Posted by RowanJ One time some pals and I were exploring an abandoned state school campus which happened to be right next to a rural neighborhood. My buddy actually brought along a dog leash and collar because someone told us that there was grounds patrol that strolled through every so often. Soon enough he pulled up in a white pickup and asked us what we were doing there and my friend pulled up the leash and said something along the lines of "our dog Skipper slipped his collar and ran through here!" The groundskeeper was yelling for "Skipper" the rest of the afternoon.

That is pure genius there. I shall here forth name my lost dog "Dick".

I was at home heading for the bathroom when this wardrobe opened and BAM I'm here.

Posted by Wizbang That is pure genius there. I shall here forth name my lost dog "Dick".

Excellent way to expand upon the original idea !!!

I usually go with "How in the hell did I wind up here? I must've had another epileptic fit".

It helps if you punch yourself in the face a few times first.

Back when I was in my 20s, a ploy to either get advance-permission or as an excuse I'd hope they'd believe was to take advantage of the fact that I had several radio antennas on my car, and to tell someone I was a grad student or volunteer using radio equipment to track a Bald Eagle around the region, that I believed the Bald Eagle was on the property in-question, and hadn't seemed to have moved in a while.

The various radio antennas on my vehicle, the preposterous nature of my story ("No one would come up with BS like that! It's gotta be true!") & me acting like I really just wanted to visually confirm that the damn bird was there, & then call it quits for the day resulted in successful employment of the cover-story numerous times & often resulted in getting a gate unlocked so I could lazily drive right on inside the target property rather than try to discretely park & hump my way in.


Another PSYOP that worked a lot (my main interest was/is old military sites) was to tell the property owner/manager/suspicious neighbors, po-po, etc. that I had an uncle who long-ago, was a young ____ (soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine) assigned to that site. "He's elderly & not doing well these days. He's forgotten a lot, sometimes doesn't even remember me, but when I told him I'd be spending a day or two in ____ (nearby major city), his eyes lit-up and he started talking --in vivid detail-- about the old military base nearby that he was assigned to way back when! I promised him I'd take time out of my schedule to try to find the old base, visit it & take photos of what it looks like these days..." Usually that results in permission in-advance or even after the fact to explore, with the property-owner unlocking buildings for me & giving me a tour, etc. or at a bare minimum, a cop that could've cited me just letting me go. Most recently, that story caused someone to unlock a gate at the bottom of a mountain so I could drive right up to the abandoned military communications station, otherwise, I would have to park my car nearby, sneak past the gate on-foot, and spend HOURS trudging-up the access road to get to the site, then another hour or two walking back down the 3 mile long access road to get back to my car.



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I heard "Oh, we were looking for a washroom." the other day.

Woops try another condo.

Posted by /-/ooligan Back when I was in my 20s, a ploy to either get advance-permission or as an excuse I'd hope they'd believe was to take advantage of the fact that I had several radio antennas on my car, and to tell someone I was a grad student or volunteer using radio equipment to track a Bald Eagle around the region, that I believed the Bald Eagle was on the property in-question, and hadn't seemed to have moved in a while. The various radio antennas on my vehicle, the preposterous nature of my story ("No one would come up with BS like that! It's gotta be true!") & me acting like I really just wanted to visually confirm that the damn bird was there, & then call it quits for the day resulted in successful employment of the cover-story numerous times & often resulted in getting a gate unlocked so I could lazily drive right on inside the target property rather than try to discretely park & hump my way in.

That's pretty awesome

*gesturing emphatically* "But officer, there's a Pokemon right there!"
Pretty sure somebody on this site came up with that, just can't remember who.

Posted by EPOCH6 I slammed on the brakes, ran up to a bush, unzipped my pants, and started taking a leak. My pursuers yelled "What the fuck do you think you're doing here!?" and I responded "Sorry guys! I was on the highway home and couldn't hold it any longer!".

Thats a good way to be registered as a sex offender if the police were to be involved with the trespassing. In the states it would be atleast

Posted by /-/ooligan Back when I was in my 20s, a ploy to either get advance-permission or as an excuse I'd hope they'd believe was to take advantage of the fact that I had several radio antennas on my car, and to tell someone I was a grad student or volunteer using radio equipment to track a Bald Eagle around the region, that I believed the Bald Eagle was on the property in-question, and hadn't seemed to have moved in a while. The various radio antennas on my vehicle, the preposterous nature of my story ("No one would come up with BS like that! It's gotta be true!") & me acting like I really just wanted to visually confirm that the damn bird was there, & then call it quits for the day resulted in successful employment of the cover-story numerous times & often resulted in getting a gate unlocked so I could lazily drive right on inside the target property rather than try to discretely park & hump my way in.

That's pretty funny. It sounds so ridiculous that it must be true.