What is on top of that dune behind you, in N Truro - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

JohnnyD · 02-01-2010, 02:12 PM

The misses and I have gone for bike rides out there a few times. It's a pretty cool place to check out if you've never seen it.

2na · 02-01-2010, 02:38 PM

lots of trails through the woods there too.

Fishing in the moonshadow of the golfball used to be one of my favorite pastimes.

JohnnyD · 02-01-2010, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 2na

lots of trails through the woods there too.

Fishing in the moonshadow of the golfball used to be one of my favorite pastimes.

It sure gets spooky as it starts getting dark.

fishonnelsons · 02-01-2010, 03:36 PM

Do a bunch of walks up there over the winter.

The first time, I scaled the fence to get a close-up look at some of the buildings - thought the Men in Black were going to come knocking at my door after that - who knows, maybe they did?

Always thought it would be great for affordable housing, or some big summer camp for dis-advantaged kids, all those houses - which probably would require knock-down - but still, what a place!

Karl F · 02-01-2010, 03:47 PM

Rich and Tuna...maybe we should all suggest to the rangers, that when they close for the boyds, the sand beetles and the terrapin turtles, they should let us all park there, use the houses for R&R...and take the path down to access the fishing.....

the campers could all jam door handle to door handle onto the Helipad..

JohnnyD · 02-01-2010, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by fishonnelsons

Do a bunch of walks up there over the winter.

The first time, I scaled the fence to get a close-up look at some of the buildings - thought the Men in Black were going to come knocking at my door after that - who knows, maybe they did?

Always thought it would be great for affordable housing, or some big summer camp for dis-advantaged kids, all those houses - which probably would require knock-down - but still, what a place!

The only fence that was a bit intimidating for me to get close to is the one around the golfball. Maybe it's the signs that claiming an open shoot-to-kill order for trespassers.

You really want that much affordable housing moving into Truro? The summer camp is a really good idea. There's a ton of land for activities and whatnot.

Jimbo · 02-01-2010, 04:34 PM

My father was a Ssgt there around 1952-3 involved in radar. He's retired in Yarmouth now. As of last summer his picture was still on the plaque by the ball field by the front gate, he played for the base team which was actually an adjunct from Otis. We go out there walking around once or twice a year, inside and outside the fence. He just tells anyone who asks, when he was stationed there and that he's showing me around the place and we always get the go-ahead, unescorted. He's attends many of the talks given by the Parks folks and a few times (nicely though) even corrected them about certain things. There's been things torn down and things built up since he was there, but he still remembers it all and enjoys talking about climbing the poles and the guys that he was stationed with and what you could do in what building. Lotta foxes, birds and squirrels around the woods, and that view off the dunes by the Audobon shed is one of my favorites. I find the place a littl eerie, rather than scary. It mostly looks in pretty good shape but weird absolutely no people around. I'm sure I could arrange a private tour for anyone interested.

JohnR · 02-01-2010, 05:48 PM

Wonder if they did any Palatwiesel research there - better call Mulder and Scully

Backbeach Jake · 02-01-2010, 06:46 PM

DEW Line radar dome. Dad helped put that up. So we could see the Russians coming.
Jimbo Dad was a StaffSeargent there, too.

robc22 · 02-01-2010, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by fishonnelsons

Do a bunch of walks up there over the winter.

The first time, I scaled the fence to get a close-up look at some of the buildings - thought the Men in Black were going to come knocking at my door after that - who knows, maybe they did?

Always thought it would be great for affordable housing, or some big summer camp for dis-advantaged kids, all those houses - which probably would require knock-down - but still, what a place!

There's so much deserted housing out on otis/ camp edwards.......all those houses going to waste......5 miles away hard working families on the upper cape can't afford/find housing.

Backbeach Jake · 02-01-2010, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyD

The only fence that was a bit intimidating for me to get close to is the one around the golfball. Maybe it's the signs that claiming an open shoot-to-kill order for trespassers.

You really want that much affordable housing moving into Truro? The summer camp is a really good idea. There's a ton of land for activities and whatnot.

Not everyone in Truro is wealthy. Maybe some of the local kids could stay local if they could buy an inexpensive starter home.

Backbeach Jake · 02-01-2010, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 2na

lots of trails through the woods there too.

Fishing in the moonshadow of the golfball used to be one of my favorite pastimes.

Shhhh! Shhhhh! Frikin Shhhhh!

JohnR · 02-01-2010, 06:59 PM

Always thought that might be a D.E.W. line site. Need negated with the PAVE PAWS radar in Sandwich.

piemma · 02-02-2010, 07:37 AM

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Shhhh! Shhhhh! Frikin Shhhhh!

MAN!!! That's been an old secret since the 60s. Please no spot burning. There are enough jamokes around as it is!

capecodder · 02-02-2010, 09:16 AM

2Na... Used to be?

Sweetwater · 02-02-2010, 03:22 PM

The first time I really explored the place I stumbled upon the officers' housing section. A true ghost town. It's as if everybody was just going about their business and then suddenly everyone was gone. The see-saw and merry-go-round are still in the children's playground. I find it a cool but eerie place.

There is a marine research group that uses some of the office buildings and of course the Payomet artists and other entertainment is in the tent.

Very cool place to check out.

Jimbo · 02-02-2010, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake

DEW Line radar dome. Dad helped put that up. So we could see the Russians coming.
Jimbo Dad was a StaffSeargent there, too.

Don't know why it sticks in my head, and I think there may have been an internet site for them at one time. A note I have written on my blotter at work says my dad was with the 762nd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron. Definitely watched the little blips, but he was there pre-radome and before those houses and the big helipad that until recently had an FAA antenna in the middle of it.

saltfly · 02-03-2010, 09:35 AM

I used to work inside the "golf ball" every once in a while.It was like a trip back in time to the Navy days and the movie Dr.Strangelove.The radar scopes were like the ones i used at sea.My job always took longer when working there.It drove my boss nuts.One day he came to check on me and He didn't want to leave.Walking around there knowing "What Could Have Been" gives a kind of chill down your spine.

mekcotuit · 02-03-2010, 04:03 PM

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Wonder if they did any Palatwiesel research there - better call Mulder and Scully

Unsolved Mysteries

At 8:45 PM on October 1, 1966, a bus pulled up in front of Dutra’s Market, in the small Cape Cod village of North Truro. Only one man got off the bus, nineteen-year-old Airman First Class Robert Matthews. He was reporting for his first tour of duty at a nearby Air Force base and noticed that the area was deserted:

“I got off where the bus driver told me where I was supposed to get off. And he told me to phone the base and they would send a truck down to pick me up. I told him that I was in front of Dutra’s Market and he told me to stay there and that there would be a truck there to pick me up in a minute. While I was standing there, I saw these lights you know, moving from right to left across the sky. That’s when I felt this fear.”