+OzGuff Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 (edited) My father-in-law and I went caching a few Friday's ago in the Turkey Pen Gap section of the Pisgah National Forest (in western NC). We had been having a great time walking through this really beautiful forest when we came upon something quite strange... An area about 20 feet by 20 feet had been trampled flat, a number of condom wrappers and condoms had been discarded, and a dildo with condom attached was also on the ground. We touched nothing. I speculated that it was a hazing ritual for either a university fraternity or a local atheltic team. We continued caching. (Atrus & Dear Dora Cache log) After finding the cache we moved onto the next cache -- Tepee of Trees. As we hiked along the trail we saw a tent; nothing strange as camping is allowed in that part of the forest. As we approached the tent both my father-in-law started to get a Blair Witch Project feeling -- and he hadn't even seen the movie! It appeared as if the campsite had been abandoned for at least a few days, maybe longer. In front of the tent were a cooler, an axe, pruning shears, a lantern, a small box of ball bearings, duct tape, duct tape, duct tape, a jar of Vaseline, Tiki lamps, and assorted other stuff. Inside the tent -- which was open -- were sleeping bags, a few more large jars of Vaseline, a grocery bag full of spices/lubricants/gels, more coolers, duct tape, duct tape, and duct tape. Oh, and lots and lots of porn! (Tepee of Trees log) The link has a few photos, not too visually disturbing. There was no doubt in my mind that this was the site of a hazing ritual. Or some North Carolina Chainsaw Massacre in the making! After taking a few photos we high-tailed it out of there to the cache -- which was about 50 yards away. I have reported the incident to the local ranger station, but have heard nothing back from them. One local cacher was all for going up there and picking up a free tent! The funny thing about the above is that it wasn't even the most interesting thing to happen while on this caching trip! (See my post in the "Has Anyone Ever Wound Up In Hospital" thread in this forum, which was started by my sister-in-law. Edited to add links to my logs, and a photo of the inside of the tent that I did not add to my gc.com log. Edited September 14, 2004 by OzGuff Quote Link to comment
+MarcB Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Jeez, that sounds very, very disturbing. Quote Link to comment
rescue557 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 (edited) Jeez, that sounds very, very disturbing. I actually got a bit of a laugh out of the whole thing, but I guess it would have been funnier if I were there to see it myself. Thomas Edited September 14, 2004 by rescue557 Quote Link to comment
+Corp Of Discovery Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Just one question: did you hear any banjos playing? Quote Link to comment
Team GPSousaphone Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 How could you pass up taking a perfectly good axe? Quote Link to comment
+geojeeper74 Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 (edited) Oops, guess I should have picked a more discreet location to setup camp. Edited September 15, 2004 by geojeeper74 Quote Link to comment
+mogolloyd Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 I would have probably started crying while running with my hands protecting my bottom, all the while with the song "The Crying Game" going through my head as I made my way back to the truck. You didn't happen to see Ned Beatty did you? Quote Link to comment
+Team Flashncache Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 <<<A whole bunch of red flags going up here>>> I find the whole situation very disturbing, and I hope it was "just" a case of Frat hazing or some such... If you haven't already, you might want to contact your local law enforcement as well. You may have stumbled on to a "predator's" lair. God, I hope not, but you never know. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 I find the whole situation very disturbing, and I hope it was "just" a case of Frat hazing or some such... I was in a fraternity and experienced hazing (and dished a little out). I can assure you that Vaseline, condoms and dildos were not a part of the hazing process. Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 I can assure you that Vaseline, condoms and dildos were not a part of the hazing process. Maybe not in your fraternity. Jamie Quote Link to comment
+bitbrain Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 I find the whole situation very disturbing, and I hope it was "just" a case of Frat hazing or some such... I was in a fraternity and experienced hazing (and dished a little out). I can assure you that Vaseline, condoms and dildos were not a part of the hazing process. We definitely didn't have a small box of ball bearings present at our hazing -- ummm..initiations. Quote Link to comment
+Spiritnip Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 I bet you some perverted "Cletus" is using it for a spankin station. His old lady isn't givin' it up anymore. What's with the vaseline too?? That's pretty 80's thinking....Even sex ofenders would break down and get some KY. You should take a camcorder back out there and catch the guy dancing naked around the tiki torch. Quote Link to comment
+OzGuff Posted September 20, 2004 Author Share Posted September 20, 2004 After a couple of phone calls to pester the Park Rangers I finally got a call back this morning -- the ranger wanted to know more about where the place was so he could go check it out. More at 11... Quote Link to comment
+Lost & Found Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 you didn't give him the coordinates?? Quote Link to comment
+Cave Troll and Eeyore Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Whilst out caching today at theIs Alice Home cache we came across a recently discarded basque, a new pair of ladies shoes and a photo of a gentleman in stocking and suspenders stroking something very obvious. After locating the cache we immediately contacted the local police who said they would check it out ! This made our 200th find very memorable. Quote Link to comment
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