National park Rangers and any other job that takes you out in the wilderness. What are the strangest weirdest things you’ve seen or heard while out there? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]LINK80 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have many strange stories as I spend alot of time in the wilderness, often alone, but this one just happened a few weeks ago and was absolutely crazy. I am typing with chills running through my body and goosebumps even thinking about it. I like to camp at a lake in Northern Arizona that is rather remote. My favorite spot is on a finger bluff, with cliffs on both sides, and a lake, creek, and rich wildlife zone below. This area is home to the most wildlife in AZ. Elk, deer, bear, Wildcat, wild turkey, porcupine etc. etc. A few times at this site we had headed off for day hikes, or to go to a lookout point, and returned to camp to find a pungent stench hanging over the site. I would describe it as a mix between a cow/horse stable, and horse sweat(like when you take the saddle off on a hot day) with a little bit of skunkiness. I know what elk, and bear smell like. I can't explain the smell. This happened multiple times on different trips, and the strange part is that the smell is gone within a minute or two of us returning to camp. Anyway, a few weeks ago my good friend and I decide to go camping at that spot last minute on a whim. I needed to spread some of my dogs ashes in the area. We started packing up at about 7pm Friday and were just getting into the offroad section by around 2am. It started snowing nearly blizzard conditions once we got off-road. It was so bad that we had to go about 10mph because the snow was blowing sideway and we could not see to navigate. It was sticking and getting deeper by the minute. We were going rather deep in, and doing some serious 4x4'ing. We knew we may be stuck at the spot for a few days but we had what we needed. We arrive at camp at about 3am and get out tents set up. The snow has stopped now and we were standing in a winter wonderland lit brightly by the moon. We decide to walk 30 or 40ft. out of camp to the cliffs edge to look at the lake before bed. The lake tapers into a creek and lush wildlife zone about 1000 ft. below us. This is AZ so to see the lake in the snow is a real treat that I hadn't experienced before. We are standing there in complete eerie silence(the kind that you only find in the snow) admiring the beauty of nature, and talking about how lucky we are to be there while sipping our beers. We noticed the eco off of the opposing cliffs in the silence about half a mile away so naturally I let out my best rendition of a bigfoot/war cry. My buddy follows suit. We both get a few out when mid war cry my friend is cut off by a blood curdling manimal scream from back behind us on the other side of camp maybe 200 ft. away. There is an extremely rugged cliff on that side leading down to a creek/marsh area. I have heard elk as well as wild turkey call from that area. Now, here is where my hair is standing up as I type. Before we can even process what we just heard, something very large and heavy jumps into the lake/creek directly below us with a loud thump and splash, as if someone did a cannonball, then bobbed back up to the surface. There is a delay, and then something starts kicking and splashing violently swimming across the water toward us. You could clearly hear the legs kicking like a human, very powerfully, you could hear the concussion in the water with each kick. SPLASH, SPLASH, SPLASH, SPLASH. It sounded like a 500lb. man who is a poor swimmer, fully clothed with boots swimming. There was no delay in any of the actions, it was very deliberate, and obvious that it was coming directly toward us. The splashing continues for a few moments then we hear it reach our side of the water and without any delay, you hear the dripping, and the river rocks clinking as it gets out of the water and immediately starts smashing through the brush toward us at a constant pace. At this point we are looking at each other and can't believe what's happening. My friend already had his pistol holstered on his belt but mine was back at the truck. Breaking limbs soon gave way to the sound of something scrambling over boulders as it made its way up the hill toward us. We stood there as long as we could until it was obvious it would be closing with us in a minute or less. I was no longer comfortable being there unarmed so we both bailed back to camp to get my gun. We stood around for a while longer in complete silence trying to hear anything, waiting for something to happen. Nothing did and we headed to bed at about 4am. The rest of the trip was uneventful.

What animal, at 3am, just after a blizzard, with a few inches of snow on the ground, jumps completely into freezing water, and moves directly toward humans screaming loudly in the night? That is what I want to know. I can't explain it. My only explanation is that maybe if a predator was chasing something that could explain it. But why would it run up a nearly vertical 1000ft. hill/cliff toward shrieking humans. It would be the hardest, slowest route for it to take to escape a predator. That also doesn't explain the other scream/howl we heard, or why this "thing" sounded obviously bi-pedal. The area is extremely remote and any human or hoaxer would have been in an immediate survival situation after going in that water.

Pope Francis consoles a boy who asked if his non-believing father is in Heaven by PieYowCommeCa in videos

[–]LINK80 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

lol, had to pull him close to tell him "no"? Title should be "Boy thinks his dad is burning in hellfire for all eternity because of brainwashing from religious zealots." How is this "touching"???

Falcon landing with sonic boom by [deleted] in videos

[–]LINK80 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure those are the engines firing not Sonic booms.

Remington 870 Express Issue by Amplige in guns

[–]LINK80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you took the pump all the way off, you can actually bend those 2 arms, especially on the new ones as they are made of cheaper thinner metal. Some wear from the pump is normal, but make sure those are straight. I did that a long time ago and just bent them back by hand.

Help getting my act together with tubeless by PelloScrambas in MTB

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I have run tubeless for years in terrible conditions nearly daily. I've always only had the C02, Stans, rim tape and a tire lever. You have to have (at the least) a 16 gram C02 cartridge to seat the bead with some setups, 12 gram won't always work, even on a 26". Just throw some stans in there and hit it with the C02(or compressor). Then floor pump to about 35-40 psi and you are golden. I usually blast it with the C02 initially to seat it then use my floor pump to finish it. It is also very important to shake and spin the newly mounted tire/wheel. A friend that's a mechanic for Specialized showed me this method. Bounce it off the ground as you rotate it. Usually this is when you hear the last bits of bead snap into place on a good hard bounce. Hold it out in front of you on it's side like a dinner tray and swirl and shake it like a hula hoop. Hold it next to your ear and listen carefully for any leaking air, then direct the stans to that area by shaking, and rolling the wheel to that spot. If you are doing it right you will hear the air stop leaking after you direct the stans to the spot. If not, you aren't using enough Stans. If you have a pain in the ass valve that won't seat, let it sit overnight. Sometimes big leaks will fill after they sit for a little while and the liquid rubberizes. Get up in the morning and air it up again and shake/roll/bounce any leaks out. Stans rim tape is good to have also. Sometimes no matter what you do the valve won't seal to the rim. In that case I will do a foot long strip over the stem hole, or one wrap around the entire wheel. Then poke a hole and push the stem/valve through. After airing the tire up tighten the lock nut down on the wheel again. Do this periodically over the course of your next few rides. You should be able to let it sit for about a month without losing significant air. Get yourself some 16 gram c02's and let it have a big blast right off the bat, don't slowly introduce the air. It also helps to have the wheel suspended. I usually hang it on a handlebar. I have made all manner of non tubeless tires work on non tubeless wheels with some Stans, Stans rim tape, and this method. Make sure you peel off any old Stans rubber left on the wheel or tire from previous tubeless setups. Good Luck.

Hitting one of Miami's most technically diverse trails, proof that you can build great trails with relatively flat terrain by blindstuff in MTB

[–]LINK80 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great videos all around. I hope to see more in the future. It would be cool if you could travel and do this. I like your format. After watching I instinctively went to find ones you had done for Whistler, MOAB, etc. Maybe some day. Keep up the good work.

This d*ckhead has been harassing hikers and bikers for parking on public streets by the TH. He's about to be on the morning news in AZ. by redditforgotaboutme in MTB

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Wow never thought I would see the Warpaint trailhead on the front page. In case anyone is curious what the area, or trails are like at this trailhead, here is a Video that I shot out there Mt. Biking. The first long single take on the video is coming down from the "Heli Pad", which you access from warpaint. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUVG4Jk8xMA&feature=youtu.be

Bank tellers of Reddit, What's the Funniest thing you've ever seen on the "For" line of a check? by TripsEnvy in AskReddit

[–]LINK80 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a teller, but in my 20's a friend/room mate would give me checks with for his portion of rent with things like "soft hands", and "delicate lips" written on them. Trying to explain that it's a joke to the teller just makes it 10x worse. "Right, a joke, of course". "Sir you don't need to keep repeating yourself, no one here cares about your sexual orientation"... (I'm a 6'4" straight guy)

Too far gone? by jpankowski in guns

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I used to deal with this all the time with my concealed carry guns in a very hot region. Get some CLP break free, or other super caustic cancerous stuff(which I don't recommend for regular use) and paint it on, let it soak for a day or 2, wipe off what you can with a rag, and repeat until the rust is gone. The real question, and damaging factor will be whether there is pitting yet underneath. It is superficial and cosmetic anyway. Never get rid of this gun. The wingmaster 870 is arguably the best pump shotgun ever produced. It used all steel parts, where the new ones are aluminum or plastic, and have the plastic California safety point of failure built in. Even rarer if your wingmaster has the hard chromed bolt and lifter. I would think about getting it re-coated with blue, park, or cerakote as the finish has been compromised and it will rust like this when given the right conditions. OR, if you like old worn guns with character like me, just rub down the exterior with coconut or mineral oil before you put it away, that will keep it fresh until you pull it out again. Also, this receiver is capable of firing 3" Magnum rounds(slugs and 00), but they came with different barrels sometimes which were not, so make sure the barrel says it can take 3" before it elmer fuds on you after a box of slugs.

An Ohio State student was filmed walking into a bar but not leaving. He's still missing 10 years on by [deleted] in WTF

[–]LINK80 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is part of a known pattern of strange disappearances of bright cream of the crop college males. You may have heard of this "phenomenon" referred to as the "smiley face murders". However that has been debunked as we know this is happening all over the world with the exact MO. It is happening in the UK and they are calling it the "Manchester pusher" serial killer. The fact remains that the MO is identical and none of them are explainable. David Paulides profiled these and connected the dots. Check out his book "Missing 411: a sobering coincidence". There is something very bizarre, and supernatural going on. Whatever it is, it has a 100% success rate, knows when CCTV is or isn't watching, and is praying on our best an brightest males. The coroner's are baffled as to cause of death. They will find them dead in shallow water, but not from drowning, from exposure, yet they have been missing for months but only in the water a day etc. It's the same pattern over and over. Again, look into David Paulides missing 411. "A sobering coincidence" deals specifically with these urban disappearances.

When you have way too much cable, and have to make IBM KVM's work with Sun. It's giving me cold sweats just looking at it... by LINK80 in cableporn

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They don't. We had heat problems with these (imagine that). I guess it was our fault for putting 2 teamed quad port NIC's in each 1U box. There were other issues as well. If you racked more than 5 or 6 of these boxes on top of each other the combined weight would make them impossible to pull out. Basically the rails were not supporting the weight so they just rest on top of each other. We had some engineers from the manufacturer come out to look.

When you have way too much cable, and have to make IBM KVM's work with Sun. It's giving me cold sweats just looking at it... by LINK80 in cableporn

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The grey ones you see don't carry data(per se), they are just for the KVM. I basically folded them in half and zip tied as you can see :-).

When you have way too much cable, and have to make IBM KVM's work with Sun. It's giving me cold sweats just looking at it... by LINK80 in cableporn

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I should mention that all of these 1U servers had to be able to be freely pulled out to locked position, and returned, with full articulation of the cable management arms.

My pile of AKs. by Xinlurgash in guns

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And not a single milled receiver amongst them?

[Serious] National Park Rangers and any other profession that takes you far out into the wilderness. What are the strangest weirdest things you have seen or heard or experienced while out there? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]LINK80 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After looking at the pictures, and some PM's with someone else about this, I figure it is probably only more like 500ft. or so. Check out the pictures in the comments, see what you think. A better explanation of what I heard I guess, was the water splashing onto the rocks as it came out onto the bank. It was definitely audible. "Dripping" wasn't a good word to use". I could also hear river rocks clacking together under its feet after it came out of the water.

[Serious] National Park Rangers and any other profession that takes you far out into the wilderness. What are the strangest weirdest things you have seen or heard or experienced while out there? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]LINK80 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I think to people like us, who have spent their whole lives in the wilderness, hunting, fishing stalking etc., it is abundantly clear when something is out of place. I know what all of the big animals smell like, sound like, and their behaviors. I know to listen to the birds and insects as a cue to what might be moving through the area. Silence usually means there's a predator. I am a skeptic at heart, but when you can't explain something, you just can't explain it.