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delanos

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What was the number one sickest

 

A condom :laughing: opened but not used (I hope) had my 5yr old with me, that one really pissed me off used a stick to get it out and posted a note for future cachers and the owner that the contents might be contaminated.

 

I had a Cache I put here in Dallas Viagra Marble I do marble caches. There is a real Marble Blue Marble called Viagra. Well some Yahoo put a condom on the outside to water proof it!

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delanos

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I'm amazed at some of the comments in this topic. ;)

 

Read the rules and intentions of this game, and follow along...

 

If a "muggle" places something of distaste in a cache, there is no control over that. HOWEVER, when a cacher feels it's their "right" to place adult matter into a cache, I simply would say FIND ANOTHER HOBBY. If you enjoy trading condoms with other people, joy a "sauna club". If you think finding those things is fun, get a partner and stay at home. Better yet, indicate on your listing that there is distasteful materials in your cache.

 

To the cacher that said something similar to, "If you don't want your kids to see it, leave them at home", GROW UP. You are only showing your own immaturity to the situation and sport ("I want to do this, and I don't care who doesn't like it"). Look around you. The world doesn't revolve around YOU. You are one tiny part of it. Do something that betters the entire world around you, not just YOU.

 

Wait, give me a minute. There. I just played 30 seconds of violin for you. Brought tears to my eyes. :surprise:

 

The main reason I enjoy this caching so much is that it gives my family a lot of time to spend together, outdoors, hiking, talking and hunting. We enjoy the coins, travel bugs, etc. Maybe you need a wife and children of your own to realize the impact little things can have on you and your FAMILY.

 

I love this sport. And I hope it remains something that I will enjoy for a very long time.

 

Oh, and the weirdest thing I've found near a cache so far is a big pile of deer poop. Make for a quick log-in and escape.

 

Now THAT's funny!!! :ph34r:

 

DonB!

I agree but like anything you're bound to run into jerks. Sad fact of life. That is why I clean out stuff that doesn't belong. If I were a parent with small children I'd look first before the kiddo's do.

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Goonies Oosterhout

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I'm amazed at some of the comments in this topic. ;)

 

Read the rules and intentions of this game, and follow along...

 

If a "muggle" places something of distaste in a cache, there is no control over that. HOWEVER, when a cacher feels it's their "right" to place adult matter into a cache, I simply would say FIND ANOTHER HOBBY. If you enjoy trading condoms with other people, joy a "sauna club". If you think finding those things is fun, get a partner and stay at home. Better yet, indicate on your listing that there is distasteful materials in your cache.

 

To the cacher that said something similar to, "If you don't want your kids to see it, leave them at home", GROW UP. You are only showing your own immaturity to the situation and sport ("I want to do this, and I don't care who doesn't like it"). Look around you. The world doesn't revolve around YOU. You are one tiny part of it. Do something that betters the entire world around you, not just YOU.

 

Wait, give me a minute. There. I just played 30 seconds of violin for you. Brought tears to my eyes. :surprise:

 

The main reason I enjoy this caching so much is that it gives my family a lot of time to spend together, outdoors, hiking, talking and hunting. We enjoy the coins, travel bugs, etc. Maybe you need a wife and children of your own to realize the impact little things can have on you and your FAMILY.

 

I love this sport. And I hope it remains something that I will enjoy for a very long time.

 

Oh, and the weirdest thing I've found near a cache so far is a big pile of deer poop. Make for a quick log-in and escape.

 

Now THAT's funny!!! :ph34r:

 

DonB!

I agree but like anything you're bound to run into jerks. Sad fact of life. That is why I clean out stuff that doesn't belong. If I were a parent with small children I'd look first before the kiddo's do.

I just now saw the donB reply. I know it's almost five years old, but I think the cacher he plays the violin to was me. I, father and rather mature (but not too much), am aware that the world does not revolve around me, nor does it revolve around DonB and his kids. My point was (quote): "If you want your children to be safe from these 'harmful' parafenalea in cache containers, don't take them geocaching. The point of the game is finding boxes wherein strangers trade stuff. These boxes are without supervision, out in the open. Doesn't sound like a child-safe game to me..."

 

You don't have control over the contents of the cache. A condom might be in it, there might be worse things in it, and your kids will see those things when you let them open a cache. If you can't handle that as a parent, you'd better not let your kids open geocaches. I've seen worse things going to and from caches, rather than in them. There is a world of disgusting, strange and/or dangerous stuff out there. My kid will see those things and I, responible parent, will educate her on those things. That you can control as a parent. That is your job as a parent, not ranting online about people that leave weird stuff for your kid to see.

 

Please, take your kid out caching, but don't expect the world to be family-friendly because you have kids. The non-family-friendly part of the world really doesn't care. You are just a tiny part of it. So am I, and I am making it better by educating my kid instead of trying to change things beyond my control. Realising that is what makes me a mature, responible adult.

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Psychoticjesters

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Believe it or not on at least 6 other occasions I've found old golf balls in a cache. Crazy, who in their right mind would think that this was a good trade for geoswag. :)

 

Uh....I've left golf balls, and tennis balls lol sorry I just come across them and leave them for the randomness of it all. But in my defense I usually leave them in caches that have golf/tennis courts in the area!

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The_Incredibles_

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What's the problem with unopened condoms? Strange item to trade, but they don't bite. You should know where 'some' people wear them! To eliminate the 'but my kid could see it'- argument: A condom (or it's packaging) will not do any damage to your kid's eyes. It will not cause brain damage. I reckon seeing a Britney Spears video is more damaging to your kid than the sight of an unopend condom wrapper.

 

If you want your children to be safe from these 'harmful' parafenalea in cache containers, don't take them geocaching. The point of the game is finding boxes wherein strangers trade stuff. These boxes are without supervision, out in the open. Doesn't sound like a child-safe game to me...

 

Are you kidding me? :unsure: Geocaching, according to the website, is a family sport. People are supposed to realize that a five year old might be looking with their parents. A condom is totally contrary to the guidelines that Groundspeak intends the sport to follow. We take our five kids with us all the time. The oldest is 10, the youngest is not even one. We love it.

 

I would hope that people would respect that fact and remember it before they put any adult material in a cache.

 

How is a wrapped condom not "family-friendly?" Do only perverted single people use condoms? A 5 year old will not know what it is nor will he be scarred for life if he sees one. Seeing a parent react negatively to a wrapped condom found in a cache could be much more damaging, especially to older children. Do you want your kids to feel comfortable about using them when they're older or not? Not that I go about putting them in caches, but we do sometimes leave them in plain view in our house and our kids haven't been traumatized for life.

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Harlangroom

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Believe it or not on at least 6 other occasions I've found old golf balls in a cache. Crazy, who in their right mind would think that this was a good trade for geoswag. :)

 

Uh....I've left golf balls, and tennis balls lol sorry I just come across them and leave them for the randomness of it all. But in my defense I usually leave them in caches that have golf/tennis courts in the area!

Thank you to the person who left a golf ball in the second cache I found. Brought it home and my 96 year old dad who lives with us and he thought it was great. Wish he could go with me but a bit too unsteady. That's not stopping this 60 year old who has found a new hobby this week!

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Andronicus

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How is a wrapped condom not "family-friendly?" Do only perverted single people use condoms? ...

Yes, only perverted single people... :laughing:

 

That said, they are not family friendly. Infact they are the number one cause of childless couples, and small families. If not for those little guys, I think I would have 10 kids by now.

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pnpure

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How is a wrapped condom not "family-friendly?" Do only perverted single people use condoms? ...

Yes, only perverted single people... :laughing:

 

That said, they are not family friendly. Infact they are the number one cause of childless couples, and small families. If not for those little guys, I think I would have 10 kids by now.

Any just why are small families not friendly? :laughing:

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Ma & Pa

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Antihistaamine tablets

No idea why

 

Balloons

We used to often find balloons in caches. Do people thingk we will give to our kids to have them blow them up.

 

Doodoo

Someone figured out who it was and the police got involved

 

BBQ Cover

On a trip to VA we found the new cover abandonned next to a post with a nano attached. We needed one so it was great

 

Beer bottle caps

Dont know why

 

Shellfish

Cache smelled really gross. They must have been put in while still alive

 

A wallet

A FTF prize for a puzzle multi involving 15 caches and 50 miles of hiking. I used it for over 5 years.

 

300 empty film canisters and one with a log sheet in it.

 

A spider living in the baggie with the log sheet. It chased me back to my car.

 

An alarm that went off when we opened the cache. Cache was of course called, DONT BE ALARMED

 

Nothing

A camo'd film canister with nothing in it. The weird thing was that the newbie had completely duct taped the entire container so that the lid could not come off.

 

Spring loaded snakes that jumped out as you opened the cache.

 

Expired fast food coupons

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and1969

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How is a wrapped condom not "family-friendly?" Do only perverted single people use condoms? A 5 year old will not know what it is nor will he be scarred for life if he sees one. Seeing a parent react negatively to a wrapped condom found in a cache could be much more damaging, especially to older children. Do you want your kids to feel comfortable about using them when they're older or not? Not that I go about putting them in caches, but we do sometimes leave them in plain view in our house and our kids haven't been traumatized for life.

 

I share your outlook (including not putting them in caches) and wish it was more widely held.

 

That debate apart, there is also the more practical question of whether the condom is still fit for purpose. It could have had a pin put through it or been accidentally damaged in some other way. Even if it's intact, condoms do deteriorate in extremes of heat and cold. This alone makes condoms unsuitable as 'swag', even before the potential to cause offence or embarrassment.

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The_Incredibles_

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That debate apart, there is also the more practical question of whether the condom is still fit for purpose. It could have had a pin put through it or been accidentally damaged in some other way. Even if it's intact, condoms do deteriorate in extremes of heat and cold. This alone makes condoms unsuitable as 'swag', even before the potential to cause offence or embarrassment.

 

Agreed. I've seen what a few months in a cache does to balloons, I wouldn't think it safe to use a condom found in a cache.

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The_Incredibles_

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How is a wrapped condom not "family-friendly?" Do only perverted single people use condoms? ...

Yes, only perverted single people... :laughing:

 

That said, they are not family friendly. Infact they are the number one cause of childless couples, and small families. If not for those little guys, I think I would have 10 kids by now.

 

:laughing:

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Ben0w

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Beer bottle caps

Dont know why

 

My young one sees them as real treasure. Other point of view of a 5y/o, I guess.

 

Once I found a lot of used caps on a string, accompanied by two vouchers for free entry to a

regional swimming center - if having enough caps of a certain beer. At least there was a thought

behind that. Too bad, the vouchers were already expired...

 

The boy is interested in finding deer and rabbit remains as well, we already had our share here. :P

 

Most disgusting: a smelly green and slimy liquid, obviously rain water with some dissolved contents

of the cache.

 

Weirdest thing: I found myself in front of two police officers after visiting a cache again for

the bonus code, accusing me of illegal fishing. Was able to talk me out of that. The cache was

archived soon.

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Cachefoxxe

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Found the normal used movie passes and receipts. The coolest weird thing, was a 5 pound bag of bird seed. it's in one of the larger caches here. I keep checking that one for TB's as its pretty active. Now its about a 2.5 lb bag of bird seed though. (The cache is in a small park, large plastic bucket with a lock n lock. The lid is held down by chunks of cement.) Bad weird was in the same cache, unused tampon. I cito'ed that on sight.

 

The Snake eggs.......NICE! I have several stores near me that sell them. Think I'll pick up a bunch of them and hide them in log books......

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Zorsicorne

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Not in a cache, but at the entrance to a cemetery next to the cache. Like literally at the foot of the gate.

 

My brother and I found a snake skeleton, fully intact, picked nearly clean by insects yesterday. Needless to say we were very careful when poking around for the cache, sadly we didn't find it. The snake skeleton and it's placement was interesting enough to satisfy us despite our defeat.

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Harlangroom

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Not in a cache, but at the entrance to a cemetery next to the cache. Like literally at the foot of the gate.

 

My brother and I found a snake skeleton, fully intact, picked nearly clean by insects yesterday. Needless to say we were very careful when poking around for the cache, sadly we didn't find it. The snake skeleton and it's placement was interesting enough to satisfy us despite our defeat.

I think you should get 2 smiley faces for even looking for the cache after the snake skeleton episode!

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Zorsicorne

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BTW what's up with old corroded batteries in caches. I just started a week ago and already I've seen them in several caches. Pretty nasty.

 

I can only imagine it's either someone ditching their dead batteries because they're jerks, or naively dropping fresh batteries into the cache for fellow cachers without thinking of how well batteries fare in the wild.

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Chino1130

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I think we have a winner...

http://www.kcby.com/news/local/104280414.html

You laugh. I'm just dreading the day some yahoo puts a small booby trap on a cache. I wonder if there has ever been a call to the Police about a possible bomb that turned out to be a Geocache.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14042170

Here is another ...bomb scare

 

and another from my home state.... http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/military-ammo-can-found-near-lake-elise#.UDqrHdaPXF8

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Zorsicorne

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So again, not in the cache...

 

Decided to head out with a first time chacher this afternoon and hit up some more caches closer to home, surely enough at The Remains there were the bones of a dog on the sidewalk right next to the area we parked. It looked to be a big dog too, and there was a collar sitting where the neck should have been so it must have belonged to someone previously.

 

As a side note, i'm pretty sure the cache itself was referring to the lot the cache was on which has the 'remains' of a house on it, basically just some scraps of bricks and cinder blocks as well as a portion of the slab. I don't think it was the cache owner's intention for a random dog to die right next to the area you have to park to get there.

 

That's two creepy coincidental animal skeletons in as many days.

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Harlangroom

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So again, not in the cache...

 

Decided to head out with a first time chacher this afternoon and hit up some more caches closer to home, surely enough at The Remains there were the bones of a dog on the sidewalk right next to the area we parked. It looked to be a big dog too, and there was a collar sitting where the neck should have been so it must have belonged to someone previously.

 

As a side note, i'm pretty sure the cache itself was referring to the lot the cache was on which has the 'remains' of a house on it, basically just some scraps of bricks and cinder blocks as well as a portion of the slab. I don't think it was the cache owner's intention for a random dog to die right next to the area you have to park to get there.

 

That's two creepy coincidental animal skeletons in as many days.

Where in the world do you live?! Death Valley? Nobody would believe this if you didn't have witnesses. Hope you have better luck next time. Oh! Did you check to see if the dog tag was Trackable?

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Harlangroom

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So again, not in the cache...

 

Decided to head out with a first time chacher this afternoon and hit up some more caches closer to home, surely enough at The Remains there were the bones of a dog on the sidewalk right next to the area we parked. It looked to be a big dog too, and there was a collar sitting where the neck should have been so it must have belonged to someone previously.

 

As a side note, i'm pretty sure the cache itself was referring to the lot the cache was on which has the 'remains' of a house on it, basically just some scraps of bricks and cinder blocks as well as a portion of the slab. I don't think it was the cache owner's intention for a random dog to die right next to the area you have to park to get there.

 

That's two creepy coincidental animal skeletons in as many days.

Where in the world do you live?! Death Valley? Nobody would believe this if you didn't have witnesses. Hope you have better luck next time. Oh! Did you check to see if the dog tag was Trackable?

Sorry. That last comment was just wrong.

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4wheelin_fool

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I had an ammo can near a trail hidden in a way that I didnt think anyone would find. After it was stolen I replaced it in the same spot, hoping it was just a one time occurence. During a random check the following week or so, a very large frog jumped out at me when I opened it. It looked like the same kids found it, and who had scratched off the fake lotto tickets I left in there. They also wrote a bunch of cuss words in the logbook so I moved it.

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Dogmeat*

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This isn't something I found in a cache, but it's a weird experience. I went caching with a buddy today and it brought us to a road. while the road went on, there was a stop sign that said "road closed" and a guard rail that makes the road only allow one car through at a time. At that guard rail, three cars were parked, one man in each car. We decided to walk around the guard rail and go find the cache. We spent about 15 minutes total there, because the cache was muggled but pieces were still there so we were putting it back together. While this went on, all three cars went further up the road, and a fourth car showed up. It parked and watched us for five minutes, and then went further up the road. Another car parked where that one was and watched. Then went further up the road. A fifth car parked at the guard rail, and an older man got out and went into the woods the opposite side of the road. There was a lot of traffic for a no exit road with nothing on it at the end, but a lot of people going up that way. It seemed like they were guarding something and I thought maybe we were close to a grow op. We decided to get out of there and noticed the man in the woods was just at the tree line watching us. As we got into the car, he came out an stood next to his car and watched us leave. As we left, another car followed us off the road and branched off away from us eventually. We saw about 10-12 cars total, all with one man in them. We ran into another cacher later on who had a similar experience and said there were mattresses and pads for kneeling on throughout the woods. Apparently it's a meeting spot for anonymous activities between gentlemen.

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KayakGZ

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An empty condom wrapper.

While finding one of those nano-under-a-rock caches, I also found a plastic bag within 6" of GZ. Poked it with a stick, and the contents had a "clayey" consistency. Used aforementioned stick to fling it. What's the point of cleaning up after your dog if you're going to preserve the poop in a plastic bag?

A sheet of paper with the same design stamped repeatedly on it. Hmm. Didn't touch that.

One cache was oriented towards transvestites.

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wmpastor

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What's the problem with unopened condoms? Strange item to trade, but they don't bite. You should know where 'some' people wear them! To eliminate the 'but my kid could see it'- argument: A condom (or it's packaging) will not do any damage to your kid's eyes. It will not cause brain damage. I reckon seeing a Britney Spears video is more damaging to your kid than the sight of an unopend condom wrapper.

 

If you want your children to be safe from these 'harmful' parafenalea in cache containers, don't take them geocaching. The point of the game is finding boxes wherein strangers trade stuff. These boxes are without supervision, out in the open. Doesn't sound like a child-safe game to me...

 

Are you kidding me? :unsure: Geocaching, according to the website, is a family sport. People are supposed to realize that a five year old might be looking with their parents. A condom is totally contrary to the guidelines that Groundspeak intends the sport to follow. We take our five kids with us all the time. The oldest is 10, the youngest is not even one. We love it.

 

I would hope that people would respect that fact and remember it before they put any adult material in a cache.

 

How is a wrapped condom not "family-friendly?" Do only perverted single people use condoms? A 5 year old will not know what it is nor will he be scarred for life if he sees one. Seeing a parent react negatively to a wrapped condom found in a cache could be much more damaging, especially to older children. Do you want your kids to feel comfortable about using them when they're older or not? Not that I go about putting them in caches, but we do sometimes leave them in plain view in our house and our kids haven't been traumatized for life.

The point is this. We could debate forever what "should" be ok to put in caches. However, it is inconsiderate to put something in a cache that will annoy a significant group of people, even if you disagree with the views of those people. Intentionally annoying other cachers by putting controversial swag in caches makes it seem like either the cacher doesn't care about how others feel, or has an "agenda" (such as trying to make others more comfortable and "enlightened" like he is, in his opinion).

 

A quick comment on the person who found it totally baffling that people left golf and tennis balls as swag. I've done so a couple of times with my own caches. Why? Kids go caching with their parents, & some kids (maybe up to about age 10) love finding a ball (in good condition). I know I did as a kid.

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wmpastor

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This isn't something I found in a cache, but it's a weird experience. I went caching with a buddy today and it brought us to a road. while the road went on, there was a stop sign that said "road closed" and a guard rail that makes the road only allow one car through at a time. At that guard rail, three cars were parked, one man in each car. We decided to walk around the guard rail and go find the cache. We spent about 15 minutes total there, because the cache was muggled but pieces were still there so we were putting it back together. While this went on, all three cars went further up the road, and a fourth car showed up. It parked and watched us for five minutes, and then went further up the road. Another car parked where that one was and watched. Then went further up the road. A fifth car parked at the guard rail, and an older man got out and went into the woods the opposite side of the road. There was a lot of traffic for a no exit road with nothing on it at the end, but a lot of people going up that way. It seemed like they were guarding something and I thought maybe we were close to a grow op. We decided to get out of there and noticed the man in the woods was just at the tree line watching us. As we got into the car, he came out an stood next to his car and watched us leave. As we left, another car followed us off the road and branched off away from us eventually. We saw about 10-12 cars total, all with one man in them. We ran into another cacher later on who had a similar experience and said there were mattresses and pads for kneeling on throughout the woods. Apparently it's a meeting spot for anonymous activities between gentlemen.

Accidental placement of the cache, or someone's idea of "taking you to an interesting place"?? :o

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GopherGreg

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One of the weirdest things I've found was a full (unopened) bottle of BBQ sauce, a week past it's expiration date. :laughing: (The cache was a very large peanut butter jar, so it was a perfect fit!)

 

I have found lots of condoms in cache, and I know that geocaching is "family friendly" but honestly, at least it's more useful than the twigs and bits of gravel n00bs leave in the cache when they don't have anything better to trade with. :rolleyes: Plus. Like the Incredibles said; If it's wrapped and sealed and whatnot, then I don't know how a five year old is going to know what it is... It should be easy enough for the parents to tell the kid "let's not trade for that" without making a massive deal about it!

 

Don't know if this counts as "Found in a cache" but it's still pretty odd. One cache was publsihed in my area. At the GZ no one could find a cache, but there was a tree with a crotch about a foot deep filled with urine. It made people's dogs throw up. It was found once (Way off the coords) before the reviewer 'unpublished' it. :blink:

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