Back in June of 1838, this area was being logged by a six man
hardworking crew. Two men were working the large six foot crosscut
saw, two were hacking with Double Bit axes and two were working the
logs to the pull wagon with Logger Cant Hooks, like they always do.
When, all of a sudden, three of the men were tangled up in vines
and being dragged down the hill towards the nearby swamp. The
forest had seemed to come to life and moving in around them. The
vines were moving around the men like giant snakes around a new
found prey! The men were screaming with fright, yelling ....^1 and
...... ^1... vines and limbs everywhere! The men with the axes
chopped into the vines and freed up one of the men that was
entangled. They could not reach the other two men that were being
dragged at great speed down the hill. The four remaining men ran to
the base camp about a mile away to get help and more Broad
axes.
When the search party returned, there were no remains found of the
missing two loggers,^2 only wide trails down into the swamp pond.
The remaining men talked of VineMen Monsters and never returned
back to work. They packed up their belongings and moved out of camp
that night.^3 They didn't even collect their pay for that week. ^4
It is said that their screams are still heard during foggy days and
nights on this part of the trail! Also, in 1971 the park entrance
toll boths were moved from this area further into the park to cut
down the number of false police calls^5 because of screams for help
heard in this area.^6
Have fun out here but be careful if the vines seem to be moving or
growing. Do Not step on any vines! That would be bad and is against
park policy.
Foot notes:
- ^1 Censored!
- ^2) Missing Loggers Dragged Into Swamp!, Kensington Press, June
20th, 1838
- ^3) Four Loggers Quit!, VineMen Monsters to Blaim! TP Press,
June 22nd, 1838.
- ^4) Loggers Pay Is Donated to Missing Loggers Families, June
30th, 1838.
- ^5) East Entrance False Police Calls Number 70 for 1970!! TP
Press, Dec 31,1970.
- ^6) Kensington Toll Booths Moved to New Quieter Area!. (1/2
mile further into park.) Milford News, May 20th, 1971.
The cache is a plastic Lock N Lock filled with trading items and
a log book. Also, a nice geocoin for the FTF! The first three
cachers will have their names listed here as fastest cachers in
this region.
Park Hours: 6 am- 10 PM Daily
This cache is located with Kensington Metropark. A Metroparks
permit is required: $4.00 daily pass, $20.00 Annual Pass, $12.00
Seniors. For general information please call 810-227-2757 or
800-47-PARKS, or visit www.metroparks.com. All park rules and
regulations apply. Park in parking lots only. Check the Metroparks
website for park hours. Do not step on vines in this park.
- First To Find: Great Abyssal 2, April 24th, 2009, 304
Finds!
- Second To Find: Chevy 727, April 24th, 2009, 2
Finds!
- Third To Find: ndimmick, April 24th, 2009, 237
Finds!
My Thanks to the Kensington Metroparks staff for the permit to
place this cache in this fine park.
Team George Hiker~ (His LAST cache.)