Ever lose something mysteriously in the woods?

[otlski]

A story about something not lost in the woods. So my house is in the woods. Even when we were building it, the land was pretty raw. My father and I had just finished putting the first floor deck over the walk out basement. We were not planning to work the following day. As we were hauling the generator uphill my father said "why don't we come back tomorrow and put the basement door in and secure the place so we don't have to lug this stuff around anymore"

It was very late when we arrived the next day; daylight was dwindling. We stopped at the local hardware store because neither of us had brought a phillips screwdriver. The small store only had one choice, a dual pack of Stanley slot and phillips, one bright green and the other bright orange. As we finished with the door, we were deep into twilight. Though our eyes had adjusted we struggled to find the tools, all except for these two drivers which stood out in the darkness.

In twenty years I have worked into the darkness many times. Every time those two screwdrivers make sure that they are not left behind. Every now and then I will paint a tool bright yellow. It is usually after it gets left behind more than once. Crowbars in the woods are the worst. They can be ten feet from you in broad daylight and still hide successfully.

 

[PhysAssist]

Great you got it back :thumbsup:

Better ask Mulder & Scully (if they're still a team) about this as a precaution ... it may happen again! :confused2:

They are back in a restart of the old X-Files series as of a coupla months ago.

 

[powerscol]

I am one of those that can never find something when I need it, and go buy another, only to find the old one right where I left it the next day:confused3: Must be the not-me kids using my stuff again, then again they have both been out of the house for some time, Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :confused2:

 

[Ed of all trades]

I drove the old Ford ton truck across the creek and back in the woods to cut some firewood. When I got to the place where I was going to cut the wood the saw was gone. Back tracked and found it in the creek where I had almost made it up the bank the first time and had run over the saw when I backed up for the 2nd try. Best thing that could have happened to that saw. It was a Homelite 360 and I always spent more time working on the saw than using it. Got a new Stihl and got to use the saw with out working on it. Wonderful. Ed

 

[PILOON]

My friend dropped his 22 cal revolver while we were hunting rabbits.
Dirtiest dense underbrush type location.
Quite dark and getting darker.

Think of it, a dark object in a dirty dark environment. And where? we'd been out 3-4 hours.

Well he was color blind and very trained to see outlines and not color contrasts as most of us would be.
He located the revolver within 15 mins!

His worst is red/green and yet he never misses stop lights. He claims standard sequence is his solution.
Vertical (like on a post) is always the same but he says horizontal hung ones have no standard and those he determines by intensity and more caution. (wonder if LED's behave the same way for him)

 

[chaser413]

I read this thread a day ago, reminded me that I lost my sun glasses 2 years ago in the woods. Today I found them undamaged. Never give up!

 

[LouieJunior]

Amen one saw is blasphemy what happens when you pinch it? Not that I'd ever do such a thing mind you...

Take an extra bar and chain along.

 

[xtn]

Putting up Christmas lights one December and somehow lost my sunglasses. Found them when putting up Christmas lights the NEXT December...when I climbed up the ladder near the rain gutter...they were hanging on a nearby tree branch.

 

[sixdogs]

I once thought I lost a nice pocketknife by foolishly setting it on the rear bumper of the truck while I was fixing something. It wasn't even worth looking for because I had driven about 15 miles later that day and it was surely gone. Imagine my shock when I found it sitting on the rear bumper the next morning, right where I left it.

 

[MillWeld]

While you're looking see if you run across my favorite welding pliers. I thought I left them in the barn but...who knows?