[Az-Geocaching] re: possible false finds

[Scott Sparks]

I checked on my cache today and there was no log from Electric Shavers. 
 I doubt very much than any one of their 'team' has even been to Apache 
Junction before.  I am going to delete their log. I suggest anyone else 
whose caches they claimed to have found recently take a close look at 
their logs and, if possible, check to see if they have actually signed 
the log book.  I'll bet they haven't.  This team and their behavoir 
disgusts me! I'm even considering  logging a 'virtual find' on each of 
the 169 caches they have allegedly hidden.   :-)  

-- Sprocket

>I noticed something peculiar when this team logged Sprocket's 12 Step 
>Program earlier this week.  I had been to the cache that evening and saw 
>no recent logs. (I could swear their log was originally posted on the 
>9th but now it has changed to July 10th.)  When I checked some of their 
>other recent logs, I saw that they had logs in about 10 different states 
>within a period of less than two weeks.  Not impossible, for someone who 
>travels on business a lot.  But, to fly into Sky Harbor (from Idaho), 
>drive the 40 some odd miles to Apache Junction and complete a 12 step 
>cache and then  complete another 8 caches widely scattered throughout 
>the Phoenix area (none of which are very close to Sky Harbor) seems 
>far-fetched.  These included a couple of 'strenuous' and lengthy 
>mountain caches on what we all know was a day of extreme heat (around 
>110 degrees), a feat in itself, especially for someone from D.C.  Today, 
>they're  back in Ohio and have logged a couple more caches. The day 
>before, they logged a cache in Massechusetts and Idaho.  The day before 
>that was California, Wyoming and, get this, New Zealand!  These guys 
>must have their own Lear jet or something.
>
>It sounds to me like they are doing some armchair caching.  They're 
>doing a good job of reading past logs and finding what the cache is like 
>and then writing something similar in their log.  For example, 
>Malthusian's Club 2400 cache  (a 4 mile hike) has this in the description:
>
>'A rather steep hike to a ridgeline with a great view, in the northeast 
>part of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. Plan on a couple hours.'
>
>Here is Electric Shavers log:
>
>Yippie, Yahoo, I found it.
>Took advice of others & did early this morning.
>Everything was fine. Took around 2 hours.
>Great hike & place.
>Cords were right on, Cache in great shape.
>Took & left nothing.
>Thanks for the cache
>ELECTRIC SHAVERS
>Hamilton OH & D of C
>
>Needless to say, I'll be checking my cache today to verify that they did 
>(or didn't) sign the log.
>
>-- Sprocket
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