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I posted this topic on another cache site and it sparked some interesting reponses.....

 

(Without details PG-13 rating only) - I was caching last week to a cache location called American Chestnut in Rockport,Maine. I was on my way to a cache and I knew where I needed to go....I thought I was the only one out in the woods and cache area when I accidentally stumbled across a couple taking in some extra circular activities between me and the cache. I ended up leaving the site and claiming the cache as find and left a nice note on the windshield of the persons truck.

 

Do you have any stories that you are able to share when things unexpectedly turned or changed for you while out on a caching adventure

 

Update 9/16: I did log the find that day (by the look of the recent comments, it looks like I broke the goldern rule). Good News, I did go back and actually found the cache a few days later (when it was rainy, hoping it was too cold to shed your clothes off). There have been situations where I will not log a find....even if I can see the area or location of a missing or misplaced cache.

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I posted this topic on another cache site and it sparked some interesting reponses.....

 

(Without details PG-13 rating only) - I was caching last week to a cache location called American Chestnut in Rockport,Maine. I was on my way to a cache and I knew where I needed to go....I thought I was the only one out in the woods and cache area when I accidentally stumbled across a couple taking in some extra circular activities between me and the cache. I ended up leaving the site and claiming the cache as find and left a nice note on the windshield of the persons truck.

 

Do you have any stories that you are able to share when things unexpectedly turned or changed for you while out on a caching adventure

 

So you didn't actually put your hands on the cache and you claimed a "found it"...?

 

I don't know if I'd admit that.

 

On topic, I've found the remians and evidence of such goings on, but thankfully, I've never actually run into anybody in the process thereof.

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I posted this topic on another cache site and it sparked some interesting reponses.....

 

(Without details PG-13 rating only) - I was caching last week to a cache location called American Chestnut in Rockport,Maine. I was on my way to a cache and I knew where I needed to go....I thought I was the only one out in the woods and cache area when I accidentally stumbled across a couple taking in some extra circular activities between me and the cache. I ended up leaving the site and claiming the cache as find and left a nice note on the windshield of the persons truck.

 

Do you have any stories that you are able to share when things unexpectedly turned or changed for you while out on a caching adventure

I would have logged it as a DNF with the story...

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I wouldn't log a find... on the cache, at least. I'm not denying yuo found /something/ out there.

 

But it wasn't the cache.

 

:rolleyes:

I agree with Sionevil, for likely the first time in my life that I agree with her about anything! I would certainly not log the cache as a find, because it was not a find.

 

And, like ArcherDraggn, I would have logged it as a DNF with the story.

 

And no, neither Sue nor I have encountered anyone engaging in this particular pastime while hunting geocaches, but about 15 years ago, while hiking with my first wife Lisa, we stumbled upon a couple engaged in certain horizontal extra-curricular activities, but I have never seen someone doing extra-circular activities; I must assume from your tale that the couple you witnessed were most undoubtedly gymnasts, or perhaps circus contortionists.

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I posted this topic on another cache site and it sparked some interesting reponses.....

 

(Without details PG-13 rating only) - I was caching last week to a cache location called American Chestnut in Rockport,Maine. I was on my way to a cache and I knew where I needed to go....I thought I was the only one out in the woods and cache area when I accidentally stumbled across a couple taking in some extra circular activities between me and the cache. I ended up leaving the site and claiming the cache as find and left a nice note on the windshield of the persons truck.

 

Do you have any stories that you are able to share when things unexpectedly turned or changed for you while out on a caching adventure

 

OMG! Did you get George Michael's autograph??!!!

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Well, just last week I was looking for a micro on the edge of a canal near a boat ramp. I was out on an old dock and leaned over to check out underneath it and saw my reading glasses fall into the water and float down into the weeds. Nothing for it but to strip down to my briefs and go for an impromptu swim. (MsKitty's laughter didn't help much either) :huh:

Found the glasses, entertained the guys at the boat ramp, and logged a dnf. :rolleyes:

 

Not exactly what I had in mind when I started the hunt for this one.

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I posted this topic on another cache site and it sparked some interesting reponses.....

 

(Without details PG-13 rating only) - I was caching last week to a cache location called American Chestnut in Rockport,Maine. I was on my way to a cache and I knew where I needed to go....I thought I was the only one out in the woods and cache area when I accidentally stumbled across a couple taking in some extra circular activities between me and the cache. I ended up leaving the site and claiming the cache as find and left a nice note on the windshield of the persons truck.

 

Do you have any stories that you are able to share when things unexpectedly turned or changed for you while out on a caching adventure

 

Follow Up: OKay...maybe I shouldnt have listed this as a Find, since I could see the cache location and knew right where to go....I thought I was in the clear. I will go back to this location again soon and not claim it for a second time.

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I posted this topic on another cache site and it sparked some interesting reponses.....

 

(Without details PG-13 rating only) - I was caching last week to a cache location called American Chestnut in Rockport,Maine. I was on my way to a cache and I knew where I needed to go....I thought I was the only one out in the woods and cache area when I accidentally stumbled across a couple taking in some extra circular activities between me and the cache. I ended up leaving the site and claiming the cache as find and left a nice note on the windshield of the persons truck.

 

Do you have any stories that you are able to share when things unexpectedly turned or changed for you while out on a caching adventure

 

That cache was on my TODO list when I was staying in Owls Head, Maine (about 10 miles south of Rockport) a few weeks ago, and, no, I don't drive a truck.

 

I also had the pleasure of finding a couple of squishaholic caches while I was there.

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By the way, there exist at least two or three older pre-existing and now-dormant threads, one or two in this section of the forum, and one or two in The Hunt/The Unusual section of the forum, devoted just to the topic of accidentally encountering people "doing it" while geocaching.

 

And, a number of folks hunting my Psycho Urban Cache #10 - Derelict Grunge Acropolis have reported that they have accidentally encountered people engaged in any of various acts, particularly when they are exploring deep in the abandoned and litter-filled underground tunnels of the old fort. However, the cache listing page explictly warns prospective cache hunters of the fact that they may, while hunting the cache, encounter any of various kinds of people, animals and activities while onsite. In fact, the following bulleted list of things to beware of is just one small portion of the caveats offered within the description on the cache listing page:

. . .CAUTION! This is a very sick and very tough cache located in an urban park; the odds are great that you will fail to find the cache even after a three-hour search. Despite the fact that a beatiful aging citadel is located at this park, ALL of the realities of modern urban parks are present here in plentitude, including:

 

* trash and litter, including beer bottles, liquor bottles and empty syringes

* graffiti

* large rats

* feral cats

* sometimes-deranged elderly men and women who drop by to visit the cats and give them food and water

* urban homeless people

* "street people", sometimes called "transients"; at least a few would be called "derelicts"

* drug and alcohol use onsite by some park visitors, particularly some street people

* hungry cave crickets

* drug dealing

* drug users

* gay sex cruising

* straight sex crusing

* ongoing graffiti creation and tagging by "taggers" and graffiti artists

* prostitution by male hustlers

* history buffs with cameras

* prostitution by female hookers

* big spiders

* pimps

* johns looking for (straight) sex

* panhandling by transients and street people

* paintball skirmishes by paintballers

* hungry and curious cave crickets

* puddles of possibly tainted human blood, urine, feces and other body fluids

* used condoms

* pale and tattooed bored and stoned "Gothic scene" teenagers dressed all in black

* bored and jaded tourists who are sightseeing

* teenage lovers in customized "monster" pickpup trucks

* recreational boaters (using boat loading ramp and docks)

* broken beer bottles, liquor bottles and empty syringes

* hungry and vicious cave crickets

* spiders (yes, I know that I already listed spiders above...! But, spiders, for some people, are a big deal!)

 

These factors all contribute to making this cache even FAR more "psycho" than it would be otherwise! We advise you of these phenomena in advance, so that you may better manage any situations which you may encounter. . .

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I had the same 'extra circular activity' spotting. I froze in my tracks 10 feet away, not because of what they were doing, but because there was a Chrome 357 Pistol laying on the dash of the truck. I backed up very quiet and slow.

 

BTW - I have to know what the note you left said.

 

Edit: I have to admit I've been caught in the woods partaking in 'extra circular activity' myself.

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I had the same 'extra circular activity' spotting. I froze in my tracks 10 feet away, not because of what they were doing, but because there was a Chrome 357 Pistol laying on the dash of the truck. I backed up very quiet and slow.

 

BTW - I have to know what the note you left said.

Miss,

 

If you ever break up with that guy, give me a call at 555-3866.

 

I hope to here from you soon,

 

-S

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I posted this topic on another cache site and it sparked some interesting reponses.....

 

(Without details PG-13 rating only) - I was caching last week to a cache location called American Chestnut in Rockport,Maine. I was on my way to a cache and I knew where I needed to go....I thought I was the only one out in the woods and cache area when I accidentally stumbled across a couple taking in some extra circular activities between me and the cache. I ended up leaving the site and claiming the cache as find and left a nice note on the windshield of the persons truck.

 

Do you have any stories that you are able to share when things unexpectedly turned or changed for you while out on a caching adventure

The same thing happened to us when visiting one of our caches. They didn't see us so we went back up the trail and made significant noises to let them know we were on the way. This was a waterfall which gets a lot of visitors, both cachers and non-cachers, and is out in the open. With thousands of acres of woods, you would have thought they would have chosen a more hidden location.

The second most interesting story happened just last week. Papafuz and I were on the way to a cache named Adventure Awaits: On the way to bear stand. Well, just before we arrived at the cache location, guess what was on the trail? Yep, it was a large, beautiful black bear. After giving us the eye, he scrambled off into the bushes. With the name of the cache and seeing the bear, what a coincidence!

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I had the same 'extra circular activity' spotting. I froze in my tracks 10 feet away, not because of what they were doing, but because there was a Chrome 357 Pistol laying on the dash of the truck. I backed up very quiet and slow.

 

BTW - I have to know what the note you left said.

Miss,

 

If you ever break up with that guy, give me a call at 555-3866.

 

I hope to here from you soon,

 

-S

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Some wanted to know what I had written for a note....here it is.

 

I was out for a nice walk for some geocaching...and I stumbled onto you two love birds on the path.

I hope you at least kissed her when you finished.

 

p.s. if you dont know what geocaching is then goto www.geocaching.com

 

(older guy with a much younger lady....in the middle of the afternoon on a school day, local vehicle plates) hmm......might I think he should have been working since his truck had tools inside. I think he was up to no good.

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Follow Up: OKay...maybe I shouldnt have listed this as a Find, since I could see the cache location and knew right where to go....I thought I was in the clear. I will go back to this location again soon and not claim it for a second time.

 

Hey it's your call, but for me that's just the way the game goes. A smiley's a smiley, but a good story....wow...you can't beat that. For every thousand easy walk up and sign the log book kind of caches you find you maybe get one or two incredible stories. The fact that you're there...the cache is right within your reach...but you can't get around the beast with two backs makes it all the better. Almost a Herculean task! :)

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I encounter a couple having sex near one of my caches. I just stood there and stared them down until they left. I had a task to carry out, that cache is out of way so I was not about to come back later.

 

In secluded parks or public lands near urban areas, I have worried about encountered drug related activity as it happens more than anything else.

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I encounter a couple having sex near one of my caches. I just stood there and stared them down until they left. I had a task to carry out, that cache is out of way so I was not about to come back later.

 

In secluded parks or public lands near urban areas, I have worried about encountered drug related activity as it happens more than anything else.

 

Yea.. I would be much more worried about stumbling upon an illegal crop than a couple doing what's natural.

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(Without details PG-13 rating only) - I was caching last week to a cache location called American Chestnut in Rockport,Maine. I was on my way to a cache and I knew where I needed to go....I thought I was the only one out in the woods and cache area when I accidentally stumbled across a couple taking in some extra circular activities between me and the cache. I ended up leaving the site and claiming the cache as find and left a nice note on the windshield of the persons truck.

 

So sorry, we'll try to be more discreet next time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just kidding! :)

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Check out my 11/7/07 log on GC1726E - I was mistaken for an escaped prisoner from Napa State Hospital, which is a prison for the insane!

 

Why did they mistake a person wandering around in the woods, staring at a piece of electronic equipment, muttering to him/herself (25..24...23..24..25 ok off to the left 23..22...), looking for a plastic or metal box for a crazy person?

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Okay, first of all what's the point of caching if you log finds that you didn't find? Might as well not even go out looking. Just mark finds on geocaching.com site and save the time and effort of going out. I've found some of the contents of a cache before laying on the ground and still not claimed it as a find because the container was missing. It was archived the next day so I never got the find. Okay done with my ranting on that.

 

I was caching blind one day. (no printouts or pda) and went to a mystery cache thinking it was the real location. Well it wasn't. My fiance and I went onto maximum security prison grounds! Got out of the car and saw the guy in the watchtower raise the binoculars and then get on the phone (yeah, we were that close!). I guess two people wandering aimlessly around holding some device on federal property looked odd. :D go figure. None of the guards knew what we were talking about when we tried to explain caching and within about two minutes of getting out of the car we were escorted off the grounds! I guess that's a lot better than what could've happened! :) If someone is going to give fake coords, they should at least put them where nobody will get arrested if they go there!

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Okay, first of all what's the point of caching if you log finds that you didn't find? Might as well not even go out looking. Just mark finds on geocaching.com site and save the time and effort of going out. I've found some of the contents of a cache before laying on the ground and still not claimed it as a find because the container was missing. It was archived the next day so I never got the find. Okay done with my ranting on that.

 

I was caching blind one day. (no printouts or pda) and went to a mystery cache thinking it was the real location. Well it wasn't. My fiance and I went onto maximum security prison grounds! Got out of the car and saw the guy in the watchtower raise the binoculars and then get on the phone (yeah, we were that close!). I guess two people wandering aimlessly around holding some device on federal property looked odd. :D go figure. None of the guards knew what we were talking about when we tried to explain caching and within about two minutes of getting out of the car we were escorted off the grounds! I guess that's a lot better than what could've happened! :) If someone is going to give fake coords, they should at least put them where nobody will get arrested if they go there!

 

from: squishaholic

I understand now....about how much this offends others in the hobby. I did go back a few days later. I should have just waited....perhaps it was my frustration that took over.

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Okay, first of all what's the point of caching if you log finds that you didn't find? Might as well not even go out looking. Just mark finds on geocaching.com site and save the time and effort of going out. I've found some of the contents of a cache before laying on the ground and still not claimed it as a find because the container was missing. It was archived the next day so I never got the find. Okay done with my ranting on that.

 

I was caching blind one day. (no printouts or pda) and went to a mystery cache thinking it was the real location. Well it wasn't. My fiance and I went onto maximum security prison grounds! Got out of the car and saw the guy in the watchtower raise the binoculars and then get on the phone (yeah, we were that close!). I guess two people wandering aimlessly around holding some device on federal property looked odd. :D go figure. None of the guards knew what we were talking about when we tried to explain caching and within about two minutes of getting out of the car we were escorted off the grounds! I guess that's a lot better than what could've happened! :) If someone is going to give fake coords, they should at least put them where nobody will get arrested if they go there!

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Okay.....I am getting nailed for the DNF scenario. I will probally never be in this situation again. If I do, I will make sure to not claim the cache. It was a rookie mistake and I have learned a lesson. I dont want to come across as padding my stats (there is no benefit to that). There are times where I cannot sign a log due to water damage or no space....so that makes it hard to leave a message.

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My best (or worst) story from our geocaching involves a trip along a road north of Canon city, Colorado. Myself, the wife, and two younger daughters parked along the side of the road looking for a cache. To get to it, we had to go down a grassy slope to a small stream, cross the stream, and trailblaze 100 feet or so. Right off the bat, things went terribly wrong. I was holding the 7 yr old's hand helping her down the steep grassy slope when I look up and see the grass is moving--or as my eyes focus, a couple hundred yellowjackets are swarming above the grass. I tell my daughter to run to the car and push her up the hill, then hear my wife scream. Looking over, my 9 year old is covered in about 50 yellowjackets so I run over and grab her, pull her up the hill. She's screaming that they're biting her, so I'm swatting them off her while trying to get away from the swarm. We get her in the car and start driving but keep having to pull over because she finds more of in her hair. In the end, she was stung about 15 times and we're just really lucky she wasn't allergic to them (first time she was ever stung) since a hospital was about an hours drive through a windy mountain gravel road.

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Okay.....I am getting nailed for the DNF scenario. I will probally never be in this situation again. If I do, I will make sure to not claim the cache. It was a rookie mistake and I have learned a lesson. I dont want to come across as padding my stats (there is no benefit to that). There are times where I cannot sign a log due to water damage or no space....so that makes it hard to leave a message.

 

If the log book is wet or no space, no big deal. Log that as a find but make sure to let the owner know it needs maintenance. I've had some containers I can't get open cause it was rusted shut. Still logged that as a find.

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If the log book is wet or no space, no big deal. Log that as a find but make sure to let the owner know it needs maintenance. I've had some containers I can't get open cause it was rusted shut. Still logged that as a find.

If you could not get the container open, then how can you be sure that you found the cache? Maybe you just found a rusted mint tin. :anibad:

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There we were sitting just off a trail logging a cache, well within view of the trail. Along comes a couple strolling down the trail. Wait a sec - the guy's pants are down around his ankles, making him hobble along. Hold it - he is not wearing underwear! Not a pretty site on that old dude...

 

They just continued along the trail, well aware that we were there, but making no attempt to pull up his pants. We have no idea what they were doing - maybe an airing?

 

We laughed so hard we could barely sign the log.

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