Strange things you find in the woods

[Chicken Dinner]

Egghead and I were out scouting a new piece of ground over the weekend and came across what you see below. We were at least a mile down a gravel road and another half mile down a two track and then off in the woods a bit. Seems like some sort of “furnace”. But, really have no idea.


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[Thumper]

A back woods lab ... somebody's been "cooking" meth. ;)

(I have no clue)

[DeputyDog]

Not sure what that is but doesn’t look like anything used in any method of meth production I’ve ever seen. Unfortunately this part of Indiana was a hotbed of meth activity for at least 20 years that I’ve been in law enforcement.


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[quercus alba]

obviously a Sasquatch camp ground, they can't just run down to Walmart and buy a buddy heater. Better keep a tight grip on your Jack Links

[Penguin]

Hmmm. I've seen really old homemade forges that look kind of like that. Was there any sort of naturally occuring iron ore around there Hank?

[Chicken Dinner]

Could be, Will. This was out in the Shenandoah Valley and there are remnants of much bigger colonial era furnaces around. This seemed pretty “fresh” though.


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[Bwana]

What the heck???

[Bwana]

We were in the Black Hills of South Dakota this past weekend and the only strange things we came across were these things:
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And these which were in big clusters scattered EVERYWHERE throughout the clearing at the top of the hill. Hundreds and hundreds of them.
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[Arty]

that's pretty damn cool!