+briansnat Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 I went on a maint visit to a cache of mine that is a two mile hike into the woods. I arrived at the site and encountered a couple standing about 20 feet from the cache. The two of them were looking over a printout and the guy had a GPS that he kept consulting. I approached them and said "Geocachers?" The guy says "Huh?". "Are you looking for the geocache here?". "What's that?". "I saw the GPS and thought you might be geocaching." "I have no idea what you're talking about". "Geocaching, you know, using the GPS to find things hidden in the woods". "Never heard of it, I just got this thing and I'm trying it out, do you know where this trail goes?". I answered his question and walked away feeling just a little bit silly. Quote Link to comment
+GixxerUT Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 and walked away feeling just a little bit silly. so how long til you realized you weren't wearing any pants? Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 If they just got the GPS, you should have evangelised the snot out of them. They would have made GREAT converts. Quote Link to comment
+cache_test_dummies Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 (edited) "Never heard of it, I just got this thing and I'm trying it out, do you know where this trail goes?". Yeah, when I am out geocaching, for some reason everybody looks like a geocacher to me. But to have somebody standing right near the cache like that, well, you had to figure they were the real deal. Good story. Edited February 7, 2005 by cache_test_dummies Quote Link to comment
+Sagefox Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 I answered his question and walked away feeling just a little bit silly. Depending on what kind of vibes I picked up from this guy I might have described geocaching to him and if he showed any kind of interest I would have shown him the cache. Quote Link to comment
+Latitude 26 Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 ...I answered his question and walked away feeling just a little bit silly. I wonder... Did this happen during your quadrangle map incident?? JB Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted February 7, 2005 Author Share Posted February 7, 2005 I answered his question and walked away feeling just a little bit silly. Depending on what kind of vibes I picked up from this guy I might have described geocaching to him and if he showed any kind of interest I would have shown him the cache. He didn't seem interested at all, so I just gave him the info he wanted and left it at that. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 I answered his question and walked away feeling just a little bit silly. Depending on what kind of vibes I picked up from this guy I might have described geocaching to him and if he showed any kind of interest I would have shown him the cache. He didn't seem interested at all, so I just gave him the info he wanted and left it at that. Good thing you didn't show them the cache, or it might be missing today. Quote Link to comment
Dale_Lynn Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 (edited) I went on a maint visit to a cache of mine that is a two mile hike into the woods. I arrived at the site and encountered a couple standing about 20 feet from the cache. The two of them were looking over a printout and the guy had a GPS that he kept consulting. I approached them and said "Geocachers?" The guy says "Huh?". "Are you looking for the geocache here?". "What's that?". "I saw the GPS and thought you might be geocaching." "I have no idea what you're talking about". "Geocaching, you know, using the GPS to find things hidden in the woods". "Never heard of it, I just got this thing and I'm trying it out, do you know where this trail goes?". I answered his question and walked away feeling just a little bit silly. What???....... You don't carry the little business card size explanation about geocaching to give out when you have these "close encounters"... Dale Edited February 7, 2005 by Dale_Lynn Quote Link to comment
+GeoKender Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 I answered his question and walked away feeling just a little bit silly. Depending on what kind of vibes I picked up from this guy I might have described geocaching to him and if he showed any kind of interest I would have shown him the cache. He didn't seem interested at all, so I just gave him the info he wanted and left it at that. ... perhaps you had a "ghost cacher" experience. My bet is, he might have been pretending he's inexperienced to throw you off his scent. Where's the trail? Yeah, That's a good one! You're the one with the map! >finger to nose< What was the printout of?? Quote Link to comment
+graldrich Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 I think you probably should have explained geocaching to them,wouldn't you think most people that like hiking would also like geocaching? Quote Link to comment
+cache_test_dummies Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 When encountering strangers in the woods, Gallant correctly shows the Universal Sign of Geocaching Goofus approaches them and says "Geocachers? Are you looking for the geocache here? I saw the GPS and thought you might be geocaching. Geocaching, you know, using the GPS to find things hidden in the woods ..." Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted February 7, 2005 Author Share Posted February 7, 2005 What was the printout of?? Looked like a printed Topozone map, or similar map. Quote Link to comment
+Colorado Cacher Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 I would of thought now that Goofus and Gallant would be doctors or convicts, or one of each. They never seem to have left the doctors office. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 I answered his question and walked away feeling just a little bit silly. I believe the standard we agreed on was when meeting another geocacher, one was to yell "Ho, are ye a geocacher?" and the correct response is "Yay I am". Upon the confirmation, the two then approach each other, put their left hand on the other person's right shoulder, standing arm's length and dance around in a circle while skipping and singing (very loudly) "Geocachers are we! Runy muny mee! Yaba daba baba. He, he, he!". At least that's the way we do it in New Jersey I can't imagine why you would have felt silly after this encounter. Quote Link to comment
+Divine Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 LOL Wimseyguy! I once had a similar situation where I thought a couple in the distance were geocachers. When I closed them, it turned out the guy had just taken a dum.... er, uh, hidden a biocache next to the real cache. Quote Link to comment
+Jeep_Dog Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 LOL. I haven't found muggles that I've mistaken for geocachers, but as a geocacher I have been mistaken as a muggle. I guess this points to my geneeral lack of geocaching skills and aura. Quote Link to comment
+drat19 Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 .... er, uh, hidden a biocache next to the real cache. "Biocache"!! I love it!! ROFLMAO!!!! -Dave R. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 (edited) ...When I closed them, it turned out the guy had just taken a dum.... er, uh, hidden a biocache next to the real cache. I came across a couple hiding a biocache once in Central Park. Edited February 7, 2005 by sbell111 Quote Link to comment
+TeamK-9 Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 On occasion, I've been mistaken by geocachers as a muggle. Basically, I was just sitting next to the cache, prettending to be drawing a bird, and I saw them following the GPS towards me, look up, see me and walk away. Later I introduced myself. One cacher visiting one of my caches was signing the logbook when a man came bushwacking out of the brush just below the cache. Surely only a geocacher would bushwack the three hundred feet to get to this cache. But no, it was just some random guy... Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 One evening, I came across a guy on the trail about 1/4 mile from a cache I had visited, he had a GPS, a bag of misc items and little yellow rite-in-the-rain notebook. Naturally I was thinkg here is a cacher so I asked him how the "hunt" was going. Turned out he was a forest service employee gathering evidence againist some poachers - he didn't appreciate my comments until I explained geocaching!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 The two of them were looking over a printout and the guy had a GPS that he kept consulting. I approached them and said "Geocachers?" The guy says "Huh?". Hmm... That's how we met AddedValue, and Skully & Mulder and AndyBott. Then there was the time we were looking for The White Duck, and someone came up to us and said "Here's the cache. I can hide it again, or show you where it was hidden." I only remember once where I ran into a muggle with a GPS. We left it at "Huh?" Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 While I was doing a patrol for the USFS I met a father and son who were backpacking and carrying a GPS so I asked them if they ever had heard of Geocaching. Their reply was yes, they had found several caches that were hid by this guy known as Tahosa and they wanted to find some more of his. My reply was I've found everyone of his caches. And the kid said cool, while the father said you must be very energetic, how did you manage to do this at your age. My reply was simple, I'm Tahosa. And they thought I was a younger guy in my 30's to be able to do some of those back country ones. Surprised them didn't I. Quote Link to comment
+5 Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Biocache? I've been told by my hunting buddies that I leave Biohazards... Quote Link to comment
+Team Perks Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Just yesterday we arrived at a small "tot-lot" park at the same time as another young lady did. She looked at us, sat down on a nearby playground swing, and set on the ground her cell phone and what looked just like a Garmin 60CS. We sat down on a nearby bench about 20 feet away to wait her out. After a minute, she proceeded to ask us if we were geocaching. We said we were. As it turns out, she was NOT a geocacher and in fact had never even seen the cache we were waiting for... That was a very strange experience. Quote Link to comment
+jeff35080 Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 My reply was simple, I'm Tahosa Now that is pretty cool I hope that I'm in half as good condition when I'm you're age. Keep on keepin' on! Quote Link to comment
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