would I do if I came across someone destroying a cache?

 

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

 

What would I LIKE to do, but would never have the courage to do it?

 

Pull all of his/her teeth out with a rusty pair of pliers, use the teeth to make a necklace and put the necklace into the next cache I find.

 

That'd be fun to watch

[+DocDiTTo]

 

Funny the look of terror on someones face when they realize what you just said wasn't followed by a "Hey I'm just kidding with ya."

 

...

 

That may be a little extreme and you have to pull it off with a reaaaaaly serious/strange demeanor, then buy the guy a beer for the stool he just left go in his pants.

 

Somehow, I can see you pulling that off very well.

[+BadAndy]

Hangin's too good for 'em. Burnin's too good for 'em. They should be torn into itsy bitsy pieces and buried alive!

 

He's nothing but a low-down, double-dealing, backstabbing, larcenous perverted worm!

[Voigt54601]

I think explaining the sport and being as helpful to the muggle as possible is the best thing to do.

 

If they were destroying it, I would get tough and threaten to charge them with vandalism (as I dial on my cell phone). It's obvious it's not trash and it belongs to someone.

Edited February 8, 2006 by Voigt54601

[Major Catastrophe]

1. Center the cross-hairs.

 

2. Adjust trigger pull for maximum effect.

 

3. Take a guess.

 

As tempting as that would be, I'd probably shake my head, turn around and leave without doing anything. Anything I put into a cache, and the caches themselves, is assumed to be thrown to the wind the moment it's put out there. Sooner or later, stuff occurs....

[salmoned]

A soup container for a cache? I'd applaud and direct him to some other shabby caches! {Or not}

Edited February 9, 2006 by edchen

[+Colorado Cacher]

I think it would just be plain ole' fun to watch the doofus's and then confront them as to what they are doing, as I play dumb about what Geocaching is.

[+Airmapper]

Ask them: Why are you holding that box making the ticking sound?

 

 

Or: Hey, did you know this used to be a military land mine testing field?

Edited February 9, 2006 by Airmapper

[+Mystery Ink]

Push them in a bush of Poison Oak grab the container and Run Forest Run that is if they are destroying it!

 

We have come across a couple people in the past we explained to them what it was and they seemed interested and wanted to know how good it was for Boyscouts we mentioned to them alot of the local Boyscout troops do geocaching in our area and now they are getting their troop involved in it.

Edited February 9, 2006 by Mystery Ink

[+Ed & Julie]

What would u do if u ever came up on some one destroying a cache, just rippin' through the cache

 

thanQ

 

Honestly, what could you do? Confront them and hope you are not assualted, or walk away and return later to pick up the pieces and log about it?

Edited February 9, 2006 by The Badge & the Butterfly

[+Prairie Dog]

Prairie Dogs have VERY sharp teeth and claws!

One of my caches was muggled (stolen) yesterday. I'm going to whine about it in the forums later today.

If only I had busted the person...

[+Mule Ears]

"Oooh, I opened that box before. You might wanna be careful of the used syringes in there."

[caching sabertooth]

Hangin's too good for 'em. Burnin's too good for 'em. They should be torn into itsy bitsy pieces and buried alive!

 

i would just judo chop them on the back of the neck and ¨ borrow¨ thier watch and/or jewelery

[+onionpond]

Check out GCG96J, somebody actually urinated in the cache. It's a sad state when people do stuff like this, but it"s been this way since the beginning of time. About all we can do is try to educate.

[ElmoClarity]

Of all the responses I have seen, there is one action that I am surprised no one has mentioned:

 

Report the incident to the hider so they can check it later and replace the cache if it has been muggled.

 

While confronting the person and explaining geocaching may be a good idea (depending on the situation), the cache will need to be checked on later. They might just put it back with you standing there but come back later and finish the job.

[+BillsBayou]

1. Konk them on the head.

2. Stuff them in a 55-gallon drum.

3. Toe-tag them with a TravelBug tag.

4. Post the drum as a cache.

 

Your muggle will never be seen again.

 

Rumor is, Jimmy Hoffa was a TB in a Letterbox.

[+Airmapper]

I want to be a TB!!!

 

Current Goal: to be placed in a Hawai'i cache.

[Michael P]

Let us never loose sight of the fact that this is a game created to excercise our mind and body and yes have fun, lets not get hurt or hurt someone else in pursuit of this. Have fun and Good hunting...