T. J. Bombadil

I found a camera card far far out in the dunefield at Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado last weekend and I'd love to get it back to its owner. Newest photos are from 2009. #colorado #GreatSandDunesNationalPark #SanLuisValley #lostandfound

UPDATE: owner of the camera card has been located, thanks to the power of #mastodon and the hard work of @thomasconnor and @spacegeck, all in less than 24 hours! I just contacted him and he is both surprised and a little creeped out.

Nov 13, 2023 at 6:59pmWeb
Show threadStephen ReesNov 13, 2023
Maybe if you were a bit more specific about where you were when you found it
Show threadT. J. BombadilNov 14, 2023
@Stephen_Rees Good point. Edited.
Show threadPhoenixSerenityNov 14, 2023
@c_dan4th Area found would help - can you please edit with location info?
Show threadKay   Nov 14, 2023
@c_dan4th Maybe give area where found too? Sand dunes where?
Show threadJude🇵🇸Nov 14, 2023
@c_dan4th Where TF are the dunes though?? Useless without some location info. And there's nothing in your bio, not even a country! 🤬
Show threadWendy MsGator 🐊Nov 14, 2023

@sister_ratched

Try not to take it personally. 😃

Show threadJude🇵🇸Nov 14, 2023
@WendyMsGator Sorry. It's a constant problem here. So many ppl don't give their locations and it makes many posts impossible to contextualise (politics, lost and found, gardening etc). It would be really good if Masto had a section in the bio page for some sort of location, vague or precise. Rant over.
Show threadMike DNov 19, 2023

@WendyMsGator
More people should add it to their profile.

@sister_ratched

Show threadJude🇵🇸Nov 19, 2023
@md @WendyMsGator ✅️
Show threadWendy MsGator 🐊Nov 14, 2023

@c_dan4th

From the previous posts,

Location: Great Sand Dunes National Park (near Duncan, Colorado) but OP will need to edit this into his original post before I will boost it.

Show threadT. J. BombadilNov 14, 2023
@WendyMsGator Edited. I agree, I should have been more specific in location.
Show threadThomas ConnorNov 14, 2023

@c_dan4th Plugging that into one of those creepy reverse photo lookup sites gets this, and then they want money for more info. Mile High CRE is at least the right neck of the woods (Colorado), although my investigating went cold there.

*EDIT: Removing picture for privacy now that we've tracked the guy down*

Show threadJudy SchmidtNov 14, 2023
@thomasconnor @c_dan4th https://milehighcre.com/movers-and-shakers-week-ending-01-14-22/
Show threadThomas ConnorNov 14, 2023

@spacegeck @c_dan4th Teamwork makes the dream work! He's even got the dimple on the left cheek.

Dr. Danforth, I think we have your man!

Show threadT. J. BombadilNov 14, 2023

@thomasconnor @spacegeck Looks like we may have a winner. Same nose, same dimples, right location and age….

Contacting him now. Let’s see if this works. Thanks for doing the legwork, Thomas and Judy!

Show threadJudy SchmidtNov 14, 2023
@c_dan4th @thomasconnor good luck! fwiw, the way I found the guy on the site was to search images.google.com for "portrait" on just that milehighcre website, and then filtered them color to teal. I was actually shocked he showed up right there at the top of the results. 😂
Show threadThomas ConnorNov 14, 2023
@spacegeck @c_dan4th Dang, that's quite clever!
Show threadMichael GurskiNov 14, 2023
@c_dan4th can you provide a more specific location? Like a city or something? It might help find the owner easier than just "the dunes".
Show threadManuNov 14, 2023
@c_dan4th I'm super invested now, please keep us posted!
Show threadBud TalbotNov 14, 2023

@c_dan4th @thomasconnor @spacegeck

wow that is amazing! Nice work!

Show threadT. J. BombadilNov 14, 2023
@bud_t @thomasconnor @spacegeck Yeah, I figured it was an extreme longshot. But I guess not in 2023.
Show threadPlay Ball and Fight FascistsNov 14, 2023
@c_dan4th
How awesome! Glad he gets those memories back.
Show threadOdin HalvorsonNov 14, 2023

@c_dan4th @thomasconnor @spacegeck

This is awesome. Creepy and awesome. Ha!

Show threadJudy SchmidtNov 14, 2023
@indubitablyodin @c_dan4th @thomasconnor I wish I could tell him I am also pretty creeped out. That's why I pasted the URL and ran. I'm not stalking you dude I swear 😂
Show threadT. J. BombadilNov 14, 2023

@spacegeck @indubitablyodin @thomasconnor I'll mention it to him when he drops by on Friday.

Mentioning the fact that I'm an Eagle Scout seemed to put him more at ease.

Show threadThomas ConnorNov 15, 2023
@c_dan4th @spacegeck @indubitablyodin Kindly pass on my apologies, as well! (And I'm also an Eagle Scout, if it makes it somehow less creepy that photos of him as a teenager could be pinned to current him by total strangers...)