Hi all, I don't post here much but this was pony related and I'm in desperate need of some perspective/advice.

WARNING: CONTAINS DEATH.

Basically, I go on a walk every other day, and I usually walk around/past a large childrens' playground by a river. Often there's toys discarded, and I try put them somewhere kids can get them but they won't fall off, because I know how upset kids get when their toys go missing. If nobody re-claims them in a couple of days, I usually take them home, clean them up, and either keep them or donate them to charity. Sometimes they also run down the river when it overflows, as it does when it storms.

On Sunday, my friend said she saw a MLP in the area but it was stuck in a bush and she didn't have time to grab it out. I went down Tuesday (had a storm sun-mon) and she was there, in a bush like my friend said, a bit off my usual route. I pulled her out and she looked a bit sad - mud caked and whatnot, a lot like the ones that get pushed down by the river - but definitely too far up the bank to have come from that. I put her where I hoped she'd be found and decided to check again today.

Today, I came by, and she'd somehow ended up out of the bush on the other side of the path. I picked her up, rubbed her off as best I could, and kept walking.

On the way back, though...

I saw, maybe two metres from the pony's location, a grave marker. Basically some thick rope/ribbon on one of the young trees, with flowers all around it. The dates were a bit worn but clearly it was for a young kid, a couple of years ago. And judging by the flowers, it was well looked-after and also a girl. It was clearly not official, either, as there are official plaques all around and well marked on maps and this definitely wasn't one, it was very hidden and unmarked and amateur.

I felt absolutely guilty as hell. Again, this is off my usual route so I'd never seen it, but it seemed almost definite that the pony must have gone with this stuff. All of it had been there a while and wasn't well attached, but there was clearly fresh things there. So I cleaned the pony as best I could on the grass and tried wedging her into the next tree over.

I came away feeling deeply guilty and conflicted.

I don't know if the pony belongs there. I don't know anything about the girl - or boy, or whoever. I wish I could have cleaned it up more either way. But I'm also aware it's highly illegal to put graves, grave markers, or scatter remains in that area, because it's a playground in a nature reserve so could be dangerous on a lot of levels, not to mention there's no official person to take care of that stuff. I also have a relative with a chair we donated in her name in that park (hence knowing the laws about it,) and I've had people vandalise it so I know how taking the pony could have potentially broken someone heart - but only if it was supposed to be there in the first place, which again I don't know. And I can't ask anywhere, because drawing attention to it, could get the whole thing removed by the council and I'd hate to do that to someone.

I'm just feeling a bit messed up about it all. If anyone has any advice, or experience, or just some nice words, I could do with it right about now.

I'm waiting to see who answers "Checks - I use them all the time" because almost no-one here takes checks, including banks. My Nana tried to get a new checkbook recently and was refused!

edit - for some reason, the images aren't showing properly

What a crazy find! MOC G2s are something of a magical real-world unicorn of a find. Congrats!

Oh, my freaking gosh! The fact that the ribbon is sill in plastic is just amazing. And they're all sooooo cute! Absolutely awesome score and wonderful of your cousin to gift them. And  I'd be so freaked out about what they could be, you held it together very well!

I don't have a photo of my Whizz on my laptop and it is night here, so I will take one tomorrow for you if you want to see how it worked out for me?

If you can, that would be awesome! I am a little scared to really go in and do it just yet.

So, I know I posted baby Beachball just yesterday but ... I was out buying a new sweater and, "spoiler alert", I didn't buy a sweater, I bought Whizzer instead. She was only $2.50 (most ponies I've found recently have been $10+ and in worse condition) so I just HAD to get her!

I've done a dry-cleaning just with some plain tissues, and she's already looking much better. I'm not sure if I should touch her mane, because it's still got a curl, but it's messy and her ears are quite dirty, and possibly moldy looking so I do want to give her a good proper wash at some point.


Excuse my floor, it had the best light.

So Much Cleaner:
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I am little concerned about these ears:
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But just look at that face:
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The feet:
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More images - http://imgur.com/a/8EGt1
Before cleaning - http://imgur.com/a/Hh6On