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One of the reasons your lungs feel refreshed when walking through a pine forest is because of an anti-inflammatory compound called a-Pinene, found in conifers. It is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of asthma and abundantly present in marijuana.

#2

I Was Out For A Walk In The Woods Today And Almost Stepped On This Beauty

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669points

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Foxxy 5 years ago

Awww, sleeping Bambi.

107points

#3

Found This In The Woods Today

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666points

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Daria B 5 years ago

It's a portal, obviously.

246points

There is a 2400 year old giant “honey mushroom” in Oregon, covering 2200 acres, slowly killing off the trees in the forest. It is the largest living organism on the planet.

#4

Found This In The Woods While Trail Riding

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657points

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Pandykinz 5 years ago

It should say "Mr. Sanders" though

22points

#5

Abandoned Russian House Found In The Woods

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650points

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Dann999 5 years ago

Don't be that chick/dude who died in the first 10 minutes of any horror movie.

243points

In the Battle of Hurtgen Forest during WW2, the forest was so dense and dark and hard to navigate that the German and Allied medics shared an aid station in the only building either could easily find.

#6

Me And My Girlfriend Were Walking In The Woods The Other Week And Saw A Rainbow Pool For The First Time

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649points

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Foxxy 5 years ago

That looks beautiful but it’s concerning seeing as some oil substances generally cause the rainbow effect when it comes into contact the with water.

190points

#7

Buddy Of Mine Came Across This Dinosaur In The Woods The Other Day

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648points

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Withnail 5 years ago

Maybe T-Rexes were so grumpy because they could never scratch their noses when it itched.

93points

The Redwood Forest in northern California is famous for its towering redwood trees which can grow more than 350 feet tall. This is the height on an average skyscraper. Some redwood trees are so big that miniature forests grow on their upper branches.

#8

Standing In A Huge Pond That Sinks Every Dry Season

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620points

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Withnail 5 years ago

Whoa, that's trippy! It looks like two photos, one on top of the other.

183points

#9

This Tree I Found Hiking Looks Like A Forest Monster Watching Over You

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586points

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varwenea 5 years ago

Every kid's nightmare

84points

A man called Jadav Payeng single-handedly planted a forest bigger than Central Park to save Majuli Island in Northern India from erosion. The forest is now home to large amounts of stray wildlife.

#10

I Went For A Walk In The Forest And Came Upon This Ponderosa Pine Tree That Had Been Struck By Lightning

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563points

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Hello it Smee 5 years ago

Beautiful to see and scary because the fire could spread.

119points

#11

Found Old Dog Tags In A Metal Pile In Our Woods. Reunited Them With His Wife, Who Lost Her Husband Of 60 Years In 2010

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548points

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Foxxy 5 years ago

That was nice of them to return them.

127points

#12

Stairs To Nowhere In New Hampshire

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534points

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Magic567 5 years ago

looks like the remains of a castle!

87points

#13

Found This Sword In Epping Forest, England

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521points

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Daria B 5 years ago

You're the one! Use it for the right causes, warrior!

152points

#14

This Stick I Found Looks Like A Burning Torch, Flame Included!

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476points

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Luis Milian 5 years ago

did you pass the torch to the next person?

77points

#15

Found This Mushroom While Hiking In The Woods, There’s Gotta Be A Rabbit Hole Nearby

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461points

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Withnail 5 years ago

Fun fact: There are certain kinds of mushroom that if eaten only once, is enough to feed a person until the end of their life.

331points

#16

This Moss Covered Boot Found In The Woods

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444points

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Withnail 5 years ago

I wanted to say something clever about being green and your carbon footprint, to boot, but I couldn't make it fit, so I'm leaving it here.

153points

#17

shhh It's A Flock Of Wild Toilets Roosting

*shhh* It's A Flock Of Wild Toilets Roosting

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413points

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Foxxy 5 years ago (edited)

That’s amazing, never seen animals like that in the wild before.

134points

#18

I Found A Memorial For A Fallen Tree While Hiking

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407points

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Lucah Liebenberg 5 years ago

Awwww, sweet child

47points

#19

I Was Driving Through The Back Roads Of Pennsylvania On The Way To A Camping Spot And Found A Mountain Of Ceramic Dishes And Tea Cups In The Middle Of The Woods

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387points

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Hello it Smee 5 years ago

I would like to know the back story as to why there is a mountain of dishes. That is a very random road find.

188points

PyroarRanger 5 years ago

It's the great Wall of China

205points

Aria Whitaker 5 years ago

This pic was on Reddit a while ago. Apparently, many hotels, resorts and catering halls will hire cheap, third party companies to haul away their ceramics when they go out of business...those third party "dumpers" have to pay a fee to dump their loads in designated, legal places for such things. To get around this fee and pocket more money, the shady companies have begun hauling stuff like this out into the woods and illegally dumping them there. The person explaining this noted that a large hotel/ resort in the PA area HAD recently gone out of business, and guessed that this may be where the contents of the hotel kitchens ended up.

76points

Alex Marano 5 years ago

Potter's Field. It's where potters would discard mistakes. I once ran across one of these in rural NY. I pulled part of doll out of the heap. A friend w/me thought it was theft (WTF), I left it.

1point

Jane Alexander 5 years ago

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Foxxy 5 years ago

That’s awful, they should be recycled not just left in the forest.

29points

Mich 5 years ago

As far as things dumped, ceramics is pretty inert. The majority of components is hardened clay and silica (sand). Ceramic glaze is basically glass. It's hard to recycle (breaking back into usable, raw components) and the energy needed to heat it until the glaze becomes fluid again is not ecologically sound. Left on its own, it will eventually break down into sand and earth again. As far as up-cycling or reuse (using again without breaking down), I doubt anyone who wanted material would be turned away from taking it.

4points

Doober 5 years ago

Looks like a great place for a *therapy* session

22points

wtyang24 5 years ago

*smash, smash*

5points

Yael 5 years ago

Looks like my kitchen sink right now.

20points

Cassie 5 years ago

Some of that still looks intact. If I was a college kid around there, I would totally dig through for the unbroken pieces to use or sell.

12points

Sonya Walker 5 years ago

They look like they are unglazed. If you used unglazed pottery you will probably get food poisoning.

-1point

Cindy Snow 5 years ago

Well we don't like to wash dishes in PA...we just drive them into the woods never to be seen again. Like the mafia...

9points

glowworm2 5 years ago

It's the aftermath of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare's tea party!

9points

Sanne H. 5 years ago

As I try to stay positive, I like to think that somebody is collecting these, with plans to build an eco cathedral. Just like the one in Mildam (Frysia), that is made of thrown away bricks and concrete.

7points

Captain Awesome 5 years ago

It's a local stockpile for Greek weddings!

6points

Tiari 5 years ago

Or German ones.

0points

Mikki Bauer 5 years ago (edited)

going to guess a manufacturer or warehouse dumping ground

5points

Dawnfire 5 years ago

Maybe a giant ate too much

5points

Catherine Stevens 5 years ago

Why ppl liter and show it?! :C

3points

Allison Davis 5 years ago

Folks that may be around the abandoned Shenago China factory near New Castle. PA. It made dinnerware for over 100 years. It’s abandoned since about 2011.

2points

Jessica A 5 years ago

Pennsylvanian stress relief?

2points

KCN 5 years ago

It would be stress relief if they could set them up so people could smash them with a baseball, or let someone with a hammer at them. I would love to do that!

2points

Missy Barton 5 years ago

Wonder where in PA this is and if it's near me?

2points

Claire 5 years ago

It's on Sunset Ln near Tanglewood Camping. Near Blakes, Covington, Blossburg. Does that help? Look up awesome_clips on Reddit, he is the one who found it and is in the picture.

4points

Natasha Forchione 5 years ago

Not cool!!

2points

Michalina Piotrowska 5 years ago

Shame!

2points

it's me again 5 years ago

They grow naturally in the Pennsylvania highlands. Where did you think they came from?

1point

Momo Skarsgård 5 years ago

Lmfaoooo XD

0points

Balázs Schermann 5 years ago

Nothing extra really, forest giants have to do dishes too... an hour of work for their mom i think.

1point

Momo Skarsgård 5 years ago

You find a lot of weird things in the woods of PA! Gotta love living here, hiking is always an adventure!!

1point

Char Char 5 years ago

Googles my fingers off and could find no other reference of this phenom. I'd like to know more!

1point

Claire 5 years ago

Start looking here https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/av975o/i_was_driving_through_the_back_roads_of/?ref_source=email&ref=share This is the guy who took the original picture. It won't have all the answers, but it might help.

0points

Gustav Gansted 5 years ago

Nicely sorted though - ready for recycling in mineral wool production:-)

1point

David Coe 1 year ago

It was an outdoor Greek Wedding...

0points

Robert Robi Z 5 years ago

Some Greeks must had had a wedding there

0points

Amy Wood 5 years ago

There’s a really good 2 part episode on this photo on the “endless thread” podcast. It’s not what y’all think it is.

0points

Amanda DuPont 5 years ago

ive been needing some new dishes....

0points

Virginia Llorca 5 years ago

Not even a giant resort would utilize that many dishes.

0points

Andrew Reyes 5 years ago

I guess the Mad Hatter really DID get MAD

0points

Sharon Attwood 5 years ago

Must have been a VERY large Greek wedding at that spot!

0points

Dan Abramsky 5 years ago

They're mine...

0points

Ana M 5 years ago

Mmmmmm, the Hatter must be near by.

0points

Bonita 5 years ago

Must be a Greek restaurant nearby.

0points

Tracy Wolfe 5 years ago

Call the police...the diners have been wronged.

0points

Lynn Hussey 5 years ago

Massive littering..on a more 'serious' note..

0points

moeless 5 years ago

Dumping is never cool. Don't do it.

0points

Sally Hudd 5 years ago

It is the result of many hundreds of teddy bear’s picnics.

0points

loona 5 years ago

Huh?

0points

Abbella DiNoto 5 years ago

Wow! Free. Ceramic tile. Broken plates make great mosaic tiles! Grout it with a colored grout on your sidewalks or walls!

0points

Colin Leamon 5 years ago

Is that to serve the food that gets thrown away needlessly

0points

Merilyn Horton 5 years ago

Greek restaurants let patrons break crockery as part of a dance.

0points

chachkimooch 5 years ago

Dude looks like he's about to take off running.

0points

Jo Jo Timmons 5 years ago

Those damn Greeks

0points

marmitejim 5 years ago

Greeks...... It looks like you've got an infestation of Greeks somewhere quite local.

0points

David Herz 5 years ago

Probably secret Alice in Wonderland tea party conventions...or is this where that ghastly movement got started?

0points

Mark CM 5 years ago

It's obviously a popular place for Greek weddings.

0points

Red 5 years ago

anybody fancy a tea party?

0points

Jessica Mills 5 years ago

probably a restaurant or hotel closed and just dumped the dishes

0points

sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago

So very disgusting, they will be there forever !!!

0points

Shey Scott 5 years ago

wth

0points

Tiffany Marie 5 years ago

Wtf? No wonder our Earth environment is poor. Some person use them to shoot in the air? That's where they land?

0points

Jace 5 years ago

Hopefully it’s just ceramic. Glass and such, so long as they don’t have impurities for decoration, aren’t environmentally harmful. It’s still an offensive manner in which to deal with this stuff. Stupid tax codes can make it “more cost effective” to destroy business materials rather than to sell or donate.

0points

Lily Mae Kitty 5 years ago

this is probably outside the Pfaltazgraff factory

0points

Snuggle Bee 5 years ago

Looks like someone hates washing up more than I do smh

0points

hakan arık 5 years ago

porcelain is not reusable like glass. so you need to pay to dispose them off. there must be big hotels around that area.

0points

recoveryforeva 5 years ago

take them home and smash them when you feel emotional :)

0points

Paul Chang 5 years ago

Serious illegal dumping

0points

Thanh Tùng 5 years ago

Just husbands deny to wash the dishes

0points

Brenda Owens 5 years ago

Repeat after me, Recycle, recycle, dam*t RECYCLE.

0points

Reactive Kid 5 years ago

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0points

Id row 5 years ago

What a waste.

0points

Russian Otaku 5 years ago

Pretty disgusting to just dump all that there

0points

Bernadette McPolin 5 years ago

Must have been some party.

0points

Kevin Williams 5 years ago

Probably the discard pile from an old ceramics factory. Back in the day they would find a spot out of sight(didn't matter who owned the land) and get rid of whatever they wanted.

0points

BusLady 5 years ago

After the biggest dinner party ever. No one wanted to wash the dishes.

0points

Godspeed 5 years ago

Greek wedding after party?

0points

Hawk Marcarelli 5 years ago

It looks like the (Dinner Party) was a .

0points

BusLady 5 years ago

Factory went out of business? Maybe they were deemed not safe to use, and they got rid of them. By illegal dumping.

0points

Erik Granqvist 5 years ago (edited)

That is not - aqtually - an enviromental problem in terms of poison or local fauna and flora. But it is butt ugly.

0points

miten sasmita 5 years ago

Ahh what a waste! Many of them look fine and intact. Why didn't they arrange a cheap garage sale or donate them away.

0points

Griselda Mussett 5 years ago

Archaeology of the distant future

0points

Kare Smith 5 years ago

Alice and her friends keep forgetting to clean the dishes after their tea parties

0points

Tania Wright 5 years ago

Goodness that’s some fly tipping 😳

0points

Josurf 5 years ago

PULL !

0points

Martata 5 years ago

Is this the same guy that found the mushrooms?

0points

Mayra Gomes 5 years ago

I think it would be great as mosaic

0points

Ula 5 years ago

Terrible the one who did it should be tracked down

0points

Zena Flavin 5 years ago

I told you Margery we packed too much

0points

Lynna Thompson 5 years ago

I had a friend who lived near a fine china factory, they threw out any pieces that had flaws. She would go pick through the pile and find the ones that had unnoticeable flaws and her family of 18 would eat off fine china. That was long ago in Pennsylvania.

0points

Michelle 5 years ago

that's shocking

0points

Jeff Christensen 5 years ago

Sonebody *really* didn't want to wash the dishes.

0points

Charlie0527 5 years ago

I’d love to throw a rock at it.

0points

dankay01 5 years ago

I'm going to need more information.

0points

Mia Cardenas 5 years ago

people and their inability to dispose of their trash properly

0points

KCN 5 years ago

I would love to get a baseball bat and go after this pile. What a stress reliever it would be!

0points

Misterscooter 5 years ago

Ready for a tea party with the Mad Hatter and White Rabbit. A very merry unbirthday, to you!

0points

Susan Gardner 5 years ago

Whaaaaaaaaaaat tf

0points

Ana Miranda @ Lisbon, Portugal 5 years ago

Here's why Grandma never cares about getting birthday and Christmas gifts

-1point

#20

Abandoned Train Tunnel We Found In The Woods

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Kaisu 5 years ago

This is really cool, though I would be too spooked to go in the tunnel with no light

80points

#21

Moved To Wisconsin. Found This In The Woods

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371points

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Ani Archeron 5 years ago (edited)

How the heck did Rory get the Pandorica to America

140points

#22

Found This Purple Lil Guy Hiking In PA

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365points

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Luis Milian 5 years ago

this is that one purple mushroom in Mario. unless you want to shrink size, don't eat it...lol

107points

#23

What My Parents Found On Their Hike

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Clare McDuff 5 years ago

It’s Castle Greyskull!!!

62points

#24

This Log Accessorized With Pennies I Found While Hiking

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334points

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Captain Awesome 5 years ago

Total value $1.25

102points

#25

Found This Bottle With Moss While Walking In The Woods

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Benjamin Robinson 5 years ago

Mossage in a bottle

171points

#26

So I Was Walking In A Forrest Near My City And Found This

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322points

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Binxyminxem 5 years ago

Grandmother willow!

47points

#27

Sign I Found In The Woods That Depicts A Man Jumping Over Some Scary Looking Hands

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314points

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Hello it Smee 5 years ago

Beware of the zombies in the woods

106points

#28

I Was Out Fossil Hunting In A Wash After A Thunderstorm. I Figured It Had To Uncover A Bit Of Stuff Down In The Streambed. I Found This

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311points

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Foxxy 5 years ago

Smokin!!

186points

#29

Found This Fireplace In The Woods While Adventuring

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309points

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A J 5 years ago

You have a cat to go on adventures with you? That's so cool

237points

#30

Came Across An Overgrown Cemetery In The Woods

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Foxxy 5 years ago

Sadly it seems like they have been forgotten.

208points

#31

My Brother Found This (Missile?) In The Woods In Tennessee

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280points

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Ani Archeron 5 years ago

Intelligent brain: Back away slowly Monkey brain: Poke it. PoKe It.

239points

#32

Found This Phone Booth In The Middle Of The Woods

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279points

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Dave van Es 5 years ago

Have you tried dialing 62442? Maybe it's an unused entrance to the ministry of magic

155points

#33

Found 43 Bucks In A Pair Of Jeans In The Woods

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278points

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varwenea 5 years ago

Score! Hope the jeans aren't from a dead guy though. Bad juju.

153points

#34

Hiking Through The Woods On A Hot Day, Came Across This Oasis

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278points

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varwenea 5 years ago

But do you have the right change?

115points

#35

Found This Bicycle In The Woods. Someone Had Big Plans?

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267points

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Daria B 5 years ago

Wow! This one is creating a whole story in my head.

77points

#36

I Found A Dead Robot In The Woods Behind My House

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264points

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varwenea 5 years ago

The beginnings of Terminator

83points

#37

Found An Old Helicopter In The Woods

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263points

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Bobert Robertson 5 years ago

Just needs an oil change and she’s good

97points

#38

I Found An Old Crematorium In The Woods Of An Uninhabited Island

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260points

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Alusair Alustriel 5 years ago

Gingerbread house got all eaten up.

82points

#39

My Dog Found A Large Pile Of Carrots In The Woods

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250points

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varwenea 5 years ago

You found Bugs Bunny's secret stash.

145points

#40

Friend Found This While Hiking The Connecticut Wilderness

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198points

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Captain Awesome 5 years ago

Best place to leave a Jeep...

45points

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#41

Found Old Soviet Bunkers In The Woods

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98points

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Stimpy 5 years ago

And the strange thing was: this was in America...

49points

#42

Found This While Walking In The Woods

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98points

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Yael 5 years ago

This is so vegan lol.

41points

#43

Found Something That Looked Like A Coffin In The Woods Today

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96points

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Ani Archeron 5 years ago

A coffin that's collapsed. Under the leaves there's probably the remains of the lid and under that quite possibly a skeleton. You can see similar things at old cemeteries.

54points

#44

A Caravan Lost In The Woods

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93points

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Kaz 5 years ago

The person living there was more than likely a hermit and passed away either out in the woods or in the nearest town but no one knew where his house was in the woods.

7points

#45

Imagine Walking In The Woods And Finding This. Well, That's What Happened To Me

Final score:

93points

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Link 5 years ago

This is were the Cult of the Simpsons go to worship

36points

#46

Found These Caterpillars Performing Some Special Ritual In The Woods Today

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91points

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Captain Awesome 5 years ago

It's called the Stop Touching me Karen dance

72points

#47

I Came Across A Tank Tread In The Woods

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86points

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Jacques-Olivier NICOLAS 5 years ago

Looks like it comes from a WW II Sherman

15points

#48

You Find A Freezer In The Woods, Duct Taped Shut. Do You Open It?

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85points

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Foxxy 5 years ago

No, but I would call the authorities in case there is something sinister inside.

112points

#49

Found A Note On A Hike

As people pointed out, this is upside-down and in farsi: she's asking for forgiveness and for the forces to give these people: American Airline's CEO in 1990 and a driver she spat on, stealing wine from an Armenian guy in Pasadena, little girl that liven in number 9 Saadi alleyway in Javadieh neighborhood (it's in Tehran) which she spat on, to be given dignity, wealth, complete physical and mental health in this world and the next.

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Final score:

83points

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Kaisu 5 years ago

Why is she spitting on people?

44points

#50

Found Something Creepy In The Woods

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83points

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Foxxy 5 years ago

You don’t put baby in the corner, you put baby in a cage instead.

33points

#51

Saw This Along A Trail In The Woods

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81points

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Lucah Liebenberg 5 years ago

[wispers] enter me....

8points

#52

Found In The Middle Of The Woods

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79points

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Pujan Vyas Joshi 5 years ago

DARK!

21points

#53

I Found A Secret Subway Entrance In The Wood

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78points

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Daria B 5 years ago

It's the entrance n.X, which allows you to take the train that will bring you to a different version of your destination.

26points

#54

Ms. Piggy

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77points

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Paul Perillie 5 years ago

Kermit got away with it

45points

#55

I Found An Apparent Iron-Nickel Meteorite In The Woods

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77points

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Stimpy 5 years ago

Cool! But how does one know it's a meteorite?

20points

#56

This Super Mario Themed Pipe And Cement I Found In The Woods

Final score:

74points

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Daria B 5 years ago (edited)

Imagine the money you'd find if you jumped down that pipe. ♥

17points

#57

This Old Graveyard I Found In The Woods Behind My New House

Final score:

73points

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Aunt Messy 5 years ago

The house I grew up in was across the alley from a huge cemetery. VERY quiet neighbours.

28points

#58

Crashed Military Jet From 1962 Found In The Woods Of New Jersey

Final score:

72points

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Bora 5 years ago

A-7 Corsair entered service in 1967. This might be Lockheed T-33. But I can't be 100% sure.

15points

#59

Random Keyboard In The Middle Of Woods

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70points

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Hollie Eastley 5 years ago

You can use this to hack photosynthesis

29points

#60

Found All These Old Records Hidden Deep In The Woods

Final score:

68points

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Kjorn 5 years ago

that's where Lois Hide the Bird Bird Bird is the word record from Peter Griffin

26points

#61

I Was Walking Around The Woods In My Backyard When I Saw Something That Made Me Jump. I Don't Have Any Neighbors

Final score:

67points

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Max L. 5 years ago

Not anymore, anyway.

55points

#62

Class Dismissed

Final score:

63points

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Diver Driver 5 years ago

Monty Python Set

24points

#63

I Found A Staircase In The Woods

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61points

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Foxxy 5 years ago

Stairway to the land of nowhere.

5points

#64

My Aunt Found This Warhead In The Woods Behind Her House

Final score:

60points

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Kaisu 5 years ago

I hope the military came and made sure it's deactivated before she let her dog near it

19points

#65

An Old Piano Found In The Woods Under A Tree Trunk

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57points

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Daria B 5 years ago (edited)

Legend says you can hear it playing when the sun sets down, and the sky turns rose. 'Twas described as a melancholic yet beautiful sound. However, nobody managed to reproduce that mellody yet. Countless musicians have tried, from professors and prodigies, to enthusiasts and students, but none could manage to capture those notes. As they'd write them down or touch the keys, like a dream, it would just fade away.

41points