Strange things found in the forest

[drajj5]

I'll bite,,,


I was 13 and adventurous; and it was a beautiful weekend to "get lost" in the woods behind my home. I had ventured into the thick laurel that was growing everywhere behind our homeplace in the forest but had never went beyond the laurel thicket. Feeling invincible, I trekked deeper than I had ever been before; crossing each ridge while taking a 'mental note' of where I was. The woods gave way to a clearing which looked to have been an overgrown pasture, "Blackberry bushes were thick and slowing my pace". I was becoming thirsty and looked the terrain over for a low lying area where there would be a creek to get a drink from. I found a tree instead.... This tree was old and slap full of apples, apples strewn all over the ground that had fallen recently.

I kicked a few of them out of the way and sat against that tree surveying the ground for the "perfect apple", soon I spotted one that looked perfect wiped that sucker on my shirt and bit into it. This was quite possibly the best apple I had ever eaten, in fact I was shocked that a tree that had not been pruned and had grown disproportionately large could produce such an awesome apple. After gorging myself on them, I quickly used my shirt as a "carry all" filling the front of it like a sack. Getting close to dark, I made my way home with my sack of apples heading back through those blackberries with thorns that seemed determined to thwart any forward movement. With each ridge I crested an apple core was discarded- I couldn't stop eating them. Finally making it to my familiar laurel thicket knowing I was home I ate....the last apple.

I walked in the house and explained to both my mom and dad that I had found the best apples in the world. Mom retorted, "Guess that is why your shirt is stretched to high heaven". They asked where were theirs, and I told them that I had eaten them all. Next morning my belly rumbled and I was stricken with the worst "squirts" in my life.... To this day I remember the repercussions!! My adventure turned into a nightmare.....

Many times; I ventured back in those woods looking for 'that apple tree'- never found it again. Maybe its good I didn't because if I had found that tree, I would have eaten more than my fair share yet again.

 

[4570Man]

I found an old 50s model truck. Ir was pretty well rusted out on a steep mountain side and grow up pretty bad. It was on government land that borders my land. I went back a few years later, and someone had hauled out what was left and presumably sold it for scrap,

 

[oosik]

While living in Alaska we made three trips to Dawson, YT. This was in the late '60's. While scouting/searching we found old cabins, old guns, very valuable old bottles, old newspapers and after moving a mountain of black sand - a very small amount of gold. We also found Louse Town which was the red light district across the Klondike R from Dawson - and much of the paraphernalia associated with that operation. We located the old Klondike Brewery and a stash of old beer bottles with paper labels from 1897. The majority of what we found was photographed - then turned over to the museum in Dawson. Except the gold - -

Today, this entire area has become a national park and activities such as we did back then are no longer allowed.

The YCGC(Yukon Consolidated Gold Corp) who bought all the claims on Bonanza Cr back in the '20's & '30's resold/leased them out to private parties in the 1970's when gold prices increased. Now you don't dare venture off the road going up Bonanza Cr for fear of being shot for trespassing on a private gold claim.

 

[5030]

Many years ago when I was an Eagle Scout, I was hiking alone in the Allegheny national Forest and came across a pair of mens white underwear hanging in a tree in the woods, far away from civilization. Happened to return to the same spot a couple years later and they were gone. I guess someone was doing their laundry.... Natures way...lol

 

[Mace Canute]

While living in Alaska we made three trips to Dawson, YT. This was in the late '60's. While scouting/searching we found old cabins, old guns, very valuable old bottles, old newspapers and after moving a mountain of black sand - a very small amount of gold. We also found Louse Town which was the red light district across the Klondike R from Dawson - and much of the paraphernalia associated with that operation. We located the old Klondike Brewery and a stash of old beer bottles with paper labels from 1897. The majority of what we found was photographed - then turned over to the museum in Dawson. Except the gold - -

Today, this entire area has become a national park and activities such as we did back then are no longer allowed.

The YCGC(Yukon Consolidated Gold Corp) who bought all the claims on Bonanza Cr back in the '20's & '30's resold/leased them out to private parties in the 1970's when gold prices increased. Now you don't dare venture off the road going up Bonanza Cr for fear of being shot for trespassing on a private gold claim.

I worked for a year in an asbestos mine about 50 miles or so north of Dawson City back in 1972 - 1973 and one rainy summer day for something to do on my day off I went out with a guy who worked there to see his placer gold mine claim a little bit east of Dawson. It was interesting what with the scenery and the remains of an old dredger that mined the creek bed and all but I did find out the guy was seriously "bushed" as we said of those who had spent just a tad too long out in the bush all by themselves!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

property next to our farm has an old rundown hunting cabin with rusted pot belly stove, probably at least 100 yrs old.
old wooden oil tank on a steep hillside, probably from the early 1900's.

Riding horses in the colorado mts, there are lots of old mines and buildings, including a safe.

And on a hike once, I hung a pair of underwear up to dry and forgot them. (just kidding)

 

[Steppenwolfe]

How bad off are the stills? You could silver solder minor holes up,

No need, I've got three brothers working on my house right now who all were bootleggers in their day. The oldest did 15 months federal time when he got caught back in the 80's. This area is well known for its " mountain dew".

 

[PILOON]

Many years ago when I was an Eagle Scout, I was hiking alone in the Allegheny national Forest and came across a pair of mens white underwear hanging in a tree in the woods, far away from civilization. Happened to return to the same spot a couple years later and they were gone. I guess someone was doing their laundry.... Natures way...lol

Guess the person that washed them came back when they were dry.

 

[DrRod]

Back when we rode horses on trails in MD we would occasionally come across daffodils in the woods. Usually, they were growing in an L shaped patch with a well define 90 degree angle. I took this to be the sign of a former home site now grown over but the ole resident's daffodils persist. Sort of a nice way of being remembered.

 

[MossRoad]

Back when we rode horses on trails in MD we would occasionally come across daffodils in the woods. Usually, they were growing in an L shaped patch with a well define 90 degree angle. I took this to be the sign of a former home site now grown over but the ole resident's daffodils persist. Sort of a nice way of being remembered.

There's an old foundation of a house and some barns in the woods on the property next to our. Every spring there's thousands of double daffodils and narcissus in the old flower beds. I've gotten permission to dig them up, so every year I dig out a canvas bagful and plant them around our house and garden. They keep coming back.