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Pirate's Deathmatch Gate Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 3/31/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

On this location three pirates died

In June of 1631 the scottish daughter of a local grist mill operator was finding her way home from what is now called Cape Pond when she was "set upon by many pirates".

Upon hearing an alarm being raised a few of the local men came running to her defense only to find seven pirates armed with pistols and cutlass, either dead or suffering from mortal wounds.

The millers daughter was shaken, and her clothes stained with blood but she was untouched and otherwise unharmed. She was clutching her grandfathers scottish battle sword with both hands, and was ready to take of blood of any other attacker.

She later married and live near here until her death in 1702. The pirate bodies were buried on this site, and then rocks heaped on them to build the stone fence junction right at the road. She and her daughter became the first school teachers on Cape Ann at a school just a few hundred yards away. Both ladies were expert shots with both rifle and pistol, and both were lethal with other weapons including their hands.

Cache is a rubbermaid container of roughly 1.5 quart size.

Local custom has it that if a girl is seeking empowerment or is going into the military that she should pour an entire bottle of good quality whiskey over the large rock in the picture.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur vf ybpngrq arne jurer gur jnyyf vagreprpg, ohg lbh jvy arrq gb sbyybj gur jnyy yvar nobhg guvegl svir gb sbhegl srrg hc gur uvyy. Gur pnpur vf arfgrq hc arkg gb gur jnyy.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)