Strange things found on your commute
08-01-11 | 09:11 AM
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08-01-11 | 09:19 AM
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Maybe not strange things, but things that I know for a fact that OTHERS have found on my commute route in the past week:
1) A faceplate for a Timex HRM watch
2) An early 90's vintage rear blinkie, with approx 50% of the mounting bracket still attached to it.
1) A faceplate for a Timex HRM watch
2) An early 90's vintage rear blinkie, with approx 50% of the mounting bracket still attached to it.
08-01-11 | 09:24 AM
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I found a can opener yesterday. I could not get back to it though. Looked like it would have worked fine.
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08-01-11 | 09:50 AM
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Strangest thing I ever found while riding was a dead body of a man.
Apparently he was running due to the jogging suit, suffered a heart attack and collapsed then fell down an embankment where cars could not see him from the road, but I could riding on the shoulder. He had been dead for several hours before I found him. I wasn't sure when I first saw him if he was dead so I approached off the bike and yelled at him but no response, so I touched him and he felt cold, not breathing, no pulse, and was staring blankly, so I followed my steps out so in case he was killed the scene would be undisturbed as much as possible and flagged a car down who called 911.
Apparently he was running due to the jogging suit, suffered a heart attack and collapsed then fell down an embankment where cars could not see him from the road, but I could riding on the shoulder. He had been dead for several hours before I found him. I wasn't sure when I first saw him if he was dead so I approached off the bike and yelled at him but no response, so I touched him and he felt cold, not breathing, no pulse, and was staring blankly, so I followed my steps out so in case he was killed the scene would be undisturbed as much as possible and flagged a car down who called 911.
Did local law enforcement follow up with you, or that's pretty much all you know to the story?
08-01-11 | 02:13 PM
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I guess I didn't really find it myself... But I did happen upon the Police pulling a body out of the river one morning. I rolled buy just as they were starting to pull him out. I read the news when I got to work and it looks like I passed by 10-15 minutes after the 911 call came in.... 0_o
08-03-11 | 03:17 PM
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08-03-11 | 10:34 PM
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A completely nude woman, strolling down the street in the same direction that I was rolling, walking as if she was sure she had clothes on. It was early, so nearly no traffic out. Very odd.
08-03-11 | 10:51 PM
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Was she at least wearing shoes? There can be some pretty nasty sharp rocks and broken glass in the street/sidewalk.
08-10-11 | 01:27 PM
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Been using the same route for about 6 months now,
just noticed this last week on the lawn of a house I pass by:
GREENBIKE by 1nterceptor, on Flickr
just noticed this last week on the lawn of a house I pass by:
GREENBIKE by 1nterceptor, on Flickr
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08-10-11 | 03:35 PM
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In the past two weeks, I've found the following...
1) A Crescent wrench.
2) A girls ID card (haven't been able to find her to give it back).
3) A HTC touchscreen phone - with a ran over battery. Gave me a new 4gb micro sd card though!
4) A left crank arm with a pedal still on it. (no sign of the right arm or other pedal lol).
1) A Crescent wrench.
2) A girls ID card (haven't been able to find her to give it back).
3) A HTC touchscreen phone - with a ran over battery. Gave me a new 4gb micro sd card though!
4) A left crank arm with a pedal still on it. (no sign of the right arm or other pedal lol).
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08-10-11 | 03:41 PM
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This morning - Side view mirror laying in the bike lane that had been ripped off a car.
I wish I knew the story behind how it got there (second hand of course).
I wish I knew the story behind how it got there (second hand of course).
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09-10-11 | 06:10 AM
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I found an iphone in the wet street yesterday, it had not been run over yet and a cute Kate Spade case had protected it well from the rain. I was rewarded $27 for delivering it to the owners husband. Everybody was happy and the sun came out for the first time in four days. 
09-10-11 | 08:48 AM
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Good thing you didn't collect. Looks like an alligator snapper from the pictures, it may have collected one of your fingers for the trouble.
09-10-11 | 08:53 AM
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09-24-11 | 10:28 PM
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Since i first started reading this thread i've been looking and today i finally saw something. A Monarch Butterfly, haven't seen one in many years and i thought it was odd sitting on the edge of the road at this time of year but i didn't want to bother it.
P.S. Turns out it may be less odd my coworkers tell me they are thick this year. Apparently i don't pay attention so good.
P.S. Turns out it may be less odd my coworkers tell me they are thick this year. Apparently i don't pay attention so good.
Last edited by crawstuff; 09-25-11 at 03:16 AM.
