THEM! is a 1950's horror movie that has been called one of the most influential films of all time. Even today it scores 100% from all 24 critics on Rotten Tomatoes. To get in the mood for this cache, read the following script (taken directly from the 1954 movie trailer) in your best dramatic movie/radio voice.
NATION MAPS FIGHT AGAINST UNKNOWN TERROR!
DEADLIEST WEAPONS OF SCIENCE READY TO COMBAT NAMELESS HORROR!
CITIES ALERTED FOR FINAL STAND AGAINST FANTASTIC INVADER!
Yes, cities, nations, even civilization itself is threatened with ANNIHILATION! Because in one moment of history-making violence, Nature, mad, rampant, wrought its most awesome creation! Born in that swirling inferno of radioactive dust were things so horrible, so terrifying, so hideous, there is no word to describe... THEM!
Here is a wild headlong flight into terror, as the desert erupts with a grim battle for survival!
Here is a fear frenzied moment of suspense, as mankind totters before a thing that multiplies faster than it can be killed!
Here is a desperate plunge into the black depths of the earth, where human courage challenges the brute force, the slashing jaws, the poison fangs that guard the subterranean nest where the beast spawns its terrible progeny!
No one word ever heralded such a heart-pounding experience... THEM!
This geocache invites you to find two items. First, the cache itself, which holds an artistic diorama of the movie, expressionistically portraying the chaotic struggle between mankind and the hideous creatures. Please open it carefully.
Second, just thirty feet northwest of the cache (waypoint below) is an actual den where a type of THEM! have lived, or may still be living. It is indeed possible that you may encounter... THEM!
Should you find THEM!s habitat, or be fortunate enough to actually see THEM!, please take care not to disturb, awaken, feed, pet, provoke, or otherwise bother THEM! or the area in any way. Continued placement of the geocache depends on our respecting the area. Just watch, observe and enjoy.
THEM! will not harm you. Unless they mutate. In which case, call out the National Guard.
