Strange things found in the forest

[scootr]

Oh yeah - That's pretty creepy!

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I'm still nailing reflective googly eyes back in the weeds off corners of trails in the Paul Bunyan State Forest to mess with people night riding.

"I saw eye shine! What was that?!"

 

[Eagle1]

I'm still nailing reflective googly eyes back in the weeds off corners of trails in the Paul Bunyan State Forest to mess with people night riding.

"I saw eye shine! What was that?!"

You put bad thoughts into my head.... but the living giant dogs are scarier --- still.........

 

[SoGeorgia]

On our first visit to our new property in Maine we explored a lot, trying to find the property lines. Honestly we probably only covered maybe 10% of the property if even that.. Nothing really strange just odd.. like how the hell did this get out here? it's very remote.. the usual though, random old wheels/tires.. washing machines... old metal.. old tvs.. then just some random metal wire running through the woods.. no idea why or what for... and oddly, 1 porcelain insulator, nailed to a tree... no wire.. and no other insulators anywhere else.. can't figure that one out..
In my teens out exploring the woods I found an old shack by the creek that apparently some homeless guy had been staying in.. kinda freaked me out because the neighbors caught him peeping in their daughter's window.

 

[BravoXray]

I'm still nailing reflective googly eyes back in the weeds off corners of trails in the Paul Bunyan State Forest to mess with people night riding.

"I saw eye shine! What was that?!"

You need to get some big, toothy grins made of reflective material to put up with the eyes.

 

[Jstpssng]

then just some random metal wire running through the woods.. no idea why or what for... and oddly, 1 porcelain insulator, nailed to a tree... no wire.. and no other insulators anywhere else.. can't figure that one out..

Years ago when guys stayed in woods camps there were phone lines running through the woods. Often it was just nailed to trees, or just run along the ground. Just out of curiosity, was your land in Oxford County? There was a lot of old phone lines running through the woods there decades ago.

 

[milkman]

About 70 yrs ago, my dad and I were walking in the woods and he showed me where two holes about five or six feet across were in the ground. I don't remember where they are, I just remember throwing big rocks in the hole and never a sound of them hitting anything. Wish we had explored with ropes but was too chicken to try it.

 

[SoGeorgia]

Years ago when guys stayed in woods camps there were phone lines running through the woods. Often it was just nailed to trees, or just run along the ground. Just out of curiosity, was your land in Oxford County? There was a lot of old phone lines running through the woods there decades ago.

Nope, Washington county. The insulator was about 3ft off the ground on the tree.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

About 70 yrs ago, my dad and I were walking in the woods and he showed me where two holes about five or six feet across were in the ground. I don't remember where they are, I just remember throwing big rocks in the hole and never a sound of them hitting anything. Wish we had explored with ropes but was too chicken to try it.

Amazon Prime Video has a drama series about that hole now.

 

[Jstpssng]

Nope, Washington county. The insulator was about 3ft off the ground on the tree.

Still likely to be the same thing. The time was when men would go into the woods at about this time of year, and not come out until after the spring log drive. Then they'd go to Bangor and blow six month's wages in a week.