Strangest things you've seen?

[Jobiwan]

Originally Posted by HikingGuy

That comment could be taken any way. Hey, I am all out for anything natural, it is far better than some of the things they have floating around out there.

Actually they were given to a couple of gentlemen who were thru-hiking the AT. I stayed at a shelter with them and there was no trace other than the smell in the air, which I find non-offensive. I've tried it in the past and it's just not for me. My beliefs about marijuana are simple. It's a plant that has been proven to have been used as a medicine since the dawn of man. It's the only modern day medicine that can be grown, harvested and used as a medicine without any alteration. Try that with a Tylenol. It has less physical harm as a recreational drug as well. Alcohol is the number one killer of all recreational drugs be it legal or illegal. Marijuana use has never killed anyone. 14 states in the U.S. have legalized it for medical use.

Geez, I'm rambling on like a pot head, but for the record: No, I do not consume marijuana but I don't mind if anyone else does. Nor will I judge anyone for using either. I'll have a nice pint of amber ale instead.

[ChadTower]

Found a pretty sturdy shelter once made from boughs all 2" or greater. Good roof. Reasonable foot trail into it from another direction. Looked like a pretty nice shelter someone put real effort into building. Inside was a hammock, a table, a mattress, a shelf with a gallon jug of lube. It explained all the condom wrappers I had seen on the way in.

The hard part was explaining to my sons why we couldn't stay and hang out in the awesome fort.

[EyeOfThePark]

Me and my camping buddies found the remains of a helicopter that had crashed a few years ago on a hill near my grandparents' farm.

I also remember finding a squirrel's head glued to some branches. Someone with a gruesome sense of humour thought it would be interesting to butcher a squirrel and use its skull to make some sort of weird wooden puppet...

[Jobiwan]

Originally Posted by EyeOfThePark

...I also remember finding a squirrel's head glued to some branches. Someone with a gruesome sense of humour thought it would be interesting to butcher a squirrel and use its skull to make some sort of weird wooden puppet...

That's some Blair Witch stuff right there

[dinosaur]

I was hiking near a trailer park once and saw a flying saucer abduct a toothless girl who I figured was about six years old. Eight years later I saw her picture on a tabloid at the supermarket next to a headline that read: I HAD AN ALIEN'S BABY.

[JollyRogers]

- Darned illegal aliens and their "anchor babies!"

[Grandpa]

Found a new WTH yesterday. I just got back early this morning from a little jaunt down a section of the Middle Fork of the Salmon river. This was probably the hardest and most dangerous trail I have ever been on. In fact, I almost lost my dog and me with him crossing a steep slide area with a 200-300 ft slide directly into the river, but that is another story. About 15 miles from the nearest trailhead, with steep canyon walls on both sides, at the edge of the trail, lay.......an old horse drawn one bottom plow. Now I'm sure that plow could have been disassebled and brought in by mule train, but for the life of me, I cannot figure where, in that 30 mile stretch of canyon with steep walls, a person could find one acre to plow.

[Sagebrusher]

I found an old balloon with a message tied to it, but it was too faint to read.

[Pathfinder1]

Hi...


This wasn't a "find", but an occurence.

This hot, sunny summer day I was sitting at the top of a steep pasture, scanning the area below. There wasn't even the hint of a breeze.

About thirty feet below me stood the grand old skelton of a dead tree. I had no way of telling what kind of tree it was, as the tree had lost its bark decades ago, majestically exibiting its smooth silver-gray exterior. Who knew how many windstorms, blizzards or other hazards this tree had endured over the years.

Many was the time I had sat there over the years, scanning the area below for evidence of wildlife, mainly woodchucks, and always admiring this old, lone tree.

Then, with no hint whatsoever, this old overseer of the hillside suddenly crumbled to the ground with a crash that could be heard all over the area.

I was both startled and saddened to see this grand old friend leave.

[Boboque]

I found an old rusted log chain and hand winch way up in an old tulip poplar. The chain is now embedded in the tree and has rusted through on one side. The tree is what I call a "twin" tree which started with two saplings which sprang from the base up. It's now sturdy and no longer needs the chain but obviously, at some time it did.