A few weeks ago I waded the river for salmon. I have gotten salmon as late as first week of November and at that time to start to see some brown trout spawning. I went back to the same spot wondering if I'd see any salmon around or if they all died off or are way upstream at this point. And wondering if I'd see some browns like I would at Bronte Creek. Only one dead salmon and no browns at this spot, but something a lot more interesting.
I was walking the river for only two minutes past where the trail ends and spotted something odd. There was a Superman hat and a shoulder bag right at the river's edge. No one else in sight and this is right at the bottom of a steep valley wall. Opened it up and there's a bunch of lego in it. And also a 10 inch tablet. Turned on the tablet and battery was at 78%. After looking around for 5 minutes I decided to continue on with my nature walk. Came back 25 mintues later and still the same.
Called the cops to make sure there was no report of a missing kid. Though battery was not far from full so if there was someone missing I'm sure no one would know yet. The lady at the station asked me for a location. I gave her an approximate and offered my exact coordinates from google maps, which she didn't take me up on. And I asked her to look at google satellite view and I would describe the features around me. She didn't know what I was talking about. She said the map she has doesn't have rivers and landmarks on it. I have no fucking clue what she could be looking at. Like are you telling me you don't have google maps at the work station you're sitting at right now? When people say cops are useless, this is one of the many things that come to mind. Anyway, she said an officer will come up the trail but I can go home. Just leave the stuff there.
I went on my way and happened to run into the officer. I directed him and told him after the trail ends you need at least rain boots on. I pointed where it was, which was a few feet from the green cart from the Home Depot seasonal section (HD is just up the road). He called in and said location not accessible by foot, leaving the scene now. I offered to go get the bag after I showed him pics of it but he said he didn't want me to risk falling in the water and all that. I told him I've waded rivers dozens of times and this spot a few times it's fine. It's two minutes from the trail. He said just leave it, sometimes the drifters leave some weird stuff around.
Anyway, I did my part. Decided not to take the stuff with me because someone might have come back for it. But some serious Blair Witch vibes. There are two small camps set up that I occasionally see occupied by one scraggly person or another. No idea if they live there or not as most times I don't see anyone. But all along this stretch you see the occasional chair set up but there are no homes nearby and it's all steep valley with no stairs down. You have to make a trek to get to these spots. As I was walking on the trail there was someone wearing a hoodie and a backpack walking to the first camp. As I got there I said hi. It was a girl in her 20s that mumbled like one word back. She might have been fucked up on something.
Reminds of circa 2011 when I saw that my cousin had an ipad. I asked where he got it from. Said he was partying at a condo in Scarboro and there was a domestic argument going on down the hall. He was leaving with his friend to go home and found a similar shoulder bag thrown into the hallway. Opened it up and saw an external hard drive, ipad and some coke. The hard drive had movies and porn. He kept that and the ipad. As for the blow, he gave it to a friend who knows a guy who knows a guy.
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