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jack
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Bad news from the Bay of Conception
I couldn't make it to the Baja this year, but I just heard from my friend Eric who finally made it to Santispac a few weeks ago. When visiting another
buddy Don, he found out that Don was faced with armed robbery. Don arrived at Playa Los Cocos in November and there was only him and 2 other RV's on
the beach. Don and his wife were asleep and at 2 AM woke up as someone was knocking on their door and was saying "aqua". Even though his wife said
"Don't open the door" Don opened it anyway. Two guys tried to barge in, one with a knife. Don has a class A motorhome with a narrow doorway and you
have to go up several steps to get in, lucky for him. He fought back by kicking them and yelling his head off. Before they could gain entry they got
scarred off as the other RV's turned on their lights to investigate all the commotion.
[Edited on 1-22-2015 by jack]
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Estrella
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Yes?
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motoged
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Jack,
You have us concerned....what's up?
Don't believe everything you think....
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Sweetwater
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It's that cut'n'paste demon again....you have to somehow work around it....we're all ears about your concerns.....
Everbody\'s preachin\' at me that we all wanna git to heaven, trouble is, nobody wants to die to git there.-BB King
Reality is what does not go away when you stop believing in it. -Philip K Dick
Nothing is worse than active ignorance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(1749-1832, German writer, artist and politician)
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I\'ve never tried before. - Mae West
Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.
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jack
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In the long post I mentioned that many people from Baja Nomad live in Mulege. It would be nice if one of them could drive out to Los Cocos and see Don
and get a first hand account of what happened.
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willardguy
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another vote for bear spray!
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Estrella
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Wasp spray, inexpensive and can do two jobs from a distance. Will have a can next to my side of the bed when camping. But really...sad to hear about
this. So very glad the robbers were scared off.
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micah202
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...the wild west is being reclaimed......good for some,,not so good for peaceful gringo's or natives.
edit....^^...bear,wasp spray!?....this may work for now,but how long until the perp gets angry and uses their gun!? 
..it's a sad reality,but I see my style of independent camping is getting pretty risky,let alone going boating while leaving my camp onshore and
isolated in BahiaC.........sad but true.
[Edited on 1-22-2015 by micah202]
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woody with a view
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or get a recording of a LARGE dog on CD. when someone knocks at 3am pump up the volume!
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Tbone
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Why not get real dog?
Mas Pacifico
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motoged
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Woody, get the big dog and a tape of Clint Eastwood uttering his best threats:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NelBNtNm8l0
Don't believe everything you think....
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woody with a view
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maintenance!
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LancairDriver
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Last year when I camped at Santispac, another RV there had a very realistic recording of two pump shotguns being chambered followed by a gruff Spanish
speaking voice saying "Go ahead, make my day". he said he bought it on Amazon, but I never followed up on finding one.
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Marc
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I'll go with the wasp spray.
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Barry A.
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I would agree, Marc.
Barry
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BooJumMan
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Random side note... Lots of stuff on the internets debunking the myth of wasp spray being more effective than pepper spray! Even bear spray has less
OC concentration than human pepper spray.
However, I don't really know since I've never been sprayed nor I haven't sprayed anyone... But the fact that all police use pepper spray makes me
think it is more effective?
[Edited on 1-23-2015 by BooJumMan]
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Pompano
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[Don and his wife were asleep and at 2 AM woke up as someone was knocking on their door and was saying "aqua". Even though his wife said "Don't open
the door" Don opened it anyway. Two guys tried to barge in, one with a knife.]
"Y'all come on in..and bring your little knife with you!"
Crime expands with our willingness to put up with it.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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bajaguy
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If you use pepper spray in a motorhome, you will have a great story to tell
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Justbozo
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Just remember, for a last ditch defence in an enclosed area that dry chemical extinguisher will snuff out a person just like it will a fire. You
better have an escape route!
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BajaBlanca
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very sorry to hear this.
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