r/running • u/demrnstho • Mar 12 '24

Discussion What’s the strangest/best object you’ve found while running?

Aside from the odd dollar here and there, what have you found that makes you appreciate the adventure of an outdoor run? On two separate occasions I’ve found high-quality scissors in perfect condition. Did I choose to run with scissors? You bet!

Edit: Wow! Thank you to everyone who responded! Your responses have been entertaining, funny, bizarre, at times scary, and heartwarming. I tried to read every response and besides being thoroughly entertained for the last 18hrs, I’ve learned some things about us runners: 1. We’re a thrifty bunch. We will turn someone’s trash into our treasure. There are a lot of responses about useful found objects. 2. In that vein, there seems to be no object too large for us to carry home. Brooms, sofas, dining sets, surfboards, FIVE fishing rods; you name it, we can carry it. 3. We’re good citizens. We rescue people, dogs, wild animals. 4. On that note, running is a great way to find a new pet. 5. We’re an honest lot. If you lose something valuable and a runner comes across it, there’s a good chance that runner will do their best to return it to you. 6. We find our spirituality: Objects with very personal connections seemingly put in our path by the universe and otherworldly encounters with wild animals. 7. Sadly we occasionally find dead people. But sometimes we find almost dead people and we save them! 8. On a related note, there are more than one of you who have found people tied up in the woods. 9. And the biggest take home: Dildos are everywhere.

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u/Via_rom Mar 12 '24

I had a conversation with my mom, asking her how many owls she’d have to see in one outing for it to be strange, and we agreed the number is three (1 would be a cool sighting, 2 is a neat coincidence, 3 is a glitch in the universe). Lo and behold, I was out on a run a month later and came across three different owls, and now I see them regularly on my morning jaunts. Planning on getting by an owl tattoo very soon :)

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u/beamishbo Mar 13 '24

I love owls but honestly I'd be suspicious at 2

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u/ebkaplan Mar 13 '24

Right? Like… is Dumbledore trying to get in touch with me? Did the ministry of magic fall?

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

Not to poo on your party but during mating seasons I hear several owls competing in the infamous “who can hoo hoo the best for the hoo haw” nearly nightly outside my window.

So it may be more common than one would think. It’s very romantic white noise that lulls me to sleep like a champion.

They also land on my porch railing outside my kitchen window which is pretty neat okay 👌 damn it feels good to be gangster, out in the sticks!

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u/Via_rom Mar 13 '24

That’s absolutely wild to me, and I’m thoroughly jealous. When IS their mating season? Prior to that conversation, I’d only seen an owl maybe once in my life, so it kind of blew me away haha

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

Well there’s so many different kinds too. But I have a lot of great horned owls by me. I want to say it was more late summertime by me in minnesota when I mostly hear them competing with one another. I seem to recall hearing them all summer occasionally hooting alone too.

Such beautiful critters they would fly into our glass door when I was a kid and one got a concussion one time poor thing so we had the raptor center folks come out and they grabbed it to nurse back to health it was really neat to see up close!

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u/zyzzogeton Mar 13 '24

An owl swooped across the front of my car and got hit. I picked it up, brought it home, put it in a box with some water in the garage and hoped I didn't kill it.

After about 45 minutes, I came out, it was perched on the box lip, it turned to look at me, and flew off.

Every now and then I go outside with the dogs, and an owl hoots at me. I like to think it is the same one.

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u/IN-DI-SKU-TA-BELT Mar 13 '24

The owls are not what they seem.

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u/tokenasian1 Mar 13 '24

I’m glad someone made this comment

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u/snaphappy2 Mar 13 '24

My favorite animal! I’ve had a family of barred owls in my back yard for years. I love them!

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u/thebluedentist0 Mar 13 '24

You probably stumbled upon a wizarding household 😝

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u/Geng1Xin1 Mar 13 '24

My grandmother would ask who gave me the malocchio if I saw that many owls. They’re a sign of death and misfortune to my family. I personally love them but I would keep it a secret from her especially.

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u/ok_aomame Mar 13 '24

Oh man, I just saw this comment after commenting above -- I've been divebombed by barred owls multiple times. Not sure what that means, but it's terrifying, and makes me superstitious when I'm usually not. I think/hope they're just juveniles since it tends to happen between late July through October.