Mowhawkman Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 ok im sure we have all stuck our arms and hands in holes in the ground or in trees to see if a cache was hidden within so are there any stories about critters jumping out at you that you would like to share. i was surprised the other day when i was searching for a cache and i thought this space in a tree would have been a good spot for the first clue as i reached in a mouse jumped out and i ended up grabing the mouses pile of s*** ewww. lol the clue wasn't there btw lol. Quote Link to comment
+moop Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 No critters jumping out of holes in my experience. However, a local cacher almost jumped out of his skin when he came across this. Quote Link to comment
+Nochipra Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 This wasn't while I was caching but I was raking in the back yard a few yrs ago with my mom and sister about this time of the yr and a snake (probably a poisonous one) popped his head out of a hole in the ground about a foot or two in front of me with his toungue popping out every so often. Now I am petrified of snakes, so I hollered over to my mom that there was a snake over here and she promptly pulled me back in my wheelchair because I was just frozen where I was and she took care of him. There have been very few if any times that I have been that scared. Quote Link to comment
+ShmilyNMe Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 We have some friends that told us of a friend of theirs in TN that stuck his hand in a hole in the side of a tree and got bitten by a 'possum! He had to have rabies shots and everything! YIKES! Quote Link to comment
TinyMoon & The Pumpkin King Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 We were looking for GCRDHH "Billy Goats Gruff", a deep woods cache. It was the dead of winter with lots of snow. And oh yeah this cache is in the same forest as GC13F4 "Porcupine Den", the place is full of the huggable little guys ! We found the tree we thought we were after, dug around in the snow at the base of the tree and found a good sized hole and we could see the ammo box waaay back in it. My wife went to stick her arm in and I said no wait, let me poke our hiking stick in there. I poked the stick in the hole and SOMETHING GRABBED THE STICK ! It barked out a quick "gronk! gronk! snarggle! snarggle!" kind of noise and needless to say we didn't sign the log! We never knew for sure if we had disturbed a hibernating skunk, porcupine, or something else? Quote Link to comment
TinyMoon & The Pumpkin King Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 One other time we were caching with my parents in Pennsylvania, and my Mom reached in a tree knot for the cache and accidently disturbed a nest of newborn baby mice. She jumped back and some of the babies fell out, we scooped them up and put them back. She was greatly disturbed by it, she was afraid the mother would not return now that the babies had the scent of humans on them. Quote Link to comment
+andGuest Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I can't believe nobody has posted yet that you should not be reaching into any hole with your hand without checking it with something else first. I always use my hiking pole or a stick to poke in holes first. I even do the same after finding a cache. I move it around a bit with an object to get rid of any unwanted critters in advance. I once saw a snake laying on top of a cache. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 I was looking for a place to hide a cache and saw hollow stump almost chest high. I peered inside and was startled to see an equally startled family of raccoons looking back up at me. Quote Link to comment
+Western Mass Clan Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Yes, you never know what may be in there!!!! Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 and i ended up grabing the mouses pile of s*** The mouse had a pile of swag? Cooooool!!! Did you swap? Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 (edited) Duplicate post. Edited November 26, 2007 by knowschad Quote Link to comment
+jindivik Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Yes, you never know what may be in there!!!! Fizzgig! this belongs in the "geocaching in the movies!" thread Quote Link to comment
Uberquandary Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Never stuck my hand in anything, but I did lift up a 50 cal ammo can to find a mouse sleeping underneath. Scared the bejeezers out of the little thing. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Since the title pretty much gives it away, and several people have posted spoiler pics, I guess I'm not letting any secrets go by posting this fun cache of mine: It's A Fur Piece, But the Roads are Good. Quote Link to comment
+ZSandmann Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Yup I've had things pop out at me... http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LU...68-9172e8aa401a Quote Link to comment
stsung Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 (edited) well, I just put my head inside a tree and then I was surprised by a squirrel running straight to me (I guess it was her territory...). She didn't do anything it was quite nice actually but she almost stole the log book (I didn't upload the photo maybe I'll do it when I get back home). Edited December 13, 2007 by stsung Quote Link to comment
+KidRipley Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Not out Caching, but just hiking, and came to a narrow part of path, with tall reeds on each side..... this little Whitetail fawn jumped out about 4ft away.... he/she went " Bawaaaa!!!!!" I went "Aaaaahhhh!!!" and we both jumped back like 10ft LMAO!!! ( it was like that thing in the movies where one persons screams, then the other then the first one louder then second one louder and repeat LOL) Quote Link to comment
+godzillaman1234 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Yes, you never know what may be in there!!!! Fizzgig! this belongs in the "geocaching in the movies!" thread [/quote scary- Mysteryseeker Quote Link to comment
+DaFunkyFrogs Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Looking for a cache in the woods near a fenceline, there was a large rock on top of a metal fence post, I tipped the rock up to look under it and a white spider about the size of my hand leaped out and landed on my chest! Scared the swag outta me!! Luckily your body will react before your brain unfreezes and my hand knocked the spider off and my feet turned me around and ran me in the opposite direction well before I could start screaming,LOL. Quote Link to comment
+va griz Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Just lately I was walking up to a hollow tree at GZ and a squirrel bailed out of it when I got within about eight feet. That was a little startling. I thought that meant it was clear, but when I peeked in another nervous squirrel was looking back at me! That was a LOT startling! Quote Link to comment
+Team LaLonde Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 While going after this cache we could hear a low growling noise. We couldn't figure out what it was so I carefully looked into the hole. The only thing in there was an ammo box but the growling persisted. As I stood up a desert hare bolted past my feet, scaring the crap out of me. (There's a ledge behind my knees that doesn't show in the picture.) I never knew a rabbit could growl like that. The cache is in the Valley of Fire - GCJA5R, Petrified Cache. Consider yourself warned! Quote Link to comment
Tito_DBM Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 ok im sure we have all stuck our arms and hands in holes in the ground or in trees to see if a cache was hidden within so are there any stories about critters jumping out at you that you would like to share. i was surprised the other day when i was searching for a cache and i thought this space in a tree would have been a good spot for the first clue as i reached in a mouse jumped out and i ended up grabing the mouses pile of s*** ewww. lol the clue wasn't there btw lol. Just the other day, my girlfriend and I were geocaching and a micro was hidden in a stump. We reached down and a huge toad jumped out and scared the crap out of us!! Quote Link to comment
+Sparticus06 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Looking for a cache in the woods near a fenceline, there was a large rock on top of a metal fence post, I tipped the rock up to look under it and a white spider about the size of my hand leaped out and landed on my chest! Scared the swag outta me!! Luckily your body will react before your brain unfreezes and my hand knocked the spider off and my feet turned me around and ran me in the opposite direction well before I could start screaming,LOL. Thanks for the heebeegeebees. I HATE SPIDERS! I had a rubber lizard scare me once. Sad part was, it was toward winter, snow on the ground. Cache was tucked back up under the moss near a spring. Went to grab the cache and there say a rubber lizard. Made me jump back. That is about the only thing that has "jumped" out and scared me. Oh wait...we were on our way to a cache. Walking along an old logging road. We came to an old washout. Just as we crossed, some roughed grouse scared the life right outta us. Quote Link to comment
+prairieview_IL Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I stepped in a nest of ground bees when looking for a cache. All I can say is, good thing I am not allergic to bee stings - because I got more stings in one minute there than I ever got in all the time I have been beekeeping! Quote Link to comment
+furfool Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 1.) I had found the cache container,which was a bird house, and opened it. When I grabbed the log book, which was lying on the top of the swag, I mouse came running out. 2.) I was searching for a micro in the croch of somebuckthorn. I didn't see it, but about two feet above where I was searching sat a squirrel's nest. When that little tree rat came flying out at me, my son said, "I found it". The cache was at the bottom of the tree. 3.) While searching for a cache, I had tripped and fallen. I grabbed onto a branch to help pull me to by feet when it broke, tearing open a bee's nest. Yes, many, many stings. Quote Link to comment
+Klemmer Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Wasn't geocaching, but benchmark hunting. Close enough. Long hike, top of a mountain. Ever seen those old "Peak Logs" the Sierra Club likes to leave, in red painted cans? Picked up the can, put it about two inched from my eyeball to look inside. Stupid. Look what was living inside there: Boy, did I drop that can fast! Then he posed for pics next to the benchmark disc. Thanks, little dude, for not sticking the stinger in me! Quote Link to comment
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