Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

[Jims1025R]

While out for a walk yesterday, I happened across a deflated helium balloon. Not terribly unusual, but it is the twelfth I have found on my 100 aces in the last 30 years. One of the first I found bore a promotional message from a radio station in Toledo, Ohio, 300 miles southwest of here!

 

[drssg]

My grandfather owned some land, and we kept it in the family for a couple more generations. The last time I visited, the structures on the property were either collapsed or in advanced decay. I stumbled onto an outhouse in the woods that I somehow never noticed before. The property had indoor plumbing for all of my life. The strange thing is that the outhouse was in remarkably good condition. Add a fresh roll of toilet paper, and it would be usable!

For comparison, here are the remnants of an old storage shed.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

My Grandfather had an outhouse similar to that; it had a plaque that read "WPA 1938". Great craftsmanship.

 

[drssg]

My Grandfather had an outhouse similar to that; it had a plaque that read "WPA 1938". Great craftsmanship.

Yes. I'm pretty sure this one didn't have a plaque, but I suspect it was from a similar time.

 

[PJRAM]

My grandfather owned some land, and we kept it in the family for a couple more generations. The last time I visited, the structures on the property were either collapsed or in advanced decay. I stumbled onto an outhouse in the woods that I somehow never noticed before. The property had indoor plumbing for all of my life. The strange thing is that the outhouse was in remarkably good condition. Add a fresh roll of toilet paper, and it would be usable!
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For comparison, here are the remnants of an old storage shed.
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When I was a kid visiting my uncle's farm, they had a two seater outhouse. I was in their one day and my Aunt Lilly came in and sat down next to me. I was mortified. lol

 

[drssg]

When I was a kid visiting my uncle's farm, they had a two seater outhouse. I was in their one day and my Aunt Lilly came in and sat down next to me. I was mortified. lol

Ha! Yeah, that wouldn't sit well with me, either.

Our house had an outhouse when I was a young kid, but we had a regular toilet before I was old enough to use it.

 

[bdhsfz6]

My brother and I were on vacation in West Virginia a few years back. We heard a story about the abandoned Brandy Gap railroad tunnel in the area that was supposed to be haunted. The legend is fueled in part by the fact that the tunnel is bored through the mountain directly under an old cemetery. You can read the story here:

West Virginia Ghost Stories, Legends, and Haunts - Flinderation Tunnel/Brandy Gap Tunnel #2 west virginia

West Virginia ghost stories, legends, and haunts. Flinderation Tunnel/Brandy Gap Tunnel #2

westvirginiahauntsandlegends.com

Now neither one of us believes in ghosts but just for a lark, we decided to check it out. We rode our bicycles on an old trail through the woods that led up to the tunnel:

We started walking through and about halfway in, we both began coughing and gasping for air! It scared the heck out of us and we got out of there in a hurry!

My brother is convinced it was some paranormal phenomenon but I suspect it was just dead air that was low on oxygen.

 

[oosik]

Here in NE WA we have a cross state hiking/biking trail. Use to be a railroad route. John Wayne Pioneer trail. More than 200 miles long. Down south of me about twenty miles the trail goes thru two tunnels. Both bored out of solid basaltic lava. My son has gone considerable distances on his bike on this trail. He has never gone thru either tunnel. He says - "too spooky". The tunnels are curved. So you can not see the light on the other end - standing at the entrance. The trail/RR route goes along the southern edge of a typical lake here in the Scabrock. There are numerous wild tales about this lake and its involvement with the old railroad.

One of these days I'm going to have him take me there so we can both walk thru these tunnels.

 

[turnkey4099]

Here in NE WA we have a cross state hiking/biking trail. Use to be a railroad route. John Wayne Pioneer trail. More than 200 miles long. Down south of me about twenty miles the trail goes thru two tunnels. Both bored out of solid basaltic lava. My son has gone considerable distances on his bike on this trail. He has never gone thru either tunnel. He says - "too spooky". The tunnels are curved. So you can not see the light on the other end - standing at the entrance. The trail/RR route goes along the southern edge of a typical lake here in the Scabrock. There are numerous wild tales about this lake and its involvement with the old railroad.

One of these days I'm going to have him take me there so we can both walk thru these tunnels.

That's Rock lake. Supposedly true story that back in the 20s a RR car load of new Model T dumped in a deep spot. No one has yet reported seeing it though.

 

[Jstpssng]

This is the biggest burl I’ve ever seen. I had Ruger stand there for size comparison.