Warning: My neighbor was sure our dredge was a monster from the deep.

Lucas Webb · 2026-03-04T12:50:59.897657+00:00

He called the cops convinced we had buried treasure.

Man, I read once that dredges look like straight up dinosaurs to people who've never seen one before. The buried treasure part is a new twist though.

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sagemurphy6mo ago

Yeah that happened to a buddy of mine last summer. His solution was just walking the guy over and showing him the whole machine in the daylight. Once the neighbor saw it was just a big piece of construction gear and not some sea monster, he calmed down pretty fast. Letting him ask a couple dumb questions seemed to help too. Sometimes people just need to see the thing up close to stop their brain from making up stories.

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webb.ben6mo ago

No way! @wesley385's dinosaur point is one thing, but thinking it's buried treasure? That's just crazy.

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