+FlyfisherKen & his Catch! Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Too often I am out caching and I can't believe that I am the only one that is getting looks from the non cachers wondering as to what it is I am doing? Some times caches are placed in somewhat strange or comprising areas...i.e.. by federal buildings.. schools.. parks.. etc. People see you snooping around and with the world the way it is now. I was thinking that I would buy me a fishing vest.. Mesh type and place some GPS?Geo patches on it so that I would perhaps look a little more official or that I at least wasn't trying to avoid suspicion. This wasy it would look like I was there for a reason..Has any one ever thought of doing this in bulk and making it available on the site? Quote Link to comment
Dale_Lynn Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 naaahhhh.... Just carry a clip board and stop and act you are documenting something for a survey..... Dale -------------------------------------------------------- I'm Diagonally Parked, In A Parallel Universe. -------------------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Well, you can go to the site's store and buy a geocaching cap, shirt, or patches. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Clipboard is a good idea and maybe binoculars, or a big camera. You can pretend you're a birder or photographer. Or better yet, go to a costume store and buy a police uinform. You can pretend you're a cop! A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away. -Barry Goldwater Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by FlyfisherKen:...often I am out caching and I can't believe that I am the only one that is getting looks from the non cachers wondering as to what it is I am doing? This is an oft-cited phenomenon. The thing is, I don't think I've ever felt like people were looking at me during my cache hunts. Admittedly, only a few of mine have been urban, but even in those cases I've never felt like people were suspicious of me. I have a couple of theories. Due to my incredible skills, I can blend in almost anywhere I haven't hunted enough urban caches You're experiencing paranoia I tend to think it's paranoia. You feel like you're doing something suspicious, so you regard other folks' normal looks and glances as suspicious, when in fact most of them probably don't give a rat's arse what you're doing. Jamie Quote Link to comment
+trippy1976 Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 I went out with Dinoprophet to a cache located near a 'water power plant' to get it off our lists. He brought a hunters' orange mesh vest and a clipboard. We would have looked very official had we needed it Turns out the description is utterly incorrect and the coordinates are off by .33 miles (we found it by hints alone). Oh well. A vest and a clipboard can take you a long way. In college, my best buddy and I had a saying "Look like you're supposed to be doing what you're doing - and noone will ask any questions." Whether that be taking tables off the quad during events, stealing wet floor signs from in front of the residence hall director, etc. Just look like you're suppposed to be there and noone will ask anything. Need some help? Clipboards are great for that -------- trippy1976 - Team KKF2A Saving geocaches - one golf ball at a time. Quote Link to comment
+Freelens&Mosie Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 I think most people have discovered this by accident. Orange vests work as do hard hats in certain situations. If you are looking for a cache in urban areas it is best to go with at least 7 other people. If only one of you is doing anything, you will just like you're city workers. I have my own little world. But it's OK...they know me here. Quote Link to comment
+Dixie's Crew Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 heheheheheh quote:If you are looking for a cache in urban areas it is best to go with at least 7 other people. If only one of you is doing anything, you will just like you're city workers. Quote Link to comment
+apersson850 Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 I've heard rumors about a special geocaching suit, which works the other way around. It's so eye-catching that people will simply forget completely to worry about what you are doing, they'll just be interested in what you look like. Anders Quote Link to comment
+majicman Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 I agree. If everyone would geocache in full drag then you would NOT have this problem. The on-lookers are too dazzled by your brilliant ensemble to worry about the ammo can you are digging through! Girls, wear tuxedos and tails! --majicman My new book available now!: (http://www.mcwj.com ) Quote Link to comment
+Hiemdahl Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 A Tux might, but a horned helmet and fur boxers do NOT work. Quote Link to comment
+ScottJ Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 If you're geocaching in New York, just yell and scream as if you're being murdered, mugged or raped. That will guarantee that no one will notice you. -- Scott Johnson (ScottJ) Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 I've noticed from some of the articles in the forums that quite a few geocachers tend to be a bit paranoid about others when hunting a cache. A Sherlock Holmes style hat might be the perfect disguise. One couldn't tell if you're coming or going. Of course, if everyone started to wear these, that would defeat the purpose. But then again, this could serve to alert the general populace to keep a safe distance. (above copied from another post) Quote Link to comment
+Zartimus Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 Well, you could try this.. Cache only at night, and should someone come by while you are looking for the cache simply crouch down, grab one end of your Bat-cape and toss it over your opposite shoulder. Stay motionless until they leave. Works every time. Quote Link to comment
+Zartimus Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 deleted triple post [This message was edited by Zartimus on February 14, 2003 at 07:52 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+Zartimus Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 Or you can dress up as some of the local wildlife. Log from Vertical Flow of H20 [This message was edited by Zartimus on February 14, 2003 at 07:55 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+majicman Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 Zartimus, Now that's my kind of a geocaching outfit!! Everyone else geocaches is such boring ensembles... --majicman My new book available now!: (http://www.mcwj.com ) Quote Link to comment
+omegabane Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 I thought this could use a bump from way back when. I saw the two costumes above and was wondering if anyone else had any other brilliant costumes ideas they wanted to share. Sadly, my custom tailor hasn't finished my GeoMan suit yet.... oh wait, I don't have a custom tailor. Anyway, I've never cached in costume, but apparently some do. Quote Link to comment
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