rutnut1 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 What in the world are geomuggles? Tom Laidlaw Quote Link to comment
Cinder2007 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 What in the world are geomuggles? Tom Laidlaw I think it's somebody who doesnt know about geocaching. Like people who dont know about magic in harry potter. YOu need to be discreet whilst geocashing as to not let them know what you are doing. Be a ninja in the wind. Quote Link to comment
+Boot Group Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Right. Muggles is a word from the Harry Potter books. A muggle in the books meant a person not part of the magical community. In geocaching, a muggle is anyone you encounter while geocaching whos not part of the the "magical" geocaching community. When a muggle is near, you usually suspend your search because your "abnormal" behavoir of searching through bushes and under rocks may be suspicious to a muggles eyes. Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Check out the thread entitled: Read First! Geocaching Frequently Asked Questions and the post regarding terminology. It answers your question and mentions this page. Quote Link to comment
+angevine Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Exactly. The term was indeed taken from the Harry Potter novels, you'll hear them also referred to simply as "Muggles." They're non-geocachers. Muggles can watch one searching for an urban hide and become increasingly curious (or concerned!) about the activity. Muggles can also accidentally find caches, which has varying results: some take the cache or otherwise destroy it, others are drawn to geocaching because of it. One muggle wrote a lovely note in a cache I found. In other words, like people (which of course they are), muggles run the gamut of human behavior. -- Jeannette Quote Link to comment
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