Season of the Witch Traditional Cache
The Marauders: This one was fun, but I have replaced the container twice now, and there appear too many muggles to keep it in operation.
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This is a DAYTIME cache only, as part of a strange historical tour of Las Cruces and Mesilla.
Located just south of Mesilla Plaza, San Albino’s Cemetery contains a selection of very old graves, many of semi-famous people in from the nearby town. One grave curiously does not have a name marker, and is rumored to hold a witch of some ill repute. This tomb has a four-foot black cross decorating it. Though the cache is located at the entrance to the cemetery away from any graves, the supposed tomb itself is located at 32.16.039/106.47.415. Please do not disturb the rest of this spirit or any other in the cemetery.
There are a few legends that surround what the locals have now deemed “The Witch’s Grave.” The first legend is that whoever lays inside the tomb spent years trying to break free from the tomb. She (how they came to decide it was actually a “she” in there still remains unknown) would try to find cracks in the tomb and then dig her way out although she was never successful. This could be in part because the locals kept repairing all of the cracks that she kept finding and making bigger. The other legend is that a young girl once laid across the grave on a dare that her friends challenged her with. Nothing happened to the girl while she was sprawled across the tomb but it was said that later on she was struck with epilepsy when there was no medical condition previously that would cause it.
It is important to visit this site before sundown, as the locals don't take kindly to folks in there after dark. The cemetery is also locked at night. Be careful not to disturb the witch or any other graves when looking for this cache!
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