ashnikes Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 So hiding caches recently got me thinking, what else have I hidden for people to find besides geocaches? sure there are waymarks, letterboxes, and earth caches, but, i mean way outside the game of geocaching. for example. i like to "hide" missed connections ads on craigslist for people I see throughout the day I feel like could use a positive pick me up. So far, I have never heard back from any of them, but I sure hear from a lot of people who want to be them. Either way, this is a fun thing to do, and requires all of the same things geocaching requires just being used in a different manner.... I am spotting a place for a good hide, but in this case, I am spotting a person, and not a place, still a noun. then i use the powers of the internet, through a fairly public, yet fairly moderately used website to post about said place, or in this case person, in hopes either the said person will find the ad, or someone who knows the person can show it to them. anyone else do some sort of hide in this fashion outside the game of geocaching? or am i just a weird stalker? Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Sure, I hide my secret superhero identity. Doesn't everyone? Link to comment
ashnikes Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 has anybody ever found out what it is? Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 has anybody ever found out what it is? Three people. Killed two... one is in Siberia. Link to comment
JohnX Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I have a couple of rolls of uncirculated presidential dollars. The bronze kind that look all golden, nice and bright and shiny. Once or twice I have chucked one on the beach near my house for a kid to find. Any more than that and I would feel like I am visiting Boo Radley territory. Link to comment
Clan Riffster Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 one is in Siberia. I have friends in Siberia. Just say the word. All hail the Blue Bow! Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I have been planning to do something like this, but at the moment my time is already 'used up'. Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I hid the remains of my first wife about 37 years ago. Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 one is in Siberia. I have friends in Siberia. Just say the word. All hail the Blue Bow! Nobody has 'friends' in Siberia. That's just crazy talk! They may 'pretend' to be your friends, but when your back is turned... Link to comment
+brslk Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I used to hide nudie magazines (I predate internet porn) under my bed but I never intended anyone to find them, least of all my mother. Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I hide things from myself every day. Last weekend, I managed to hide my socks so well, I only found it after 20 minutes of searching. In the broom closet. Link to comment
ashnikes Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 bahahahahahaha ahad i been drinking soda it would of come out my nose. Link to comment
+t4e Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 i hid THIS in a cache long time ago, but didn't like i and set off to see the world Link to comment
+Quossum Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I used to hide pithy little comments and jokes typed up on slips of paper in library books. Inane things like, "Wait 'til you see what happens on page 52!" or "If you liked this book, you'll also like XYZ!" or "Someone's watching you...right now!" Totally lame, but hey, I was 13. What's weird is, I went to the library in my hometown again once about 20 years later and, flipping through a book I'd liked back then...found one of my notes! --Q Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 i hid THIS in a cache long time ago, but didn't like i and set off to see the world *gasp* That's where Pinehurst came from! Link to comment
+dfx Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 ...or am i just a weird stalker? i believe the answer to this is "yes". Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 one is in Siberia. I have friends in Siberia. Just say the word. All hail the Blue Bow! Go for it! I feel cranky tonight. Link to comment
+Moose Mob Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Sure, I hide my secret superhero identity. Doesn't everyone? No, not everyone. Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Sure, I hide my secret superhero identity. Doesn't everyone? No, not everyone. *sulk* My hit men aren't doing a great job. *bright smile* Hi, Moose Mob! How's things? Link to comment
+Scubasonic Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 So hiding caches recently got me thinking, what else have I hidden for people to find besides geocaches? sure there are waymarks, letterboxes, and earth caches, but, i mean way outside the game of geocaching. for example. i like to "hide" missed connections ads on craigslist for people I see throughout the day I feel like could use a positive pick me up. So far, I have never heard back from any of them, but I sure hear from a lot of people who want to be them. Either way, this is a fun thing to do, and requires all of the same things geocaching requires just being used in a different manner.... I am spotting a place for a good hide, but in this case, I am spotting a person, and not a place, still a noun. then i use the powers of the internet, through a fairly public, yet fairly moderately used website to post about said place, or in this case person, in hopes either the said person will find the ad, or someone who knows the person can show it to them. anyone else do some sort of hide in this fashion outside the game of geocaching? or am i just a weird stalker? I thought you said you were leaving Geocaching? Scubasonic Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I hide random things in strangers shopping carts in the grocery store when they aren't looking. Occasionally I even get to see their reactions at the check out. Link to comment
+Castle Mischief Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I hide random things in strangers shopping carts in the grocery store when they aren't looking. Occasionally I even get to see their reactions at the check out. Would any of those things happen to be shampoo...? I saw this indie short film recently and, well, I'd have to give you details in a PM. Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I don't hide them in there, but after a day of caching and a bit of brushbusting, I always seem to find twigs and leaves in my shorts. Am beginning to suspect that ashnikes may well be the culprit. One of these times, I am gonna go w/o shorts and see what happens. Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 (edited) On occasion, I have been known to hide complete sets of my signiture smashed coins, usually in a camo plastic egg, but double baggied will do in a pinch. Someone on this thread recently scored a set. There are still probably several of my individual coins hidden in and around the virt cache, The Grotto, in Nashville. Edited July 15, 2010 by Snoogans Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Sure, I hide my secret superhero identity. Doesn't everyone? I hide the bodies. Doesn't everyone? Link to comment
+Castle Mischief Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 There are still probably several of my individual coins hidden in and around the virt cache, The Grotto, in Nashville. You mean Memphis? Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 There are still probably several of my individual coins hidden in and around the virt cache, The Grotto, in Nashville. You mean Memphis? DOH! Yeah Memphis. Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Not exactly "hidden", but I do release Bookcrossing.com registered books in odd places sometimes... MrsB Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Sure, I hide my secret superhero identity. Doesn't everyone? I hide the bodies. Doesn't everyone? Funny thing that. I keep telling folks to hang onto my sig items, cuz they might be worth more if they start digging bodies up outta my yard. Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I hide random things in strangers shopping carts in the grocery store when they aren't looking. Occasionally I even get to see their reactions at the check out. I like that idea. I hide my girlfriends from my wife, does that count. Link to comment
Andronicus Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Sure, I hide my secret superhero identity. Doesn't everyone? have you figured out what it is yet. Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 So hiding caches recently got me thinking, what else have I hidden for people to find besides geocaches? sure there are waymarks, letterboxes, and earth caches, but, i mean way outside the game of geocaching. for example. i like to "hide" missed connections ads on craigslist for people I see throughout the day I feel like could use a positive pick me up. So far, I have never heard back from any of them, but I sure hear from a lot of people who want to be them. Either way, this is a fun thing to do, and requires all of the same things geocaching requires just being used in a different manner.... I am spotting a place for a good hide, but in this case, I am spotting a person, and not a place, still a noun. then i use the powers of the internet, through a fairly public, yet fairly moderately used website to post about said place, or in this case person, in hopes either the said person will find the ad, or someone who knows the person can show it to them. anyone else do some sort of hide in this fashion outside the game of geocaching? or am i just a weird stalker? What has this got to do with geocaching then? Discussion about being a stalker belongs in Off Topic, no? Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Sure, I hide my secret superhero identity. Doesn't everyone? I hide the bodies. Doesn't everyone? Funny thing that. I keep telling folks to hang onto my sig items, cuz they might be worth more if they start digging bodies up outta my yard. Just for that I'm never going to ask what line of work you're in. Link to comment
+Panda Inc Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 After the local 10 Years! event this year we found a pair of very nice sandals laying around. Had to have been someone from the event so we hid them, took coordinates and posted a not on the event site to contact us if they lost the sandles. They did, we sent them the coordinates and we got a "thanks" the next day. Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 After the local 10 Years! event this year we found a pair of very nice sandals laying around. Had to have been someone from the event so we hid them, took coordinates and posted a not on the event site to contact us if they lost the sandles. They did, we sent them the coordinates and we got a "thanks" the next day. I found a pair of glasses at a cache. Looked at the last to sign on and made a note of it. Took the glasses back to the road, baggied them and placed them in a large crack in a log and covered the crack over with some bark. Emailed the last-to-sign and when confirmed they were his, I emailed back the coords to the glasses. They were successfully retrieved. Now what other hobby can make a Lost & Found into a fun hunt? Link to comment
+Panther&Pine Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 After the local 10 Years! event this year we found a pair of very nice sandals laying around. Had to have been someone from the event so we hid them, took coordinates and posted a not on the event site to contact us if they lost the sandles. They did, we sent them the coordinates and we got a "thanks" the next day. I found a pair of glasses at a cache. Looked at the last to sign on and made a note of it. Took the glasses back to the road, baggied them and placed them in a large crack in a log and covered the crack over with some bark. Emailed the last-to-sign and when confirmed they were his, I emailed back the coords to the glasses. They were successfully retrieved. Now what other hobby can make a Lost & Found into a fun hunt? Hey, those were/are my sandals! It was great to get them back. Link to comment
+va griz Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 A local diner has denim curtains made to look like jeans, and I would hide pennies in the pockets to see if anybody else looked in there. Never saw anybody look though. And I have hidden eggs around Easter. But I forgot where I put them. Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Sure, I hide my secret superhero identity. Doesn't everyone? I hide the bodies. Doesn't everyone? Funny thing that. I keep telling folks to hang onto my sig items, cuz they might be worth more if they start digging bodies up outta my yard. Just for that I'm never going to ask what line of work you're in. It wouldn't be work that drove me off the deep end. I think after 23 years on my job it would have happened long ago if it ever would. Link to comment
Keystone Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 So hiding caches recently got me thinking, what else have I hidden for people to find besides geocaches? sure there are waymarks, letterboxes, and earth caches, but, i mean way outside the game of geocaching. {snippage} What has this got to do with geocaching then? Discussion about being a stalker belongs in Off Topic, no? By definition, this thread in the Geocaching Topics forum is not about geocaching. Therefore I am closing the thread for being off-topic. Link to comment
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