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I got random shit stolen from me. A straw cowboy hat and my pair of sanuks! They were both in my bag in my tent and that is the only thing that was stolen.
I couldn't believe the number of tents people just ditched. My tent is pretty much my spare house, I keep it in the trunk at all times. We kept all our valuables locked in the car until Sunday night when we got lazy and did a poor hiding job. Someone nabbed the remainder of our stash and I was pretty angry with myself about it. But our neighbor donated a bottle of Bacardi, so it all worked out fine.
my crew was pretty fortunate, no theft. We did chase some shady guy out of our neighbors camp though. He was just rifling through s#it like he belonged there until we realized he wasnt looking for anything in particular. we asked him if he knew who's camp that was and he said it was "his boy's" We asked him what his boys name was and he got real defensive, told us not to be such dicks and walked away. moral of the story: be a good neighbor and keep an eye on your roo-mates and karma will smile on you!
We heard at volunteer orientation that apparently there are locals who are quite infamous for coming in on trucks/4wheelers the last day and swiping stuff. So it could've been that. Apparently there are also gangs that come through and steal stuff as well. I think it's more likely that than a random "skeevy hippie".
Thats messed up, I'm a local and this was my 6th one....I know tons of people that live in the area....Thats a total bullhonkey brah assumption ..
I don't know if they were locals, but I did see quite a few folks scavenging gear from 4 wheelers Monday.
Post by plasticpepper on Jun 16, 2009 22:58:09 GMT -5
We woke up Monday morning with a random dude passed out in one of our chairs. It was hilarious, when we finally woke him up he wasn't disoriented or apologetic or anything, he was just like "heyyyy whassup" and he went on his way. But all he took was a bottle of water, so it's all good.
Post by questionablesanity on Jun 17, 2009 10:44:08 GMT -5
We had some really sloppy neighbors too. We left before they did so I have no idea if they cleaned it up or not. I saw a screen canopy's floor that was completely covered with trash. Then I saw the empty trash bags hanging from the center of said canopy. My GF and I produced little to no trash. Maybe 1/3 of a bag of trash and a 1/3 of recycling.
Someone found our bathroom in the middle of the night and used it but cleaned it up after they used it. We had nothing stolen but we were right next to an ice truck, so it was fairly well lit.
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Post by stephiejane on Jun 17, 2009 10:58:05 GMT -5
someone went through our friends tent and got a battery powered radio and a flashlight...but VERY often people would come through our site and just come in our shade tent like "hey what's up?" once our friends woke up and opened their tent to find a guy chilling in their ez up (attached to their tent)... so random.
on the other hand, my husband and i found a camera out near where the art stuff was in centeroo...we turned it in to lost and found (i also took some pics of phish for them just in case they wanted to see that
"Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors" - Hunter S. Thompson
on the other hand, my husband and i found a camera out near where the art stuff was in centeroo...we turned it in to lost and found (i also took some pics of phish for them just in case they wanted to see that
very nice... nothing stolen but we did clean up our area....i did find a phone at lolla last year also took pics of rage called the last person they did, left a message and turned it in
What does really grind my gears though, is all the trash people just blatantly left everywhere. Example. We wake up Monday and are picking up our area. Our neighbors (who sat around doing blow for 4 days straight and not evening going to see a single show) left early Monday and we noticed that where they parked, there was about 25 water bottles of piss just laying everywhere along with a lot of random trash. They didn't even have the common courtesy to put their pissbottles in a freaking trash bag or hell even a pile for that matter...
So I go out on a huge farm walk while I was waiting for my friend to check into clean vibes. People left thousands of pounds of aluminum easy up frames EVERYWHERE along with TONS of trash and brand new tents.
...this is the mindset of the coke head....you think that theyd have more energy to fuggin clean-up...ha
but whats up with all the tents being left? Is it that much trouble to roll a tent up? I dont get it...how could people be so unaware
but whats up with all the tents being left? Is it that much trouble to roll a tent up? I dont get it...how could people be so unaware
Our EZ up frame bent in the storm so on Sunday we had to bust it apart to take it down...we left the frame next to our (collected) trash at the site which was what the worker we asked told us to do. I was pissed, only used that thing once!
We had nothing stolen - did have a shady guy come through asking for a beer at one point - he was really spun out and rude about it so we said that we had no beer - when he walked off - he walked to the back of our camp and stood there for a few min looking at the coolers.
A little while later as I was questioning putting the coolers in the RV - he walked back through and said "nice to see ya'll again" - so we went ahead and locked out stuff up. But that is the only even close thing we had to anything getting stolen
I don't recall there being an announcement about trash pick up before the first Phish show, and there was a lot left on the ground. Of course, there was more music to listen to late night, though that doesn't excuse folks littering.
After Sunday's show (and trash pick up announcement) I recall there being much less trash on the ground. I spent about 30-40 minutes picking up trash myself, as well as picking up around my campsite on Monday. I've seen much worse trash heaps at other festies.
I've been attending festies for years and I'm always amazed at the disgusting habits of people. Then again, there are just as many if not more out in the real world.
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This was my 7th Roo and I have never had a problem with any of my stuff getting stolen or pilfered through....except this year. When me and my roomie got back from the Sunday Phish show we noticed that the tent door was unzipped and my truck keys were on the end of the bed. It appeared that they went through our bags looking for something...I assume drugs. We didn't have any. What we found missing was pretty random stuff: Clorox clean up wipes, sunscreen, the Firday edition of the Bonnaroo Beacon, and then my Zune (that hurts). But, they left an SLR camera, boom box, a wallet, and some other much nicer things. It shook up my roomie and kinda doused any after show romance, but we survived and learned that as nice and trusting as most people are at the Roo, you simply cannot let your guard down.
Post by generalstore on Jun 17, 2009 18:18:55 GMT -5
From the expressobeans.com forums, summary: Guy Burwell's merchandise tent was robbed.
OOOOKAY,
So I don't have any comments on this whole thing. If you were me there at the show, you would have a totally different understanding of the entire experience.
One thing i have to say is that I received SOOOO many great well-wishes from so many people that it was beyond flattery. Thanks to all of the folks who came by and shook hands and said so many gracious things. I appreciate it so much and I will try to do more things that you like. The Phish folk were entirely delighted by the whole thing and their devotion to their band is really a sight to behold. I don't mind being a tiny new addition to a movement like that regardless of the few examples of over zealousness that occur within any sort of movement that can put an edge on any happening. Thanks to all the fine people and only the fine people.
BUT
HERE is something I need to address and maybe this forum can help by virtue of it's very specific nature towards poster collecting. It's not going to be pretty. (PLEASE don't write me emails of condolence, though I would appreciate it. I have a lot on my plate and head just now. You understand."
SO-Pardon the capital lettering:
FEE FREE TO POST THIS IN IT'S OWN TOPIC SOMEWHERE IF YOU THINK IT WOULD HELP:
THE LAST NIGHT OF THE BONNAROO FESTIVAL, WHILE THE LAST BAND WAS PLAYING, A PERSON OR PERSONS BROKE INTO OUR CLOSED TENT AND STOLE A STACK OF MY POSTERS, STACKED IN BAGS AS WE SAFELY HAVE DONE AT EVERY FESTIVAL WE HAVE EVER ATTENDED (we don't need editorializing at this point, thanks.)
THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THIS PERSON IS AWARE OF THE NATURE OF POSTER COLLECTING BUT WERE AFTER MY PRINTS SPECIFICALLY AS NO OTHER ARTISTS' MATERIALS WERE TOUCHED. I THINK THEY WERE AFTER A SPECIFIC POSTER (do you think?) BUT THEY DID NOT GET ANY OF THOSE PRINTS BUT THEY TOOK AN MODERATE QUANTITY OF MY UNSOLD STOCK FROM THE WEEKEND. A VARIETY OF POSTERS THAT WOULD NORMALLY HANG ON DISPLAY FOR SALE FEATURING MANY DIFFERENT TITLES BUT ONLY 1 OR 3 OF ANY ONE TITLE. EACH SET OF POSTERS IN IT'S OWN PLASTIC BAG.
THESE TITLES ARE ONLY OF MODERATE VALUE INDIVIDUALLY BUT TOGETHER THEY CERTAINLY CONSTITUTE FELONY BURGLARY.
-THE MAJOR ITEMS TO ESTABLISH A CLUE MIGHT BE -8 OR SO FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS PRINTS -EIGHT OR TEN MELVINS 25TH ANNIVERSARY PRINTS -EIGHT OR SO JACKIE MARSHALL PRINTS -EIGHT OR SO BUTCHERS AND BUILDERS -BLACK KEYS NORTWEST MUSIC FEST PRINT 2006 #004 ( i had to look at his print a hundred times that weekend) -2 or 3 BUILT TO SPILL -SEVERAL OTHERS FROM MY CATALOGUE BUT NOTHING IN QUANTITY. NO PHISH, NO MMJ, NO CURE ETC... -ENOUGH OF A VARIETY OF PRINTS THAT IT WOULD BE OBVIOUS THAT SOMEONE GOT THEM ALL AT ONE TIME IN ONE PLACE. -Does your "pal" suddenly have 5 Nada Surf posters from their Paris show? I didn't even know he liked Nada Surf that much. Hmmmmmn.
THE LOSS IS NOT CONSEQUENTIAL. I AM NOT UPSET ABOUT THE LOSS OF THE POSTERS BUT THE THIEVERY CANNOT BE UNADDRESSED, AGREED? I DON'T CARE IF THEY ARE ALL BURNED OR LOST FOREVER, BUT LET'S DISCOVER A CRIMINAL.
I HAVE A FEELING THAT THIS ONE PERSON HAS AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON WHO IS GOING TO KNOW ABOUT THIS EVENT. SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC YET IN ANY OTHER FORUM THAN FROM MYSELF, SO IF SOMEONE HAS MULTIPLE COPIES OF CERTAIN ITEMS THEN.....SELL OUT YOUR FRIEND. CUZ THEY AIN'T.
SO: UNLEASH YOURSELVES, YOU INTERNET DOGS OF WAR! THERE WILL BE A NICE NICE REWARD IN POSTER TERMS FOR THE PERSON WHO CAN IDENTIFY FOR CERTAIN THE DASTARDLY Summers breeze in a sack WHO HAS PERPETRATED THIS VIOLATION OF OUR GOODNATURED WORLD OF POSTER TRANSACTIONS (generally).
THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT DISCOVERING THAT THEY DID NOT GET WHAT THEY WANT, THAT THEY WILL DESTROY THE PRINTS WHICH IS FINE.
FIND THEM IF WE CAN. IDENTIFY THEM IF WE CAN. BUT BE CAREFUL, OF COURSE.
I am not upset over the loss but it makes me sick that we have to deal with this sort of issue over the passions of our shared interest in posters and art.
Thanks, kids. Pardon the crappy intrusion into your fun-loving forums.
xo
wow. unbelieveable. i hope this person gets nailed.
Post by Funkiknight on Jun 17, 2009 18:44:56 GMT -5
It was our first roo and my friend brought two sets of keys just in case, and after thursday we decided to leave a set of keys in our locked tent because multiple times people couldn't get food, water, etc because it was locked in the car. friday night our tents were slashed and robbed of anything valuable along with whatever was in the car cause they got the keys. luckily they left the keys there, but they stole about $500 worth of stuff. what sucked the most was they stole my friends GPS so we ended up getting lost on the way home...
we were the only ones who's tent was robbed in the area, and it was most likely because we had locks on our tent. so I definitely won't be locking the tent anymore nor housing keys in it...
It was our first roo and my friend brought two sets of keys just in case, and after thursday we decided to leave a set of keys in our locked tent because multiple times people couldn't get food, water, etc because it was locked in the car. friday night our tents were slashed and robbed of anything valuable along with whatever was in the car cause they got the keys. luckily they left the keys there, but they stole about $500 worth of stuff. what sucked the most was they stole my friends GPS so we ended up getting lost on the way home...
we were the only ones who's tent was robbed in the area, and it was most likely because we had locks on our tent. so I definitely won't be locking the tent anymore nor housing keys in it...
Our camp was cleaned out Thursday night, our neighbors had around 200 dollars stolen (per person, not as a sum), credit cards, clothes, anything that wasn't bolted down. I was appaled by this considering the positive vibe roo had going, I suppose there are just some popel that you can' t trust. I was also thinking about all of the glowies after phish
I thought there was much less trash on the main field than in year's past, but all of the trash containers on the field were overflowing with trash. My opinion was that the crowd was doing a better job of policing itself this year (#8 for me; #2 for my lady friend). We didn't camp this year (Day parking FTW!!) so no trash at the site, and we just picked up after ourselves in Centeroo and kept all of our butts in a Ziploc baggy in the backpack. Sorry, but I draw the line at picking up after other people. I'll take care of my crap, you take care of yours! ;D
Our area was pretty good on Monday, we were right off of Bushy Branch, and everyone around us took care of their stuff. As far as Centeroo goes, I usually try to clean up the area around me, and I don't leave butts. I know some of the glowie stuff I brought can leave a mess, however I donate 50 bucks a year or so to clean vibes, I figure that helps offset the minimal mess I make.
I don't know who you are donating this $50 a year to, but it's not Clean Vibes.
Our neighbors (who sat around doing blow for 4 days straight and not evening going to see a single show)
How could you possibly know that unless you or members of your camp didn't go see a show the whole 4 days?
but it does suck what happened. People can be dickks and not care about anything. I always pick up my trash or just put it in my backpack till i get to a garbage can (which are found all over the place).
I couldn't get my car window up after a nap I took on thursday afternoon, but throughout the entire bonnaroo no one even messed with my stuff in my car. Got lucky I guess
It was our first roo and my friend brought two sets of keys just in case, and after thursday we decided to leave a set of keys in our locked tent because multiple times people couldn't get food, water, etc because it was locked in the car. friday night our tents were slashed and robbed of anything valuable along with whatever was in the car cause they got the keys. luckily they left the keys there, but they stole about $500 worth of stuff. what sucked the most was they stole my friends GPS so we ended up getting lost on the way home...
we were the only ones who's tent was robbed in the area, and it was most likely because we had locks on our tent. so I definitely won't be locking the tent anymore nor housing keys in it...
i doubt it was because you had locks on your tent. someone probably overheard you talking about your decision to leave your keys in the tent and decided to take advantage of that fact. we had locks on our tent and didn't have any problems. why would a thief purposely choose a more difficult target (a locked tent vs. an open one) for no reason? doesn't make much sense.
i doubt it was because you had locks on your tent. someone probably overheard you talking about your decision to leave your keys in the tent and decided to take advantage of that fact. we had locks on our tent and didn't have any problems. why would a thief purposely choose a more difficult target (a locked tent vs. an open one) for no reason? doesn't make much sense.
Because if you lock a tent there's obviously something in there you don't want people to have, and entering a locked tent is easy if you have a box cutter.
I agree about the lock. If you lock the tent there is obviously something in there that you value.
I have never had anything stolen at a festival. But I also don't bring anything of value just in case it gets ruined/ stolen.
I always keep all money on me too.
Also. Who are these people that sleep through people breaking into their tent. I find this impossible. Must be some good drugs you are coming down from. There is no way I could sleep through someone entering my tent, going through my stuff and then leaving. Crazy.