Unknown scat in central Ohio- what creature made this? Warning- GROSS!

a reply to: CharlieAtTheGap

Would help a lot to know the size of the whole, maybe put your foot next to it when you take the pictures next time.

Really a lot of them are similar but size can narrow it down.

It looks like bear scat I have seen. I don't know if DNA can be extracted, and whether what is ate would contaminate it or not. It can be different in appearance depending what the bruin was eating. They do get into things bear are not meant to be into and eating. I actually had an encounter with a bigfoot hunting in Michigan back in the 70's. There would be footprints in the area. Somewhere this critter went from the scat pile and tracking should not be that difficult to find what it was.

looked like dinosaur poop

originally posted by: Char-Lee
a reply to: CharlieAtTheGap

Would help a lot to know the size of the whole, maybe put your foot next to it when you take the pictures next time.

Really a lot of them are similar but size can narrow it down.

I actually did that, I will upload it tonight.

You have coyotes in those parts?
They will gorge and drop some big gnarly dumps.

Does a bear #### in the woods?

I knew sooner or later the Crypto forum would turn to sh!t, I mean scat.

a reply to: CharlieAtTheGap

You know,ATS is the only place on the web where I can read about the Hadron colliders newest discoveries,argue with people from all over the world about east Europe,talk about the latest earthquake,read up on new discoveries on history,and look at a picture of poo,all in one day! Awesome

Nice cave photos. Looks like some terrible poop.

Any bells in it?

originally posted by: Bongripasaurus
Nice cave photos. Looks like some terrible poop.

That is actually a 1920s mine. Well, at least that's the last time they mined it. It could be older. Part of me will always wonder if it's Jonathan Swift's Lost Silver Mine...we thought we might try to pump the water out. You can only get in about 50 feet before you hit water.

Whatever they were mining, supposedly they would load it in wooden boxes inside the mine before loading into a covered truck that never left before midnight. So the family wonders if it was silver or something more nefarious, like uranium.

Then supposedly the company packed up one night, no warning, and never returned.

Even more interesting, is the former owner of the property, who also helped work the mine, was called a "Bleeder"- meaning, he could stop people's bleeding. He was so good, they said all a person had to do was go tell this guy who was injured and the guy could stop the bleeding without even having the person physically present.

PIcture with my foot for scale...

foot-for-s cale by Charlie York, on Flickr

I've found him..and if he can do it..so can you...

double post

a reply to: CharlieAtTheGap

The only real way to know would be to taste it. Go on, you have our full support...right guys?!

a reply to: weirdguy

Oh, man. That got me thinking about that Cheech & Chong thing where they're Russian and one guy is telling the other to taste the dog poo.
I imagine that the whole experience would be like this:

a reply to: CharlieAtTheGap

I'd be very interested to know if you are successful in pumping out the water.
Also, is there anywhere online to read about the history of the mine?

Just curious as we have a lot of caves in my area and we used to explore them quite often!

originally posted by: TNMockingbird
a reply to: CharlieAtTheGap

I'd be very interested to know if you are successful in pumping out the water.
Also, is there anywhere online to read about the history of the mine?

Just curious as we have a lot of caves in my area and we used to explore them quite often!

I did call the state about it, and they said they didn't begin keeping records till much later, so they wouldn't have anything about it at all. The only thing I thought of is possibly going to the courthouse and seeing if the mining company had to have a lease on file or something.

a reply to: CharlieAtTheGap

That's a good idea!
We found a house a year or so back we wanted to find info on.
We went to the courthouse and found ALL sorts of stuff.

Not just the usual information about who owned it, etc. AND one of the ladies who worked there was
like an encyclopedia of information (gossippy type stuff)...

originally posted by: weirdguy
a reply to: CharlieAtTheGap

The only real way to know would be to taste it. Go on, you have our full support...right guys?!

That's definitely the way to do it, that's the way it's been done since ancient times.