+Douce Us 5 Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 I can't tell you how many times I've been in the woods in the middle nowhere and ran into a refrigerator or a stove or a rusted out old car, and wondered how & why did this end up here? The other day I saw something about 6' off of the ground draped over a branch of a pine tree that caught my eye......it was a 5' long spine with parts of the ribs still attached. I'm assuming it was from a deer, but how and why would it be 6' off the ground in a tree??? Lets hear your stories......... Quote Link to comment
+Geobuzzbee Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 on a cache hunt in middle of a wooded area i came across a small cave in my hope of finding some thing new a entered the small hole,to my horror after a short crawl was a car seat out of a 1967 ford cortian how and y would some one take the time to drag it in to the woods let alone in to a small cave?? but good came out of it as there was a single bat for me to enjoy maybe the dear was hung up and quartered??? Quote Link to comment
+Nicodemus3 Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 I think I stumbled upon a homeless person's home a few weeks ago: large piece of carpet draped over leaning tree like a makeshift tent, chair and many other personal items. Quote Link to comment
+skraeling Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 See my DNF for "Breathless" I found a perfectly good/ripe watermelon on a rocky butte in the middle of nowhere: Breathless (2nd picture). Quote Link to comment
+JohnnyVegas Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 What I stumbled on I can not post if the forums. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 It's been at least 3-4 years since this 'find' and nothing has topped it since, so I mention it whenever this topic comes up. The strangest object ever found out in the woods while looking for a cache was an extremely large, I mean really really big, as in big enough that we took a pic with a size 11 shoe next to it for reference, chocolate colored pleasure toy. But the really odd part was that it had been repaired at some point in its sordid history with traditional silver colored duct tape. And we were only about 50' into the woods from a parking lot behind a busy neighborhood Italian restaurant. I cannot post the pics here as this is supposed to be a family friendly forum. Quote Link to comment
Charmed_1 Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 The strangest thing Ive seen so far at a brand new cache, were 30 porno mags! . You'd think if it was a new cache someone would've seen them first. Cleaned them up and disposed of them Quote Link to comment
+Tequila Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 What I stumbled on I can not post if the forums. I had one of those two. 110 degrees outside. Bugs everywhere. And here are two naked fat people in the middle of nowhere. I almost quit caching over the sight of it. Quote Link to comment
+LukeTrocity Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 (edited) fire hydrant in the middle of the woods.... Seriously there's nothing around. Edited October 23, 2010 by LukeTrocity Quote Link to comment
+Coldgears Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 fire hydrant in the middle of the woods.... Seriously there's nothing around. Is that the cache? If not then I have definatly seen this before. In my area there is a small piece of woods about 500 feet long. In the middle of it they have a fire hydrant. There's no reason for it, there's no houses that could be burned down! Quote Link to comment
+LukeTrocity Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 fire hydrant in the middle of the woods.... Seriously there's nothing around. Is that the cache? If not then I have definatly seen this before. In my area there is a small piece of woods about 500 feet long. In the middle of it they have a fire hydrant. There's no reason for it, there's no houses that could be burned down! Its not the cache, its a working hydrant. Quote Link to comment
7rxc Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 You guys don't have bush fires?? I think lots of interface areas extend watermains way beyond the end of the finished road allowances, hydrants with them... I'd like to see a few more that way around here... makes it a bit easier to put water on a wildfire. Sure beats long runs with a bucket Doug 7rxc Quote Link to comment
+a-body Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Other than the gal who thought she was Linda Lovelace, the weirdest thing I have seen is a hammock strung between 2 trees. 30 feet in the air, no ladder. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 (edited) Oh, geez. Lingerie hanging from trees on a few occasions. I don't know what's up with that. Junk cars in the woods on a few occasions. Or Junk cars in an 1850's era Lock of the abandoned 3rd Welland Canal (since replaced by the 4th Welland Canal). I assume they put bricks on the gas pedal and watch whilst drinking Molson Golden. Edited October 24, 2010 by Mr.Yuck Quote Link to comment
+narcissa Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Rusted out cars in the woods are one of my favourite things. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Other than the gal who thought she was Linda Lovelace, the weirdest thing I have seen is a hammock strung between 2 trees. 30 feet in the air, no ladder. Well, there's a whole "Ever stumble on backwoods loving?" thread over in "The Hunt - The Unusual" forum. I did stumble on some once, but it was like 1979, and I was a teenager. They didn't notice me. Quote Link to comment
+Scooter Rider Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Other geocachers Quote Link to comment
+brodiebunch Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 A shopping cart about twenty feet up in a tree (appeared to have had the tree grow up around it A 3' x 3' safe with its door ripped off Then we were camping at Mount Rainier as a kid (geocaching did not exist back then), a man walked by me in a three piece suit, boler hat, walking stick and gray spats. He said hello as he passed me on a trail. My mom asked me if I had seen him too. Quote Link to comment
+brodiebunch Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 A shopping cart about twenty feet up in a tree (appeared to have had the tree grow up around it A 3' x 3' safe with its door ripped off Then we were camping at Mount Rainier as a kid (geocaching did not exist back then), a man walked by me in a three piece suit, boler hat, walking stick and gray spats. He said hello as he passed me on a trail. My mom asked me if I had seen him too. Quote Link to comment
+Alkhalikoi Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 The weirdest thing I've ever found while geocaching was running into some other weird guy looking for a geocache. I think the feeling was mutual. Quote Link to comment
sdarken Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 The other day I saw something about 6' off of the ground draped over a branch of a pine tree that caught my eye......it was a 5' long spine with parts of the ribs still attached. I'm assuming it was from a deer, but how and why would it be 6' off the ground in a tree??? Sounds like this skeleton that I saw in a tree a few months ago while geocaching: Quote Link to comment
+michigansnorkelers Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 The other day I saw something about 6' off of the ground draped over a branch of a pine tree that caught my eye......it was a 5' long spine with parts of the ribs still attached. I'm assuming it was from a deer, but how and why would it be 6' off the ground in a tree??? Sounds like this skeleton that I saw in a tree a few months ago while geocaching: Reindeer? Poor Rudolph! Maybe Bigfoot dragged it up there? Perhaps a Mountain Lion? But Mountain Lions don't do this. Leopards do. Or, ... http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=2691 Quote Link to comment
+yorelken Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 (edited) A group of about 20 old tvs in neat stacks of four of or five in a place in the woods where it would have taken some effort to put them there. Edited October 24, 2010 by yorelken Quote Link to comment
sabrefan7 Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 (edited) I think I stumbled upon a homeless person's home a few weeks ago: large piece of carpet draped over leaning tree like a makeshift tent, chair and many other personal items. Same for me on this cache. GCNQRT This cache IS an old car. GCK4VV Plus the (un) usual assorted undergarments Edited October 24, 2010 by sabrefan7 Quote Link to comment
sabrefan7 Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 (edited) lots of time outs today Edited October 24, 2010 by sabrefan7 Quote Link to comment
+Count Fartula Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 A naked man walked down the trail while I was out last summer. Quote Link to comment
+theshows Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 A dead animal (maybe a cat by the type of fur hanging out) in a back pack and a homeless man camped out on the trail. A couple places that seemed to be abandoned shelters. Quote Link to comment
+tx_brewer Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 cat traps and a story about an old crazy guy in the corner behind the fence, that traps them and eats them.. there was cat food tins out everywhere luring them to the area. Got the cache though Quote Link to comment
+Corfman Clan Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I stumbled upon this on the way to Chaos Flash: Quote Link to comment
+Corfman Clan Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I scurried by this (not my picture) on the way to Call of the Canyon: Quote Link to comment
+Scubasonic Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 When I was fairly new to caching I was in the woods looking for a cahe and came across a younger couple have sex on a blanket in the woods just off the main trail. Scubasonic Quote Link to comment
Mikferd Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 We found someones play with yourself hidey hole, complete with mags, tube of lube and tissues. Kind of disturbing to find in the woods. We have also stumbled upon some pot plants that we left alone as well. Quote Link to comment
+power69 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I scurried by this (not my picture) on the way to Call of the Canyon: looks like skeleton of ammo box. Quote Link to comment
+power69 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 fire hydrant in the middle of the woods.... Seriously there's nothing around. What if there was a forest fire? Quote Link to comment
+power69 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I'd have to say a loaded 22 handgun in a ammocan in the mountains[took it for safetys sake] who leaves a gun in a cache? think people THINK! Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 About a quarter mile in, on an old abandoned road. Quote Link to comment
+Fusilli Jerry Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 (edited) after all these years of hiking I've come to the conclusion that abandoning cars in the woods is a new jersey right of passage also saw this deep in a swamp area. kind of spooky Edited October 25, 2010 by Fusilli Jerry Quote Link to comment
+Fusilli Jerry Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Sounds like this skeleton that I saw in a tree a few months ago while geocaching: is it just me or does that look like a human hand on the left side of the picture? Quote Link to comment
+Ampresearch Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 for me its not so much the "strang stuff" i find butinstead its the fact that i find anything in some of the places i go. for example yesterday i wentmosr then a mile out into the woods looking for a new location for my cache. i was in a VERY over grown area that was not easy to walk through (i got the cuts and scratches to prove it today) at last i came to a sopt that i loved and i thought was pleasing to to be. sure enough i see beer cans/cig butts/bags. i mean i know bums live in woods but they sure as hell dont live in this part of the woods. the only thing i can think of is these areas have not always been over grown and thats when this stuff got there Quote Link to comment
+schwcoop Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Sounds like this skeleton that I saw in a tree a few months ago while geocaching: is it just me or does that look like a human hand on the left side of the picture? And have you seen the two faces between the long bones???? Strange, utterly strange.... Insert creepy music here Pierre Quote Link to comment
+Too Tall John Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I've met several cachers on the trail who, I'm sure, would all agree the strangest thing they ran across in the woods while geocaching was me. Quote Link to comment
+Braid Beard's gang Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 The other day I saw something about 6' off of the ground draped over a branch of a pine tree that caught my eye......it was a 5' long spine with parts of the ribs still attached. I'm assuming it was from a deer, but how and why would it be 6' off the ground in a tree??? I bet you were caching in a dog park again. I have been to a few and it is common to see bones in the trees to keep them out of reach of the canines. Quote Link to comment
+schwcoop Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Sounds like this skeleton that I saw in a tree a few months ago while geocaching: is it just me or does that look like a human hand on the left side of the picture? And have you seen the two faces between the long bones???? Strange, utterly strange.... Insert creepy music here Pierre Could it be.... Jimmy Hoffa Quote Link to comment
+Waazdag Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Sounds like this skeleton that I saw in a tree a few months ago while geocaching: is it just me or does that look like a human hand on the left side of the picture? Actually that would be a foot... given the human like appearance possibly a bear? Quote Link to comment
RKip Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 A looong way from the nearest road, in the middle of a redwood grove, I found a cache that happened to be made from an actual parking meter. That sucker had been hauled by one person the entire way and was HEAVY! The CO was a good friend and thou I was surprised when I found it I wasn't that surprised by who did it. Quote Link to comment
+Team Dromomania Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Witches circle, crack pipe a few miles into the wilderness where lots of bushwhacking was required, iphone - which I was able to return to the owner, 1920 penny in the middle of the woods, sex toys, kangaroo mouse, and much more. I always have fun on my hiking cache runs. Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Sounds like this skeleton that I saw in a tree a few months ago while geocaching: is it just me or does that look like a human hand on the left side of the picture? That's what I was thinking too. Does anyone know what a human skeleton looks like? I can't think of what kind of animal would have that hand besides us. Quote Link to comment
+Too Tall John Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Sounds like this skeleton that I saw in a tree a few months ago while geocaching: is it just me or does that look like a human hand on the left side of the picture?That's what I was thinking too. Does anyone know what a human skeleton looks like? I can't think of what kind of animal would have that hand besides us. Someone already said it, but how about a bear? Quote Link to comment
+Castle Mischief Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Does anyone know what a human skeleton looks like? I can't think of what kind of animal would have that hand besides us. Without something for scale, it's going to be hard to identify. Could be opossum, raccoon, bear or any number of mammals. Quote Link to comment
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