Carne Seca
Well-Known Member
About 12 years ago I was with some co-workers traveling to Silverton, Colorado for a meeting with the Chamber of Commerce. It's a beautiful area nestled in the mountains and tourists love it. As do professional photographers. On the way back we stopped to get some fresh spring water from a little waterfall next to the road. I hiked up a ways to see where the waterfall originated. While doing so, I found a very expensive camera with a 13,000 dollar lens. There was about 20,000 dollars sitting on a rock right in front of me. I walked around, checked for tracks, and looked for the person that owned the camera. My first thought was someone had gone off to relieve themselves and hadn't come back yet. I yelled down from the cliff what was going on and waited for the camera owner's return. I was there for a good hour. No one answered. No car in the vicinity. Just an expensive camera sitting on a rock. It was starting to get late and I decided to take the camera with me. When I got in the car there was a heated debate about what to do with the camera. I insisted we take it back to the sheriff's office in town. Most of them said to keep it. After much grumbling and stink eye stares I finally convinced them to take it back.
The sheriff at the office looked at me like I was crazy. He said in his twenty years of law enforcement experience he found it was rare for someone to turn in really expensive items. He praised us and sent us on our merry way. My co-workers didn't speak to me for the rest of the trip home. LOL
The sheriff at the office looked at me like I was crazy. He said in his twenty years of law enforcement experience he found it was rare for someone to turn in really expensive items. He praised us and sent us on our merry way. My co-workers didn't speak to me for the rest of the trip home. LOL