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Red Lady LbNA #44641

Owner:Pink Panther
Plant date:Nov 22, 2008
Location:
City:?????
County:Lancaster
State:Pennsylvania
Boxes:1
Found by: Otis' Friends
Last found:Nov 28, 2008
Status:FF
Last edited:Nov 22, 2008
A Lady in Question
From November 9, 2008
Lancaster Sunday News
By Stephen Kopfinger

A few feet from my front door, the mysterious red lady beckons.

Not a lady in red, mind you; I don't live in that kind of neighborhood. This particular lady is red, spray-painted on one of those curbside utility boxes the guys from the phone company come to check on every once in a while.

Her from-shoulders-on-up portrait is clearly that of some old-time movie star. Now I'm a classic-film addict; but, for the life of me, I can't quite make out just which star she is.

Sometimes she looks like Rita Hayworth, which would be appropriate; Rita was famous for her red hair. Sometimes she's Marlene Dietrich, because her eyes have the heavy-lidded gaze of the German-born beauty.
Facially, she sometimes resembles Marilyn Monroe, though her hair is too long — unless it's the early Monroe in her pre-blond, Norma Jeane days. And, once in a while, she's even a dead ringer for Carole Lombard, though, again, the hair isn't quite right. I've ruled out Greta Garbo, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, but Gene Tierney in "Laura" could be a possibility.

It all depends on how the light hits her. Oh, and just for clarification, the lady is definitely man-made, not some apparition, like when someone sees the Virgin Mary in a rust stain on the side of a junked 1971 Chevy.

A bigger question is not just who the lady is but why she's there at all.

Is she the calling card of some film noir fan, inspired by the surroundings (a city alley, where footsteps are known to echo at night), or is she some kind of political statement?

As her sultry visage graces a telephone utility box, is she some wry pun on the expression "call me"?

She doesn't seem to be protest- or anger-related, and the mysterious lady clearly isn't there to offend, like bad words or hate symbols sprayed on a wall.

Of course, technically, the lady is illegal; she's there without anybody's permission. That adds to her sexy allure, but I don't want to advocate somebody going all over town on a graffiti spree, which would be against the law.

In a way, I hope she stays. She's not a swastika, in urgent need of removal, nor a gang symbol (as far as I know) nor a tribute to youthful lovers whose romance will fade long before their spray-painted initials will.

She's just there, watching over the rainy days and dark nights of a downtown alley, a little mystery who gives passersby pause. And, really, is that so bad?


The Object you seek.
Continue on the trail South West to a line of moss covered boulders on the right of the trail on top of a hill.
Yes, there is another hill.
Explore the boulders.
Stand on top and look northish and down into the valley.
Look for the tooth-shaped boulder (incisor, I believe) with a rather large sapling growing up against it.
Under the LFR to the right of the tree.


Notes:
1. BYOI-Red suggested.
2. Enjoy the hike, but wear blaze in hunting season.
3. It is hard to hide a box inconspicuously when there is snow on the ground
4. It is harder to find SPOR in snow.
5. You would think Black Swan would give me the SPOR off his back in my time off need, but no, I had to uncover my own in the white stuff.
6. Room for HHs.
7. You know the rest.
8. Thanks Judy for the carving lessons, they helped.
9. Read the waiver stuff.