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the_gubna t1_j92q7ga wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Someone lost their keys on the Riverside portion of the East Bay Pike Path, on the longshot you’re on this here’s where I put them by whatcheer91

It’s a bike path, not an out and back trail with a trailhead. A thief would have to check every trailhead on the path and that’s assuming it wasn’t someone commuting via bike.

I’d much rather someone put my keys where I could backtrack and find them than take them to a random police station.

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sophware t1_j93bb77 wrote

I think the ass-hat might have a point or part of one.

From now on, if I'm in this situation (and I have been) and I don't choose the police station option, I'll at least check the nearest cars/ trailhead and try the unlock/ horn thing.

As you said, a thief isn't going to check a long list of places.

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[deleted] t1_j92wt0d wrote

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the_gubna t1_j934tzs wrote

Putting lost items at eye level (on a fence, gate, etc) so people have an easier time spotting them is common practice everywhere I’ve been in the country. Your car is much more likely to be broken into by someone breaking a window to grab change than by someone testing every parking lot along a 15 mile trail.

You are really paranoid.

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assholetoall t1_j92ylh8 wrote

There are at least 5 parking lots within a short walking distance from that marker. Plus a few neighborhoods.

If someone wants to go through that much effort they were probably going to break into something anyways.

About 10% of the time I pass that post it has something lost on it. A glove, mitten, hat, baby sock, toy, etc. Not the first time it has had keys.

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