Disguise

[+Forester1241]

Has anybody ever tried a disguise to make it look like they belong out there snooping around. I used to be a survey party chief and on one of the catches I threw on a High visability vest before doing the final find by the roadside. Another catch was in the middle of a parking lot on a light pole. I pulled out a clipboard in mid-day and leaned it against the pole like I was a utility inspector taking notes. People walked right by me and never even glanced.

Edited August 6, 2010 by Forester1241

[+uxorious]

I have a hard hat that I put the Geocaching logo on. I have only used this a couple of times, but putting on the hard hat, a yellow safety vest and carrying a clipboard makes you disappear in most urban spots.

[+Semper Questio]

I've never really seen a need for that. I've found that if you just act like you know what you're doing and that you belong there, most folks will just ignore you. There is the occasional exception to the rule, but I think in 6-1/2 years I've been asked what I was doing a total of only 4 or 5 times.

[+geodarts]

Nobody would believe it if I tried the clipboard routine. And if I disguised myself with Groucho Marx glasses, a fake nose, and long coat, they would assume I was a pervert. So I just do what I have to do. Occasionally I get to talk to someone about caching but it's better to be straight forward than to worry about disguises or acting too sneaky.

[+Team Luvbassn]

I always have a camera around my neck. If I see muggles I point the camera in their direction and they quickly stop looking at me.

 

[+randco]

I use the clipboard when searching urban locations. In the area I live in there are several caches along Main St. One of the locations is across the street from the County Court House and jail. The cache was a micro placed on the bottom of a newspaper vending box. The only choices were to look like an inspector or come back at night. For urban caches, I like the clipboard. It also gives me a nice writing platform to sign the small logs of a micro or nano.

[NordicMan]

I always wear my undercover cop outfit whenever I geocache!!

 

 

..meaning I dress like a normal civilian

 

Proper attitude will get you just as far as any type of costume. Just act confident in what you're doing, don't be slinking about and looking evasive, that'll draw attention to you like a magnet lol

[Ephemeral Moment]

I always have a camera around my neck. If I see muggles I point the camera in their direction and they quickly stop looking at me.

 

This is the one I use as I was into photography before caching, nobody thinks twice about photographers looking weird and looking everywhere

[g_o_caching]

I disguise myself as a grayed haired old man doing a drunken bee dance with what looks like a small two way radio in my hand. People leave you alone if you look crazy. lol

[+ipodguy]

The other day I was picking up a cache in a park and I had to step over the low chain fence that bordered the paved bike trail and walk in 50 feet. I did my thing but some bikers pulled up nearby to read a sign and talk. They were watching me and I didn't want to reveal the hiding spot while trying to rehide the cache, so I pretended I was using my GPS as a camera. They split, I rehid and left.

[+Boxcars]

PERFECT WAY TO LOOK ANONYMOUS: when someone comes by, take your GPS and hold it up to your ear as if you're talking on a cell phone. Passers by will never know the difference and won't pay any attention to you. I used to quickly scurry out of a busy area without a find because I felt stupid when people saw me looking behind guardrails and in bushes. This method gives more confidence to stay longer in a high muggles area.