Travel Bug Dog Tag Mitsuko

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Owner:
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Released:
Thursday, December 19, 2002
Origin:
Illinois, United States
Recently Spotted:
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Current Goal

  1. To find my creator, the Sock Puppet Master: Choberiba in California COMPLETED!
  2. To find the target of his joke, Mopar, in Connecticut (in New Jersey) and a picture next to the sign of Dunellen, NJ (Mitsuko's home town) COMPLETED!
  3. To return home.

  • About This Item

    Mitsuko Bug

    The best way to track down a cacher to look for the caches that he's visited or placed. Psychology would state that the earlier the find or placement, the more likely it is to be near their home.
    Most recent caches found by Eric O'Connor
    Caches placed by Eric O'Connor
    I found Choberiba! Here's a picture of the two of us together!

    I need to find Mopar.
    Most recent caches found by Mopar
    Caches placed by Mopar

    For those who don't read the Geocaching Discussion Forums, we can always count on our good friend Choberiba (alias Eric O'Connor) to keep things in perspective with a good sense of humor. Occassionally, though, it comes back to bite him. A while back, he created a login named Mitsuko to play a practical joke. Unfortunately, it kinda got a little out of hand and some people's feelings got hurt. Read Choberiba's Dissertation here. I've mellowed after the weeks that this occurred, so much that I felt the need to have a little fun myself. Mitsuko is alive and well, and has a new attitude. She has hiking boots and is trying to make her way to her creator, then to the target of the joke, and then back home.
    Mitsuko: Akane SoumaChoberiba used images of Akane Souma
    in Mitsuko's Geocaching profile,
    including the one to the left.


    Before sending this travel bug on
    its mission, I obtained permission
    from Choberiba and Mopar.

    Further Information
    Her posts were wiped from the boards, but some remnants remain. In this post, it shows that Mitsuko was clever enough to post thoughts in the Thailand thread to give credence to her Asian heritage

    Here is another reference (with picture!).

    Here's another reference by BrianSnat, and an entire thread about her. As far as I know, there was no real “joke” beyond baiting Mopar with a personality that was too good to be true: a very bright, gorgeous woman that was into Geocaching, and happened to live near Mopar.

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    Tracking History (7284.4mi) View Map

    Retrieve It from a Cache 6/7/2004 BMSquared retrieved it from AFOMFT New Jersey   Visit Log

    She so hawny.. She is on her way to the correct region of NJ now. She will gain about 40 miles on her way with us.
    Write note 4/19/2004 Big C, the Curly One & the Little Man posted a note for it   Visit Log

    We held on to this TB for way too long. Sorry! We had planned on bringing it to Dunellen, but life got in the way. We did drop it off in NJ!

    Dropped Off 4/18/2004 Big C, the Curly One & the Little Man placed it in AFOMFT New Jersey - 173.98 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 3/7/2004 Big C, the Curly One & the Little Man retrieved it from WildCache New Hampshire   Visit Log

    Will try to bring it closer to NJ in a few weeks.
    Dropped Off 3/7/2004 ThePetersPack placed it in WildCache New Hampshire - 39.54 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 3/5/2004 ThePetersPack retrieved it from CRATOR CACHE Massachusetts   Visit Log

    I'll bring this one to the UNH webcam cache with me this Sunday (see the forum log under New England).
    Dropped Off 3/2/2004 Goat Haunt placed it in CRATOR CACHE Massachusetts - 517.19 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 2/8/2004 Goat Haunt retrieved it from There's No Surf in Cleveland, USA Ohio   Visit Log

    I found her while surfing in Cleveland. She was cold and wanted to come home with me. She will stay with me a little while, then I will take her on a trip.

    Goat Haunt

    [This entry was edited by Goat Haunt on Sunday, February 08, 2004 at 2:28:41 PM.]
    Dropped Off 2/1/2004 Team_Little_Bear placed it in There's No Surf in Cleveland, USA Ohio - 23.21 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 1/10/2004 Team_Little_Bear retrieved it from Cleveland Metroparks Winter Geocaching Social Ohio   Visit Log

    Picked up Mitsuko at a Notheast Ohio Geocachers meeting and will move her toward Pennsylvania within the week.
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