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My neatest so far is a newborn fawn who was lying right smack in the middle of the trail and playing dead.

 

I never get so lucky as finding a body or nothing, but I saw what might be a shallow grave in Schaumburg, IL. Didn't know whether to report it or not. Chose not- I figured there was probably some OTHER explanation than the "mafia" one.

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Don't know how to make a link to an old forum, but here's a copy/paste of a post I made in June 03.

 

In two years of hunting for ~870 caches, I'm always running across unusual things. Don't know why. Maybe some quirk of the 'force'.  Can any of you match this list?

 

How about the stash of pot in an aluminum briefcase, or the porn stash found on the banks of a river? Then there was the half-dug-up dead body wrapped in a blanket right after Elizabeth Smart disappeared (police got all excited but it turned out to be a dead dog). And the piles of somebody's ashes right where a cache was supposed to be hidden atop Mt. Olympus above SLC. Once I found a 4-foot bong in a bush. Another time I managed to stumble into a drug supermarket on SLC's west side one dark rainy night when looking for Bingo washers in a geo-game (that one was scary). On a lighter side, I found some super-sized puffballs that got local fungi enthusiasts all excited (54" circumference, 28 lbs), and then there were the lovers I found in the bushes. hee, hee. But the most unusual find category is a tie between running into a certain geocacher--(Craig) Cach-u-nuts--over and over and over (we haven't figured out what that means.), and lastly but not leastly, the time I found not just a drug stash but a whole frigging portable meth lab. It's a lust for adventure that gets me out caching, but this is getting rediculous. And then there was the time the bomb squad blew up my cache...!  Sort of apprehensive about what might happen next? UJ

 

I STILL keep running into Cach-u-nuts, 2 or 3 more encounters, the latest about a week ago when he zeroed in on me way up a canyon on an icy, snowy mountainside in the dark no less. Freaked us both out. It's been about a dozen times. Oh, I also continue to find drug paraphenalia, the latest a MJ pipe found in a jungle in Tahiti. UtahJean

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Has anyone received that forward where it instructs you to stare at a picture until you see a ghost? After a while, a separate image of a ghost flashes on the screen accompanied by a loud noise. It's only a prank, but it's enough to force the poop out of even the manliest of men. Anyway, I can't even click on anything on that sanatorium site without thinking that that's what is going to happen! Very intriguing, though. I can't believe you actually explored it, SERG.

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Don't know how to make a link to an old forum, but here's a copy/paste of a post I made in June 03.

 

In two years of hunting for ~870 caches, I'm always running across unusual things. Don't know why. Maybe some quirk of the 'force'.  Can any of you match this list?

 

How about the stash of pot in an aluminum briefcase, or the porn stash found on the banks of a river? Then there was the half-dug-up dead body wrapped in a blanket right after Elizabeth Smart disappeared (police got all excited but it turned out to be a dead dog). And the piles of somebody's ashes right where a cache was supposed to be hidden atop Mt. Olympus above SLC. Once I found a 4-foot bong in a bush. Another time I managed to stumble into a drug supermarket on SLC's west side one dark rainy night when looking for Bingo washers in a geo-game (that one was scary). On a lighter side, I found some super-sized puffballs that got local fungi enthusiasts all excited (54" circumference, 28 lbs), and then there were the lovers I found in the bushes. hee, hee. But the most unusual find category is a tie between running into a certain geocacher--(Craig) Cach-u-nuts--over and over and over (we haven't figured out what that means.), and lastly but not leastly, the time I found not just a drug stash but a whole frigging portable meth lab. It's a lust for adventure that gets me out caching, but this is getting rediculous. And then there was the time the bomb squad blew up my cache...!  Sort of apprehensive about what might happen next? UJ

 

I STILL keep running into Cach-u-nuts, 2 or 3 more encounters, the latest about a week ago when he zeroed in on me way up a canyon on an icy, snowy mountainside in the dark no less. Freaked us both out. It's been about a dozen times. Oh, I also continue to find drug paraphenalia, the latest a MJ pipe found in a jungle in Tahiti. UtahJean

And how long will it take you to find a new neighborhood in which to reside?

I'd move my trailer out of that park pretty darn quick..... :D

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I used to be a whitewater guide, and once while on the river I spotted what appeared to be a wetsuit floating down the river.  I had my raft paddle over to it, figuring I had a new wetsuit from the river gods.  Well when I pulled it in, there was a ribcage and hips still in it.  Freaky. 

 

And I didn't even get to keep the wetsuit :D

 

I can't think of anything wierd that I have found while geocaching though.

Er... um... would you REALLY still want the wetsuit? :D

Yeah, it would be bad luck. It sure didn't protect the former owner..... :D

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I've done some hunting, but this represents slaughter. Utterly disgusting. :blink:

Please don't be upset, it isn't slaughter. It's what the DOT does with all the dead deer that have been hit by cars. We had an odor problem in CT a while back because they put too many in one place. They can't leave them in the road, it causes more accidents. They can't just put them in the land fill, or burn them so they take them to a spot where they can decompose naturally, and also feed birds of prey. An Audubon center near here takes some of the dead deer and stakes out parts to the ground for the eagles to come and eat where people can watch them through telescopes, from the deck on the building, without the eagles taking the "bait" away. You'll notice (or don't look at it again) that some of these deer appear to have broken necks, obviously from being hit by a car. So, I believe that is what we are looking at there.

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and alot of golf ball

 

Golf Balls? Golf Balls? Don't get me started! Thos things are ~everywhere~ out here. I've found them on top of mountains, in the desert miles from a road, Everywhere! As near as I can figure, someone flies around in an airplane dumping them out.

 

And rarely have I surveyed anywhere that didn't have the remains of helium ballons. Please, in the name of all that is holy, STOP turning those dadgum things loose!

 

Just an early morning, slightly hung over, haven't eaten yet, rant. :blink:

-Bob

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My eldest daughter peeked out the window and was greeted by the grizzly sight of a deer head attached to a spine and two legs splayed on the ground in front of my Tahoe. :blink: See first accused me of shooting one of Santa’s reindeer.

HAH! Oh, man... that's classic!

 

"Daddy KILLED Rudolph! Waaaaah"

 

And I can imagine Rover smelled peachy keen when he came inside, too!

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So here I am in between routes, and decide to go and use a bathroom in one of our public city parks here in San Diego. :bad: I do my business and decide to go and find a cache that is here in the park, and so I wander off deeply engrossed with my e-trex. I walk down a trail and come to a fork in the road, and try to decide which of the two caches here I was going to get. I notice a movement off to my left, and look up to see a woman leaning forward over a rock and her gentlemen friend leaning over her back with their pants down and her shirt off. I thought "WOAH" :bad: and turned to the right and then saw a photographer and his assistant who were taking pictures of the afformentioned couple. I said "WOAH" ;) again and turned and walked back to my bus trying to come to a valid reason :bad: for what I just saw. This by far is the most bizarre thing I have seen while geocaching out and around San Diego. What really angered me was that I din't get the cache. ;)

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So here I am in between routes, and decide to go and use a bathroom in one of our public city parks here in San Diego. ;) I do my business and decide to go and find a cache that is here in the park, and so I wander off deeply engrossed with my e-trex. I walk down a trail and come to a fork in the road, and try to decide which of the two caches here I was going to get. I notice a movement off to my left, and look up to see a woman leaning forward over a rock and her gentlemen friend leaning over her back with their pants down and her shirt off. I thought "WOAH" :bad: and turned to the right and then saw a photographer and his assistant who were taking pictures of the afformentioned couple. I said "WOAH" ;) again and turned and walked back to my bus trying to come to a valid reason :bad: for what I just saw. This by far is the most bizarre thing I have seen while geocaching out and around San Diego. What really angered me was that I din't get the cache. ;)

were burt reynolds or mark whalberg in the area? :bad:

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In NJ, nothing sticks out as strange, because finding strange things in the woods here is so commonplace.

Have to agree with Brian here...

 

At just one "family friendly" cache site down here in the swamps of Jersey we found a rather large burgled safe, critter bones, porn rags, condoms, little black nooses and a beaver (not that kind!) pelt barb wired to a tree with dried blood all around!

 

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On Saturday I saw a Rattlesnake on the trail while hiking to a geocache.

My brother was in front and there was a part on the trail where you had to step up about a foot. My brother stepped up and then jumped forward and yelled "Watch out, watch out!" Well, I stopped and looked down and I was standig right next to a Timber Rattlesnake. I took one step back, said "Uh-oh" and then jumped backwards as far as I could. Luckily the snake just sat there. We had to wait for it to leave before we could continue on, so we took its picture and about ten minutes later it left.

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This was sort of creepy

What is that? Looks like someone with flip flops on laying under a red sheet. :bad:

There's no someone. It's actually a prosthesis. The owner was swimming down below, which I didn't realize as I was coming down the trail. I have to admit I did a bit of a double-take!

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This was sort of creepy

What is that? Looks like someone with flip flops on laying under a red sheet. B)

There's no someone. It's actually a prosthesis. The owner was swimming down below, which I didn't realize as I was coming down the trail. I have to admit I did a bit of a double-take!

LOL I though it was a Barbie on a rock! B)B):D

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I've done some hunting, but this represents slaughter.  Utterly disgusting.  :D

Please don't be upset, it isn't slaughter. It's what the DOT does with all the dead deer that have been hit by cars. We had an odor problem in CT a while back because they put too many in one place. They can't leave them in the road, it causes more accidents. They can't just put them in the land fill, or burn them so they take them to a spot where they can decompose naturally, and also feed birds of prey. An Audubon center near here takes some of the dead deer and stakes out parts to the ground for the eagles to come and eat where people can watch them through telescopes, from the deck on the building, without the eagles taking the "bait" away. You'll notice (or don't look at it again) that some of these deer appear to have broken necks, obviously from being hit by a car. So, I believe that is what we are looking at there.

this tells about the deer picture.

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I was hunting for a cache on a popular island in the San Juans when I came across deer bones. This doesn't sound that weird but someone arranged the bones in a strange way. Also nearby were some strange devices made out of things found in the woods. I'm being a little vague, but it wasn't something I really wanted to remember. I never found the cache, but it turns out it was stolen.

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We went back to check on one of our caches placed earlier this week, in the woods of northwest Washington state, and found an in-tact coconut placed in the stump where our cache was hidden.

 

Our cache had been moved about a foot, but I'll admit for those couple of moments before finding it, we were completely baffled as to if someone had traded our cache for a coconut, or how the coconut came to be there.

 

We still have no idea what purpose the strange tropical treat was doing in a cedar stump so far from anything. :D

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I found one primitive structure built into/among some boulders where a (homeless?) family had apparently spent time a couple of years earlier, from evidence found at the site. They left a couple of secret caches of their own behind.

 

In three different states, I've come across naked couples "makin' bacon" smack in the middle of the trail.

 

In several areas, I've been mystified by the apparent tradition people have of tying up their dog-exhaust into plastic bags and hanging them in the trees like Christmas Tree ornaments.

 

I've also come across apparently commonplace finds like stashes of hiking/camping/fishing equipment, beer and porn, but that carefully folded American Flag in the plastic bag buried under a few rocks remains a mystery ...

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For something strange near a geocache, check out my Maple Hill site. In the gallery you will find a picture of some bottles connected with tubing.

The thing, whatever it was, was gone before I got around to check the site.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...eb-e3c00248ba79

Sounds like you stumbled upon someones meth lab.

 

If you ever find one again, DONT TOUCH IT. Immediately call the local police. Some of the chemical bi-products of making meth can be deadly.

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Sounds like you stumbled upon someones meth lab.

 

If you ever find one again, DONT TOUCH IT. Immediately call the local police. Some of the chemical bi-products of making meth can be deadly.

I agree. Seems like cachers find a lot of these. It was probably a dump site or "death bag".

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I've also come across apparently commonplace finds like stashes of hiking/camping/fishing equipment, beer and porn, but that carefully folded American Flag in the plastic bag buried under a few rocks remains a mystery ...

 

Yes, I found that same American flag and wondered about its significance.

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We went back to check on one of our caches placed earlier this week, in the woods of northwest Washington state, and found an in-tact coconut placed in the stump where our cache was hidden.

 

Our cache had been moved about a foot, but I'll admit for those couple of moments before finding it, we were completely baffled as to if someone had traded our cache for a coconut, or how the coconut came to be there.

 

We still have no idea what purpose the strange tropical treat was doing in a cedar stump so far from anything. :laughing:

Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate??? :D

(Sorry, Rhubarb's a Monty Python fan and could not resist!)

 

Dang, some of these stories are just creepy, and if it had happened to me, it might be enough to put me off caching. <_< Those people with the photographer? Gag - get a room! I think I would have called the cops on that one.

 

All the dead stuff - ew! Animals are one thing, but the wetsuit story and assorted bags and half buried stuff is just creepy!

 

The doll picture is hilarious, but creepy as well. Would love to know the story behind that one.

 

This whole thread makes our caching experiences sound pretty mundane...and I think I like it that way!

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There's no someone.  It's actually a prosthesis.

Ha! My mother's best friend had a special "swimming leg." I guess it was an old, beat up prosthetic. Anyhow, when she wasn't swimming, she used to lean it up against the wall in her bathroom. Whenever you went in there and caught sight of the leg, your first instinct was to blurt, "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know anyone was in here!"

 

Boy, she could float for hours!

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We still have no idea what purpose the strange tropical treat was doing in a cedar stump so far from anything. :blink:

Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate??? :)

(Sorry, Rhubarb's a Monty Python fan and could not resist!)

The two people I was caching with (my dragon brothers) are both geeks-in-arms with me, and of course there were a lot of of jokes about the coconut. Later, I was telling another friend about the coconut, and the first thing out of his mouth was, "Was it an African or a European coconut?" The rest of the room erupted in, "Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?"

 

So many nerds, I love my family. :)

 

I've got to say I'm pleased that I haven't yet found anything horrid or lewd, although I can't say I'll be too suprised now, after reading this thread. I won't feel so alone in my suffering, if that should ever be the case. "Remember, you're not the only one who's had to deal with this!"

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:)

We had a bizarre start to our 2003 Christmas morning. Sometime during the night my dog, a chow /lab mix,
My black dog is lab/chow.

 

No fair. How come I'm the only one who hasn't found a dead body!

Well, do YOU live in New Jersey?

 

Ive come across a homeless camp. I was also unfortunate enough to find 3 homosexual men who obviously got lost looking for the Holiday Inn

Must have been a Columbus, Ohio city park.

 

I've never found anything all that unusual.

I found a lavender ladies applique of some kind for a feminine product in the river, when I was wading to check my cache.

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