Quote Originally Posted by jsn9333
Strange things keep happening at my grow sites. At my starter site, if you recall, I mysteriously had paper towels start showing up near where I stashed my nutes and water. I assumed it was an animal that dragged them out of nearby trash cans, but I got the hell out of dodge anyway (not before a thunderstorm wiped out 5 of my 7 plants, but that's another story).

Now my plants are in my finishing site, which is a good half mile hike through woods (bushwacking, there are no trails) and then a good 50 yards into thick, dense swamp that any sane person would have to use waders to get through. Still, the other day it seems someone got back there and broke my walking stick.

You see, I use a lightweight walking stick to get through the woods (to knock down spider webs with, primarily) and a heavier stick to get through the swamp (to help me balance and to fend off the occasional rattlesnake or water moccasin). I leave the heavy "swamp" stick leaning against a particular tree at the edge of the swamp a ways down from where I enter the swamp. I leave it that way partially to see if anyone else goes back there... because most people would grab it if they saw it... it is just one of those sticks that feels good to hold.

Well, when I went back a couple days ago the stick was lying on the ground with the end broken off. I chose that stick precisely because of the good end it had (with the slight "Y" or fork that is good for trapping snake's heads). The stick was not rotten at all and was quite strong actually. The only way I can think it broke is if someone broke it intentionally... which is a bit nerve racking.

I have a hunting camera focused on my plants that takes pictures in the daytime or at night (with an invisible infrared flash) if anything moves around them. No one has been near my plants. But it definitely seems someone has been at least to the edge of the swamp.

It's just weird... I wouldn't expect anyone to be back there at all. You can't see my plants from that spot, but it is still too close for comfort.

(that's the stick in the pic, and, yes, a bottle of pee. It keeps the deer and rabbits away)
It could be swamp ninjas... You never know what lurks about in the woods.

Is your camera easily seen, or obvious?