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Al Quacka and the Hindenburg Traditional Cache

Hidden : 12/21/2003
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Near the VASA trail, can be reached from Bunker Hill Road

"Oh, the humanity !!"




In the horror of the moment, Herb Morrison, radio reporter for station WLS, can be forgiven for not noticing the covey of Al Quacka ducks on that fateful night in May 1937 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey. The mystery of why the Hindenburg exploded has long lingered. Only now has Yermamma been Maudlin chosen to reveal what really happened - that as the Hindenberg was in the process of mooring, it was downed by Al Quacka Sleeper Cell members using an early crude shoulder launched duck anti-dirigible (DAD) weapon.

The Hindenburg was a huge airship displacing over two hundred tons and was over 800 feet long. Prior to the explosion it had completed ten previous round trips across the Atlantic. It was operated by the Nazi Ministry of Propaganda (a huge swastika was painted on its tail). When the Hindenburg exploded, it was in the process of completing its twenty-first trans-Atlantic flight and had 36 passengers and 61 crew on board. There were 62 survivors.

Long forgotten are several replica mooring towers in the Traverse City area. The cache is located near one of them.Finders are to exchange only genuine Hindenburg artifacts (of course, again, who is really going to know?!).

The cache can be reached from Bunker Hill Road and probably other access points as well. One option would be to travel west (rightward) on the two track from the intersection at N 44 44.180, W 085 26.197 (just off of Bunker Hill Rd). In general, stay on two tracks and utility right of ways as bushwhacking may lead you onto private land.

Click on the image above to learn more about the Hindenburg and to actually hear Mr Morrison's reporting.

New! - listen here for Yermamma's advice for finding Al Quacka caches!

Other Al Quacka sites are nearby. Have fun!

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