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QUESTION:And do you know why? Because "hidey hole" (or anything similar) does
not appear on your list above.
If you, or anyone else could do as you claim to be able to do, there'd be a
lot fewer bodies moldering in shallow graves in the woods. Therefore, you
are greatly overestimating your abilities.
How exactly do you propose to see an excavation in deep cover?
ANSWER: There's a few flaws in your logic. There's a big difference between finding a
body in the woods and locating a permamnent structure. 1) A grave can be hand
dug, and the amount of dirt displaced is minimal. This is not true for a
structure. 2) People will be in and out of the structure, at least to go to
the privy so there's activity and the resulting impacts on the land.
Well, since we were talking about digging a 10 x 15 foot hole using a backhoe,
I'm not sure that "deep cover" plays a role, but I give it a go.
Let's make the following assumptions: 1) you will be using the retreat
structure, probably on a daily basis. 2) If your going to all of the trouble
of digging the 10x15 hole with a backhoe, you probably want to be able to dig
it deep enough so you can stand upright in it - let's say 6' high.
Construction damage: First, how do you get the backhoe in there? It's a
relatively heavy piece of machinery, and treads really destroy vegetation. I
'm not a photogrametrist, but I do have some education in that area. The work
I do involves reviewing aerial photographs of wetlands. A single pass through
soft soil by heavy equipment is clearly visible in aerial photographs, with
the assumption that the canopy allows visibility. It's just a matter of
knowing what your loking at.
Second, 15 x 10 x 6 = 900 cubic feet of soil displaced. What do you do with
that? There are two options: move it off site or camoflage it.
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