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December 3, 2016
Monday Mystery Solved: You Won’t Believe It!
For my most recent Monday Morning Mystery, I talked of hiking along High Mountain's Yellow Trail and discovering a dozen of these huge empty plastic containers hanging around and lying around.
I asked: Anybody know what they are doing up there?
Today, when I went to remove them, a few mountain bikers I met said the plastic containers have been there 25 years and were thought to be tubs used to grow marijuana plants way back when.
That's right: pot pots!
(And if they were owned by a certain Cambodian despot they'd be … Pol Pot pot pots. But I digress.)
The mountain-bikers added that the little path by that area is called the Ganja Farmer's Trail.
When I said I planned to remove the pots, the mountain bikers said that the tubs were considered part of High Mountain lore and something of an open-air art installation, and asked that I leave them be.
What do you think?
(Footnote: When I started researching High Mountain last year, I heard these rumors of pot-growing on the mountain. So when I gave talks about the preserve I asked if anyone grew pot on High Mountain. My favorite response was from a gentleman who said he didn't grow any but he sure smoked some there. To which someone added: That's why they call it "High Mountain.")
I think this might have been my strangest post ever.
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You spotted lots of spotted potted pot pots.
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Exactly where on the High Mt. Yellow Trail are these pots located?
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Interesting story re ‘weed’ pots, but not sure I’m a believer…I’d vote to remove the pots.
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Look at these pots. They are painted & appear to be nailed to a few trees & look as if they are being displayed.
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My first reaction when I saw them last Sunday was they had been used to grow marijuana. They are the kind of pots you see in nurseries, with holes to drain… Just never know, and until we do, it’s a cool story and part of High Mountain… (But you may be right.) -
Not sure if you should believe everything you hear
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Diane L
You spotted lots of spotted potted pot pots.
Irene Auleta
Exactly where on the High Mt. Yellow Trail are these pots located?
Enid
Interesting story re ‘weed’ pots, but not sure I’m a believer…I’d vote to remove the pots.
Sue
Look at these pots. They are painted & appear to be nailed to a few trees & look as if they are being displayed.
Jim Wright
🙂
My first reaction when I saw them last Sunday was they had been used to grow marijuana. They are the kind of pots you see in nurseries, with holes to drain… Just never know, and until we do, it’s a cool story and part of High Mountain… (But you may be right.)
Sal
Not sure if you should believe everything you hear