That Time I...
Found a Dildo In the Woods




I find all sorts of weird things in the woods. Rotten camps, vultures, mines, waterfalls... not a lot surprises me anymore. Except the time I found a dildo. That was probably the weirdest.
I was just wrapping up a camp out on a bluff along the North Country Trail in the Trap Hills, following a successful journey to Little Trap Falls. The sunrise was perfectly placed, and I had the hills all to myself. Just a normal day in the Ottawa National Forest!
Until I got back to the small trailhead where I'd parked the evening before. There in the mud next to my truck was a bright pink dildo. It had all the bells and whistles, including batteries for its built-in vibrator. Wowee.
Where did it come from? I'll never know. I feel like I would have seen it if it were there the day previously when I arrived, but maybe I overlooked it because it's Somebody Else's Problem. Or possibly someone had a rollicking good time in the parking lot next to my truck? The world may never know.
Because I am an adherant to Leave No Trace, I bagged it up and disposed of it when I got home. Dildos definitely don't decompose quickly out there.