I was a volunteer in the campsite at Reading festival in 2008 and 2009 with a friend. It was exactly like this, a destitute wasteland of inexplicable tent abandonment. As part of the clean up, we went around with a wheel barrow collecting unopened cans of beer, each tent seemed to be a treasure trove for us as 18 year olds. It was all fun and games until he found a cooler box in a tent. Opened it up and inside was a singular, well preserved, human turd.
My friend worked at reading once and told me a story in a similar vein. He and some other volunteers were on cleanup duties when they found a closed tent with an inexplicable stench coming from it. They opened up the tent and found nothing but a stinking pile of human waste sitting right in the middle. But above it, hanging over the pile, was a sock that looked as though it was filled with something. Curiosity got the best of them and one of the more adventurous volunteers climbed in to grab it. Inside the sock was a large selection of various drugs and a decent wad of cash. The only thing they could think is that some drug dealers at the festival were using the tent to store their stash, using it as a toilet, and using the stench to ward off any possible tent thieves. Absolutely no clue how they ended up leaving it there. Maybe they go caught by security with drugs on them in the festival and didn't go back for it before getting kicked out?
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u/Jackariasd 10h ago
I was a volunteer in the campsite at Reading festival in 2008 and 2009 with a friend. It was exactly like this, a destitute wasteland of inexplicable tent abandonment. As part of the clean up, we went around with a wheel barrow collecting unopened cans of beer, each tent seemed to be a treasure trove for us as 18 year olds. It was all fun and games until he found a cooler box in a tent. Opened it up and inside was a singular, well preserved, human turd.