Everyone,

I wanted to warn you all in Ohio about something that ended up in my inbox
tonight.

Back story:

I was on vacation in Ohio last week, and planted two boxes near our vacation
house on Lake Erie. The clues were up for a couple of days when I realized
(the hard way) that there's some kind of poisonous plant near the tree where I
planted Box #1. It doesn't look like poison ivy, but let's just say that the
left side of my face got all red and swollen, but it didn't itch. When I was
trying to figure out where I picked it up, I narrowed it down to that. On the
day we left, I removed the box, and updated the clue on the letterboxing.org
page, stating that it had been removed, and why. Box #2 remains in its
original location. I just felt that it wouldn't be right to send people to this
location, after I got sick.

I got an email tonight from someone saying that he was upset that he couldn't
find the Miniature Golf box. I responded by telling him the story, but said
that I was glad that he had located my Eddie's Grill box.

He wrote back saying that he was very angry with me, because he wasted a lot
of time searching for the Mini Golf box. He told me that he was going to
remove my Eddie's Grill box (which he has NO right to do, but as I live in
Connecticut, I have no way of preventing him). He went on to say that he would be
relocating 15 boxes in eastern Ohio and attempting to return the stamps to their
owners, and that I've ruined the hobby of letterboxing by removing the box
near the plants that would make people sick.

The only thing I can think of at this point is to inform you of this, in case
anyone here who has boxes in Ohio wishes to write to this guy and tell him to
STAY AWAY from their boxes. I can forward his email address. I'm sorry this
happened. I really don't know what else to do about this, but I did email
him and ask him not to remove my Eddie's Grill box, or anyone else's. I also
told him that I stand by my decision to remove the Mini Golf box, rather than to
leave it in a location that may cause other people to have an allergic
reaction, particularly because I updated the website on the same day.

Chrissy