Stumbled across a cache

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There are a lot more people around than you think who prep. Most - 95%? 98%? 99%? Do not call themselves preppers. They do not identify themselves as such, they do not post on, or for the main part, visit prepping forums. They would not even think of themselves as preppers. They do not know such a culture exists.

I have bumped into many - people I have met through shooting, fishing, food growing, urban and rural industry exploring, through shared appreciation of certain vehicles and types of vehicles, people I have met at BBQs who have asked about sausages I have made, or I asked about beer or cider they have brewed.

Conversations develop, and once you can see you have several things in common with the other person, even if they are a stranger, conversation develops.

People get into it, or are born into it in a number of different ways - they are from farming stock, frugal country people, people who have a bit but have been poor, cold war preppers who did not stop the habit, those that do it through self responsibility and those that do it in case something like TSHTF happens.

From my dealings with such people, if you were to try and help yourself to their stuff pre SHTF, just remember, their preping is something they would rather keep off the radar.

If they can dig a hole to put a decent cache in, they can dig a hole to put you in.

Post SHTF, while some may have sympathy for those that cannot help themselves, they will make an example of those that go a little bit too far in trying to help themselves.

Remember that, in coming years, as government spends less on policing and law and order, the leniency shown by jurors and judges to those defending themselves will increase.

Treat others as you yourself would seek to be treated. Treat attackers as a direct threat. Treat everyone else with caution.

I would not like to think that one day, I should find some one I have shared words with here trying to take what is mine.

I will defend it.