Mystery trampoline appears in middle of Central Coast forest: ‘What the heck’
A Central Coast nonprofit group recently shared a photo online that has many people scratching their heads.
On Monday morning, Los Padres ForestWatch, which helps to protect wildlife and wilderness in public lands throughout California’s Central Coast, posted a picture of an abandoned trampoline among the trees of Los Padres National Forest.
The device was left along with broken cinderblocks that were presumably used to make it level.
“We never thought we’d have to say this, but please do not leave your trampolines in the Los Padres National Forest,” Los Padres ForestWatch wrote in posts on Facebook and Instagram.
When reached for comment on the mysterious trampoline Tuesday, ForestWatch Conservation Director Bryant Parker said he actually found it while hiking near San Luis Obispo on Sunday.
“It’s one of the more unusual things I’ve found out in the national forest,” he wrote in an email to The Tribune.
Parker said he already has volunteers ready to dismantle the trampoline as soon as they can get out to it again.
The organization did not specify where the mysterious trampoline was located, or share any details about how it may have gotten there — prompting confused comments online.
“How....” one person commented on the group’s Instagram.
“What the heck,” another poster wrote. “Now this is something I’ve never seen before.”
This story was originally published November 8, 2021 at 12:19 PM.
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