This is my first post to the list. Hello everybody.
I found the Deaf Beaver letterbox this past Sunday. It was hidden near the
Canadian border in New York, about 10 meters from the parking lot of the
Duty Free shop on I-81, directly across the road from the US customs
booths, and behind a row of utility boxes. Don't ask me what those things
are. Transformers? Generators? No idea. Anyway, I found the box very
quickly and got back into the car to open it up. Before I even had a
chance to do any stamping a couple of US customs officials came over and
asked what we were doing and why I went behind the utility boxes. It took
a long time to explain everything and we had to give them the box and our
passports, and then wait for an hour while they read the LbNA website.
Eventually a state trooper came back to our car to return our passports
and the logbook. For some strange reason they kept the stamp, though. I
want to get it back so I can stamp it into my journal!
The state trooper requested that I have the clues removed from the LbNA
web site. Does anybody know if these clues are posted anywhere else? I
emailed the owner of the LB, but haven't received a reply yet.
Hoover
NY: Deaf Beaver LB confiscated
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Started on 2004-08-30
NY: Deaf Beaver LB confiscated
From: Hoover (mlehotay@kos.net) |
Date: 2004-08-30 18:21:28 UTC-04:00
Re: [LbNA] NY: Deaf Beaver LB confiscated
From: MaryAnn Lockard (mizscarlet731@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-08-30 17:33:44 UTC-07:00
--- Hoover wrote:
> This is my first post to the list. Hello everybody.
>
> I found the Deaf Beaver letterbox this past Sunday.
> It was hidden near the
> Canadian border in New York, about 10 meters from
> the parking lot of the
> Duty Free shop on I-81, directly across the road
> from the US customs
> booths, and behind a row of utility boxes. Don't ask
> me what those things
> are. Transformers? Generators? No idea. Anyway, I
> found the box very
> quickly and got back into the car to open it up.
> Before I even had a
> chance to do any stamping a couple of US customs
> officials came over and
> asked what we were doing and why I went behind the
> utility boxes. It took
> a long time to explain everything and we had to give
> them the box and our
> passports, and then wait for an hour while they read
> the LbNA website.
> Eventually a state trooper came back to our car to
> return our passports
> and the logbook. For some strange reason they kept
> the stamp, though. I
> want to get it back so I can stamp it into my
> journal!
>
> The state trooper requested that I have the clues
> removed from the LbNA
> web site. Does anybody know if these clues are
> posted anywhere else? I
> emailed the owner of the LB, but haven't received a
> reply yet.
>
> Hoover
>
>
Whoa! Scary story. I spent a few hours at the canadian
boarder because I didn't have any ID for my kids.
Those guys are serious.
Mizscarlet
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> This is my first post to the list. Hello everybody.
>
> I found the Deaf Beaver letterbox this past Sunday.
> It was hidden near the
> Canadian border in New York, about 10 meters from
> the parking lot of the
> Duty Free shop on I-81, directly across the road
> from the US customs
> booths, and behind a row of utility boxes. Don't ask
> me what those things
> are. Transformers? Generators? No idea. Anyway, I
> found the box very
> quickly and got back into the car to open it up.
> Before I even had a
> chance to do any stamping a couple of US customs
> officials came over and
> asked what we were doing and why I went behind the
> utility boxes. It took
> a long time to explain everything and we had to give
> them the box and our
> passports, and then wait for an hour while they read
> the LbNA website.
> Eventually a state trooper came back to our car to
> return our passports
> and the logbook. For some strange reason they kept
> the stamp, though. I
> want to get it back so I can stamp it into my
> journal!
>
> The state trooper requested that I have the clues
> removed from the LbNA
> web site. Does anybody know if these clues are
> posted anywhere else? I
> emailed the owner of the LB, but haven't received a
> reply yet.
>
> Hoover
>
>
Whoa! Scary story. I spent a few hours at the canadian
boarder because I didn't have any ID for my kids.
Those guys are serious.
Mizscarlet
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Re: NY: Deaf Beaver LB confiscated
From: John (jprovetto@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2004-08-31 02:56:18 UTC
I can't believe where that was placed! A utility box is one of the
places a sabator or terrorist would go to disable things. Of course
they didn't want it there! A while back I was searching for the box
on Liberty Island. The place was packed with all sorts of
paramilitary and SWAT type police. I was getting nervous snooping
around and finally gave up. That was 3 months before 911! I can't
imagine what it must be like now. I read that it was removed
recently and I was glad to hear it.
People snooping around in the woods isn't that unusual. All sorts of
nature lovers are always poking around. However, once you're in a
monument or other such area, that's not the case. It's not just
about homeland securtity either. I once heard of a person at
Gettysburg who was walking around with his head down receiving a
citation on suspicion of being a souvener collector.
Please try to be a little more sensative to these issue when you
place your boxes.
I'd rather be the hunter than the hunted.
places a sabator or terrorist would go to disable things. Of course
they didn't want it there! A while back I was searching for the box
on Liberty Island. The place was packed with all sorts of
paramilitary and SWAT type police. I was getting nervous snooping
around and finally gave up. That was 3 months before 911! I can't
imagine what it must be like now. I read that it was removed
recently and I was glad to hear it.
People snooping around in the woods isn't that unusual. All sorts of
nature lovers are always poking around. However, once you're in a
monument or other such area, that's not the case. It's not just
about homeland securtity either. I once heard of a person at
Gettysburg who was walking around with his head down receiving a
citation on suspicion of being a souvener collector.
Please try to be a little more sensative to these issue when you
place your boxes.
I'd rather be the hunter than the hunted.
Re: [LbNA] NY: Deaf Beaver LB confiscated
From: Abbey Manalli (coyotetrix@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-08-31 02:28:40 UTC-07:00
Unfortunately we live in a post- 9/11 world. Many terror suspects have filtered into the USA via Canada. So I can understand the suspicion. I hope the stamp is able to be recovered and the box can be moved to a better location.
Laughing Coyote
Cherry Valley, IL
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