How to scare other campers away

[bilmo-p5]

Lobbing acorns, conkers, small pine cones etc. (stuff that will effectively 'disappear' as soon as it hits the ground) onto them & their tents from a safe & invisible distance, perhaps with the aid of a small catapult, would get 'em wondering who/what was out there . . .

 

[forrestdweller]

what about some butyric acid on gear/ around campsite while they're asleep? or some bottles/cans of booze with strong laxative mixed in...

to my experience those sort of people are too ignorant and talking sadly never helped when i tried it this way(not that i used my ideas above...)

 

[Paul72]

The costume idea is a good one with a few appropriate sound effects, maybe something like this one....?

http://www.thehorrordome.com/the-big-bad-wolf---studio-werewolf-costume.aspx

 

[teknohippy]

Oh no I prefer this one:

http://www.thehorrordome.com/images/products/detail/WerewolfAttackFrontLG.jpg

 

[_mark_]

The Equalizer!

 

[Melonfish]

actually thats not a bad idea, running on the same idea you could get prop skeletons and zombie types, whilst they're asleep have them hanging from tree's, crawling out of the ground etc. then sit back and wait till morning when there is much screaming.

 

[Paul_B]

BTW Whenever I have seen ppl camping irresponsibly in the wilds it hasn't been kids but ppl in the 35 + bracket. Probably myself included although I don't drink (much) and definitely not cans but bottles (preferably whiskey or wine or bottle conditioned beer or real ale in bottles).

If they are using tarps then prepare in advance by setting beer traps or other slug traps then librally sprinkle slugs on their faces. This works in tents too iff you leave the doors open. only trouble is the beer trap kills slugs so try to catch them by hand. If you catch the slugs alive then use any remnants of beer from the cans and dose the tents or tarps with it spo the live slugs will stay around. Not sure if it works but I like the dea of them thinking the area has a major slug infestation and that the slugs like humans.

I must admit that you guys are inventive. Do you use your powers for good too?! I like the one about putting stuff on the fires. Even if they don't burn fully they would still be unuseable.

If they leave their shoes or boots outside or in the porch and you can get them without being seen then a vindictive person could break any of their glass bottles (if they drink out of bottles and not beer cans) then sprinkle it around their tenst so they have to go through the broken shards to reach their shoes/boots that are just out of reach but visible from their tent porches. An alternative is to get the boots and shoes then tie them high up on a tree but put the broken glass andanything else sharp around that tree for some distance. If you can make the tree hard to climb too so they keep falling down on the sharp bits. Perhaps a pine but you break off the branches as you climb back down before adding the sharps. Please don't do this as I am only joking.

I would honestly hope I'd call the police. I do know a rural copper and unfortunately they cover a large area, much larger than a town bobby. It is quite possible to get many nuisance areas in their patch and policing it for this anti-social activity is not really viable. Although they won't know about it if you don't call them. Realistically the night bobby is probably in a car and is probably sorting out some road based problem at night. Either that or preparing for a night-tiume raid up a farm track. Seriously you have to be up very early to catch dodgy farmers. Realistically you won't change them and you won't stop them. Tough! You've lost your secret place. If you can't beat them, join them. Perhaps if you get a lot of mates round and make more trouble than them. I reckon you could get a few dodgy looking bushcrafters together round a large fire for a few weekends drinking a lot telling tall tales into the wee hours. Anyone up for that??

 

[JonathanD]

You lot worry me sometimes.

 

[dr jones]

i reckon a healthy dose of badger/fox dung descreatly applied to any bit of kit they leave outside when they crash, ie inside boots ,on rucksack shoulder straps , hats etc would work wonders . Or roadkill left all over their camp!

 

[telwebb]

You lot worry me sometimes.

I'm glad about that - I was beginning to think it was just me !

 

[Paul_B]

Me too. Still you lot are funny with your plans and schemes. I just hope I don't meet some of you and cross you.

Any of you lot heard of the Wastwater gnome garden? Apparently some divers in Wastwater found a few gnomes somewhere under the water. Over the years it got out and more of them turned up and now there are picket fences and IIRC over 100 gnomes. Each year more turn up.

 

[Pandabean]

There a place near me, part of a new forest development and as well as wood carvings there are gnomes hidden about the place. Next time I am there I will take some pics.

 

[teknohippy]

I love the sound of the underwater gnome village.

 

[Mesquite]

Me too. Still you lot are funny with your plans and schemes. I just hope I don't meet some of you and cross you.

Any of you lot heard of the Wastwater gnome garden? Apparently some divers in Wastwater found a few gnomes somewhere under the water. Over the years it got out and more of them turned up and now there are picket fences and IIRC over 100 gnomes. Each year more turn up.

If I remember rightly the police went and recovered a load of them because some divers got into trouble as they were so deep.

So what happens? New gnomes are planted 2 metres deeper than the police divers are allowed to go

 

[spoony]

Super glue the zips up and put the tents on the fire

 

[Eric_Methven]

Get rid of them by setting up two large speaker cabinets from a PA system in advance near their chosen camp area, wait until they are all settled down for the night, then plug in an old car radio connected to a 12v battery and blast out classical music all night. I'll bet they'll be gone by morning.

 

[xairbourne]

"Super glue the zips up and put the tents on the fire "


He wants to get rid of them! Not shrink wrap them, they will be around and last for ages then...

 

[Paul_B]

I like that 2metres deeper than the police regs allow them to go. With luck they will see them but can't get them and it'll be more of a wind up. Still, the Police shouldn't have moved them IMO. The idiots who dive too deep for their knowledge/skill/ability and get into difficulty do so at their own risk although the emergency services, etc. who have to sort them out probably don't mind really although they are preventable events. Rambling sorry coffee not working yet.

Just realised my argument I was going to make abpout charging them for rescue / treatment could just as easily be applied to walkers slipping on ice in inappropriate footwear. Still, if the police nick the gnomes again I guess that means they have broken rules so could be liabel for a disciplinary although doubt it. How deep can police divers go? Or is that a secret? I mean its not like I need to know how deep to drop the heavily weighted bodies so they won't find them.

Still thinking of a way to sort out your troublemaker campers.

 

[Melonfish]

Heh, two people creep into camp at night and cling film everything in site, wrap everything up, wrap things to tree's place it strategically accross two tree's so people walk face first into the stuff.
same applied with tin foil.

be prepared to clean up after mind.

 

[Ahjno]

People at the Moot had a hard time when someones alarmclock went of at 6 in the morning ... Some are cheap, small and throw out a lot of volume and they can be time set. Of course it's best just to confront them, so they can learn.