This is the reason why I feel that most caches should be Members-Only, to reduce the risk of
"rogue geocachers" looting and stealing well-hidden caches.

Ken

--- Trisha <trisha@brasher.com> wrote:
> I just got "no-finds" on two well-established and well-hidden caches
> up near Prescott....made me wonder the same thing, Ken. Hm.
> 
> Trisha "Lightning"
> Prescott
> 
> 
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 21:30:15 -0800 (PST), Ken Akerman wrote:
> 
> Several months ago, I received a note from an experienced geocacher
> explaining that he couldn't find my cache San Juan Overlook in South
> Mountain Park.  Today I checked the cache, and unfortunately it is
> gone.
>  
> I don't understand why this cache is missing, because it cannot be
> seen from the trail and I thought that it was well-hidden.  It did
> appear to me to be better hidden than many other caches in South
> Mountain Park that are still in existence, some of which were
> established before San Juan Overlook.
>  
> What could have caused this cache to disappear?  Someone who knew of
> the existence of the cache (a rogue "geocacher", perhaps) must have
> taken it.
>  
> Two of my other caches, Phoenix Open (gone for the second time, even
> with a smaller container) and Estrella FREE Car Cache (difficult to
> get to and quite remote, so there is no way that it could have been
> found accidentally) also appear to be missing.  This may sound a bit
> paranoid, but could there be someone out there who doesn't like me who
> is taking my caches?
>  
> Ken (a.k.a. Highpointer)
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