[meteorite-list] Strange things found while hunting for meteorites : )

From: Thunder Stone <stanleygregr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:43:21 -0800
Message-ID: <SNT117-W298CFF7882529DCFBCEE8ED2D80_at_phx.gbl>

I found a bowling ball in the middle of the desert

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> From: rickmont at earthlink.net
> To: tbear1 at cableone.net; raremeteorites at yahoo.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:07:40 -0800
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strange things found while hunting for meteorites : )
>
> Nothing tops any of the previous entries, but once I found a light-bulb in
> the middle of no-where. Huh???
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ted Bunch"
> To: "Adam Hupe" ; "Adam"
>
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 2:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strange things found while hunting for
> meteorites : )
>
>
> >I was angry because the low flying event by military jets has happened to
> >me
> > numerous times. They do low altitude runs in many areas of the desert
> > where
> > they should not be. But these flight jockeys love to spot some poor
> > bastard
> > in the middle of nowhere and then do a 'strafing" run on him at 50 m off
> > the
> > deck and > mach 1. Scares the Hell out of me and the sonic wave laden with
> > dust is no fun. If I were to have a heart attack that be the time.
> >
> > Te
> >
> >
> > On 2/21/11 2:48 PM, "Adam Hupe" wrote:
> >
> >> I can't top the prosthetic leg or the cow suspended on top of a telephone
> >> pole
> >> like Sonny found but you can count on strange happenings if you spend
> >> enough
> >> time in the desert.
> >>
> >> One time while climbing a mountain by Area 51, Dr Ted Bunch, Zann and I
> >> were
> >> startled by a jet flying below our altitude. It flew so close to use
> >> sideways
> >> that I could see the pilots face and helmet. Needless to say, it was
> >> going so
> >> fast that we were startled when it flew by. Luckily, nobody lost their
> >> footing.
> >> Ted was angry but Zann and I found it amusing.
> >>
> >>
> >> I have been startled by sonic booms several times by unseen craft. You
> >> can
> >> actually feel the sound if this makes sense.
> >>
> >>
> >> The wildlife never ceases to interest me. It amazing me how tough
> >> creatures
> >> and
> >> early man have to be to survive desert conditions. I have also seen
> >> giant cat
> >> tracks among other things and would not want to run into one.
> >>
> >> Take Care,
> >>
> >> Adam
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: Adam Hupe
> >> To: Adam
> >> Sent: Mon, February 21, 2011 1:08:08 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strange things found while hunting for
> >> meteorites
> >> : )
> >>
> >> I have seen what looked like an open grave discovered by Guido's wife,
> >> Joan
> >> and
> >> Zann. There was a perfect rectangle dug several feet deep out in the
> >> middle
> >> of
> >> nowhere. Perhaps some gangster dug it to make a point when Vegas was
> >> under
> >> mob
> >> control. We continue to check it from time-to-time to make sure it isn't
> >> buried
> >>
> >> over.
> >>
> >> Caches of old casino chips have been stashed in secret places throughout
> >> the
> >> desert. We were shown one location where tokens numbered in the
> >> thousands
> >> with
> >> several rare ones. They were coming out of concrete, put there in an
> >> unsuccessful effort to destroy them. It looked like fossil negatives
> >> where
> >> they
> >>
> >> fell out.
> >>
> >> A four hour hike from our house will take you to a very old aircraft
> >> wreck. A
> >> short hike will take you to petroglypts and a water fall.
> >>
> >> I once found a dead turtle with a transmitter hooked to its back. This
> >> was
> >> while
> >>
> >> hiking with Sonny and Rob.
> >>
> >> We stumbled onto a hidden dwelling surrounded by bushes with no power or
> >> utilities and a sign that said keep the F--- OUT. We took it seriously
> >> and
> >> backed out of there slowly. We figured it was somebody growing product
> >> or the
> >> kind of lab that one would not want to deal with.
> >>
> >> We found a stolen SUV hidden in a canyon and reported its GPS coordinates
> >> to
> >> the
> >>
> >> police.
> >>
> >>
> >> One time, I was startled by a dog running up to me in the middle of
> >> nowhere
> >> with
> >>
> >> six pack of beer strapped around its neck. I then met the toothless
> >> owner who
> >> told me not to be afraid because "Buddy" or "Bud" for short doesn't bite
> >> very
> >> hard or all that often. He then drank one of the beers and offered me
> >> one. I
> >> think I was more afraid of the owner than the dog.
> >>
> >> Happy Hunting,
> >>
> >> Adam
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