Did a good deed today and kicked up the boundary of a small church so the congregation can start on their fence. At my age pro-bono work is considered "insurance"...;-)
The management of the apartment complex that borders the church property was what I would consider "overly" concerned about us walking around with equipment and digging holes.
We finally finished up and I called my buddy to let him know. I mentioned the apartment manager seeming suspicious. He then tells me this is the place a 10 year old girl was found murdered about seven years ago. Apparently everybody around there is jumpy about "strangers".
I was just pondering the fact that the murder site and a house of worship were in such close proximity. Kinda creepy; too horrible to even think about. Glad I didn't know about it until we were finished.
When I worked in Tampa, my party chief (I was a lowly rodman back then) told me about surveying an abandoned gas station in the blighted ring surrounding the downtown area. Apparently, the crack dealers buried their stashes in shallow holes near where they sold, so if they got hassled by the police, they wouldn't have any drugs on their person them. He explained that, prior to starting the survey, he had to walk around the site and explain to several shady looking characters that he wasn't looking for their drugs and didn't care about them one way or another.
Maybe the manager was concerned with the fact that somebody was digging around for a reason.....
Working in a Forest
How did you manage to get 2-1/2 trees in one photo? Wide-angle lens?
When I surveyed in Nebraska; a crew with another company was dipping manholes down by the airport. They opened up a storm manhole and found the skeletal remains of a woman.
They put the lid back on and waited until the end of the day to call the cops; that way it wasn't going to interrupt their work flow.
Dougie
Found skeletal remains twice. One in Alaska, a skull projecting out of a trail we were using to get to a (remote) jobsite. The other, a skull projecting out of the ground on the boundary of an onion patch. Both not very obvious unless you were eyeballing the ground right in front of you. Called law enforcement and they forwarded it to the coroner, who forwarded it to the archeologists. Turns out both remains were native american, unremarkable, not burials.