[Az-Geocaching] Geocaching Makes the News
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Actually Ive found a few human skeletons before, but not while geocaching. At least 7 I think it was. It was quite a few years ago.
RAND HARDIN <RHrdn8@msn.com> wrote:I've read some strange encounters and adventures in the forums from cachers, but this one has to rank up there as one of the eeriest. A find like this was bound to happen - and as much venturing about as geocachers do, I'm sure, there will be other odd discoveries yet to come
Rand
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From: Mark Heitowit
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 9:59 AM
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Check out this link.
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=72844738-37da-419d-9281-ecef2643e236
Team Tierra Buena wrote:
>USC-Aiken students discover body
>Web posted Saturday, February 28, 2004 at 10:59 p.m.
>By Peter G. Gilchrist | South Carolina Bureau
>AIKEN - Two USC-Aiken students walked into Hitchcock Woods early
>Saturday morning on a high-tech treasure hunt and stumbled into a real
>mystery.
>Tim Meesseman and Carl Williams, both 20, were using a global
>positioning system to find hidden items in an adventure game known as
>geocaching.
>Instead they found the remains of a skeleton.
>"At first I saw a skull and then I looked and saw a few decomposing
>bones next to it," Mr. Meesseman said. "We couldn't believe it."
>The two were searching near Dribble Road, using the GPS to find the
>longitude and latitude of the hidden cache. The coordinates are found on
>a Web site, www.geocaching.com, and 28 caches are hidden in the
>Aiken-Augusta area.
>
>"After I saw the bones, we saw a pair of Nike tennis shoes about five
>feet from the skull," Mr. Meesseman said. "It looked like they were from
>the 1980's or something. It had definitely been there a while."
>Lt. Michael Frank, spokesman for the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, said
>it is unclear how long the remains had been in the woods, but said an
>autopsy and a forensic reconstruction will be done to try to identity
>the person.
>"Right now we don't know much. There wasn't enough information at the
>scene to determine if foul play was involved," he said. "It could be
>weeks before we know more."
>Patrick King, of Aiken, a regular on the geocache circuit, said he'd
>heard of unusual finds during hunts, but nothing like this.
>"I've heard of people finding strange things like underwear, but I don't
>think I've ever heard of anyone finding a body."
>--From the Saturday, February 28, 2004 online edition of the Augusta
>(GA) Chronicle
Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking
Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes
On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so:
"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges --
"Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!"
Rudyard Kipling , The Explorer 1898
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<DIV>Actually Ive found a few human skeletons before, but not while geocaching. At least 7 I think it was. It was quite a few years ago.<BR><BR><B><I>RAND HARDIN <RHrdn8@msn.com></I></B> wrote:
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<DIV>I've read some strange encounters and adventures in the forums from cachers, but this one has to rank up there as one of the eeriest. A <EM>find</EM> like this was bound to happen - and as much venturing about as geocachers do, I'm sure, there will be other odd discoveries yet to come</DIV>
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<DIV>Rand </DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><STRONG>From: Mark Heitowit</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 29, 2004 9:59 AM</DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV><STRONG><U>Check out this link.<BR></U></STRONG><BR>http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=72844738-37da-419d-9281-ecef2643e236<BR><BR><STRONG>Team Tierra Buena wrote:<BR></STRONG><BR>><U>USC-Aiken students discover body <BR></U>>Web posted Saturday, February 28, 2004 at 10:59 p.m.<BR>>By Peter G. Gilchrist | South Carolina Bureau <BR>>AIKEN - Two USC-Aiken students walked into Hitchcock Woods early<BR>>Saturday morning on a high-tech treasure hunt and stumbled into a real<BR>>mystery. <BR>>Tim Meesseman and Carl Williams, both 20, were using a global<BR>>positioning system to find hidden items in an adventure game known as<BR>>geocaching. <BR>>Instead they found the remains of a skeleton. <BR>>"At first I saw a skull and then I looked and saw a few decomposing<BR>>bones next to it," Mr. Meesseman said. "We couldn't believe it." <BR>>The two were searching near Dribble Road, using the GPS to find
the<BR>>longitude and latitude of the hidden cache. The coordinates are found on<BR>>a Web site, www.geocaching.com, and 28 caches are hidden in the<BR>>Aiken-Augusta area. <BR>><BR>>"After I saw the bones, we saw a pair of Nike tennis shoes about five<BR>>feet from the skull," Mr. Meesseman said. "It looked like they were from<BR>>the 1980's or something. It had definitely been there a while." <BR>>Lt. Michael Frank, spokesman for the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, said<BR>>it is unclear how long the remains had been in the woods, but said an<BR>>autopsy and a forensic reconstruction will be done to try to identity<BR>>the person. <BR>>"Right now we don't know much. There wasn't enough information at the<BR>>scene to determine if foul play was involved," he said. "It could be<BR>>weeks before we know more." <BR>>Patrick King, of Aiken, a regular on the geocache circuit, said he'd<BR>>heard of unusual finds during hunts, but no
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like this. <BR>>"I've heard of people finding strange things like underwear, but I don't<BR>>think I've ever heard of anyone finding a body." <BR>>--From the Saturday, February 28, 2004 online edition of the Augusta<BR>>(GA) Chronicle<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR><DIV>
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<DIV>Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#6633cc>Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes<BR> On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so:<BR>"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges --<BR> "Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#6633cc>Rudyard Kipling , The Explorer 1898</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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