Hey all,
Just wanted to give hope to anyone who has ever had a box go MIA. Early in
July I planted a box called Weeping Willow in Bird Park in Walpole MA. Shortly
thereafter I got an email from someone who had tried to find it, and couldn't.
They thought they had seen some kids playing near the bridge where it was
hidden. I went to look the next day and sure enough it was in fact missing.
Bummer! I recarved the stamp, remade a box, found a new spot, and revised the clues.
Now at the end of August I got an email from the contact the placer link from
one of park manager saying he had my box, it had been under a bench, not
where it was supposed to be hidden, and that I could meet him to get the box. Well
that night I checked on the replaceement Willow box, and sure enough it was
still there. The original Willow box had been found! You never can tell!
Dragonfly
MIA Box found!
4 messages in this thread |
Started on 2004-09-01
MIA Box found!
From: (DragonflyLB5@aol.com) |
Date: 2004-09-01 18:20:45 UTC-04:00
Re: MIA Box found!
From: dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-09-01 22:57:43 UTC
I've had this happen several times over the past couple of years to
a couple of boxes. Most recently it happened to a box that we'd
checked on three times over the course of several months and all
three times we verified it was indeed missing (it's one of those
places we visit regularly). We went back with a replacement
letterbox on the 4th visit and were stunned to find the original
letterbox about 4' away from its original location. We'd scoured
this area already looking for any remnants of the missing box the
three previous visits (our attempt to salvage the stamp). Who knows
what happened those times it was missing??? There wasn't a soul
around each time we'd visited it before hand. My only guess is that
there's a geocache nearby hidden in a similar manner as a handful of
geocachers have also signed into the log and perhaps they found it
thinking it was their cache and hid it closer to where the GPS
coordinates say the cache should be? It's a stretch but that's all
I can think of...
dvn2r ckr
a couple of boxes. Most recently it happened to a box that we'd
checked on three times over the course of several months and all
three times we verified it was indeed missing (it's one of those
places we visit regularly). We went back with a replacement
letterbox on the 4th visit and were stunned to find the original
letterbox about 4' away from its original location. We'd scoured
this area already looking for any remnants of the missing box the
three previous visits (our attempt to salvage the stamp). Who knows
what happened those times it was missing??? There wasn't a soul
around each time we'd visited it before hand. My only guess is that
there's a geocache nearby hidden in a similar manner as a handful of
geocachers have also signed into the log and perhaps they found it
thinking it was their cache and hid it closer to where the GPS
coordinates say the cache should be? It's a stretch but that's all
I can think of...
dvn2r ckr
Re: MIA Box found!
From: Julie (oceanwytch@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-09-02 12:04:02 UTC
Very cool! Can I find it this weekend?? :-)
~Oceanwytch~
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, DragonflyLB5@a... wrote:
> Hey all,
> Just wanted to give hope to anyone who has ever had a box go MIA.
Early in
> July I planted a box called Weeping Willow in Bird Park in Walpole
MA. Shortly
> thereafter I got an email from someone who had tried to find it,
and couldn't.
> They thought they had seen some kids playing near the bridge where
it was
> hidden. I went to look the next day and sure enough it was in fact
missing.
> Bummer! I recarved the stamp, remade a box, found a new spot, and
revised the clues.
> Now at the end of August I got an email from the contact the placer
link from
> one of park manager saying he had my box, it had been under a
bench, not
> where it was supposed to be hidden, and that I could meet him to
get the box. Well
> that night I checked on the replaceement Willow box, and sure
enough it was
> still there. The original Willow box had been found! You never can
tell!
> Dragonfly
~Oceanwytch~
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, DragonflyLB5@a... wrote:
> Hey all,
> Just wanted to give hope to anyone who has ever had a box go MIA.
Early in
> July I planted a box called Weeping Willow in Bird Park in Walpole
MA. Shortly
> thereafter I got an email from someone who had tried to find it,
and couldn't.
> They thought they had seen some kids playing near the bridge where
it was
> hidden. I went to look the next day and sure enough it was in fact
missing.
> Bummer! I recarved the stamp, remade a box, found a new spot, and
revised the clues.
> Now at the end of August I got an email from the contact the placer
link from
> one of park manager saying he had my box, it had been under a
bench, not
> where it was supposed to be hidden, and that I could meet him to
get the box. Well
> that night I checked on the replaceement Willow box, and sure
enough it was
> still there. The original Willow box had been found! You never can
tell!
> Dragonfly
Re: MIA Box found!
From: bindlestiff_boxer (bindlestiff_boxer@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-09-04 23:35:36 UTC
The very first box I ever placed went MIA. I confirmed it myself, so
I carved another stamp and replaced the box.
This summer, the entire contents of the first box (including a HH)
plus the new box were found all together in an oversize plastic bag,
hidden together in the correct location. No note or explanation
Most of the pages of the first logbook were vandalized, but I'm still
left wondering, "what the heck?" about this situation. I guess the
best response is to take any blessing that comes your way.
Enjoy!
---Bindle Babe
DragonflyLB5@a... wrote:
> Just wanted to give hope to anyone who has ever had a box go MIA.
Early in July I planted a box (snip) Shortly thereafter I got an
email from someone who had tried to find it, and couldn't.
(snip) I went to look the next day and sure enough it was in fact
missing. (snip) Now at the end of August I got an email from
> one of park manager (sic)saying he had my box, it had been under a
bench, not where it was supposed to be hidden, and that I could meet
him to get the box. Well that night I checked on the replaceement
Willow box, and sure enough it was still there. The original Willow
box had been found!
I carved another stamp and replaced the box.
This summer, the entire contents of the first box (including a HH)
plus the new box were found all together in an oversize plastic bag,
hidden together in the correct location. No note or explanation
Most of the pages of the first logbook were vandalized, but I'm still
left wondering, "what the heck?" about this situation. I guess the
best response is to take any blessing that comes your way.
Enjoy!
---Bindle Babe
DragonflyLB5@a... wrote:
> Just wanted to give hope to anyone who has ever had a box go MIA.
Early in July I planted a box (snip) Shortly thereafter I got an
email from someone who had tried to find it, and couldn't.
(snip) I went to look the next day and sure enough it was in fact
missing. (snip) Now at the end of August I got an email from
> one of park manager (sic)saying he had my box, it had been under a
bench, not where it was supposed to be hidden, and that I could meet
him to get the box. Well that night I checked on the replaceement
Willow box, and sure enough it was still there. The original Willow
box had been found!