GC11J6Z Witch's Tabernacle (Traditional Cache) in Texas, United States created by The Sparkle Crew

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West Texas Reviewer: This Geocache is being archived as the Cache Owner (CO) has not been active for over 1 year. This in all likelihood also precludes any possibility of adoption.

GC11J6Z ▼

A cache by The Sparkle Crew Message this owner

Hidden : 3/19/2007

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Geocache Description:

I had to change the location of this cache since it has came up missing several times now.

The cache is in an undisclosed container, ha ha. If you knew what the container was, that would sorta narrow down where it could be hidden.

I grew up right down the road from here. It is actually the Old Bear Creek Tabernacle, but is usually referred to as Witch's Tabernacle. It is a really neat cemetery, most of the markers are very old.

The entry to the Tabernacle and cemetery is almost always bolted shut due to vandals (yes, it is very sad that some people do not respect those who rest here). You will most likely have to park at the drive. There is an opening to the right of the driveway where you can walk through.

I have heard countless "ghost stories" about this place, although I have never experienced anything out of the ordinary here. However, just to be on the safe side you might want a partner for this one. Even though I've never seen or experienced anything odd here and feel completely safe going here during the day, even I wouldn't go alone at night.

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Here is some info I found at (visit link)

The Legend of Witch's Tabernacle

In the 1800s in the United States, witch craft or any other pagan religion was considered a crime punishable by death. During this time many people (wether pagan or not) where executed on even a suspician of witchcraft. This of course meant that hundreds of people where decapitated, burned, or hung during this time period. In Linden, a north Texas town, there was a lonely widdow who the children always said was a witch, the adults knew of the children's talk of her rituals and animal sacrifices, but she kept to herself and never communicated with the population of the town. One summer day when a child was found mutilated in a field the townspeople investigated and tried to find out who did it. After about 4 months and the local police couldn't find out who murdered the boy, the townspeople where losing their pacients with the police investigating the crime. The police were running out of ideas, so they blamed the local witch. The townspeople didn't even giver her a trial! They hung her from a tree on her own property. Legend states that as they where dragging her out of her house she was screaming, "I swear if you kill me I will come back in 4 years and burn down this damned city!", and either by coincedense or the ghost of a witch, 4 years after her death around half of the town burned to the ground.

You may be asking yourself if this story is true, the city I live in is only half an hour away from Linden Texas so I decided to drive to what is now called, "Witch's Tabernacle" and check it out. Her grave was covered in cement! I asked around, and the townspeople told me that after the town actually did burn down, the put cement over her grave to keep her in so she can't burn down the town again. So in a way, this urban legend actually did turn out to be true to an extent, there's no real way to find out if it was a tortured ghost that destroyed the town. A lot of people in Linden claim that the town actually burned down 5 years after her death which would contridict what the legend and witch stated, so I'm leaving this one unproven.

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