Fort Fisher Hermit Mystery Cache
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Start at the Fort Fisher State Recreation Area Visitor Center,
NOT the sharp curve in S Fort Fisher Blvd which may bring you in contact with ALLIGATORS and dense swamp.
Hermits are usually seldom known to the outside world. But in the case of Robert E. Harrill, he was actually an unofficial North Carolina tourist hotspot! Hundreds of thousands of visitors that came to the Carolina Beach and Kure Beach area from 1955 to 1972 knew of him, and would stop at the WWII ammo storage bunker that was home to Robert and his "School of Common Sense". Over the course of the 17 years he spent living in the bunker, many people left donations of materials and money. He really had no use for the money, so he buried most of it near the bunker. Nobody knows for sure exactly where the money is buried, or even how much would be there if it could be found. Robert mysteriously died in the summer of 1972. At the time, developers were planning a new development on the area surrounding the bunker. The State also wanted the land, and became involved in a legal dispute with them. There were rumors that Robert had finally made a decision to file a deed to legally claim the land by homestead rights. His death prevented him from ever making it to the courthouse. Today the original bunker still remains on what is now a State Park. Robert E. Harrill the Fort Fisher Hermit is buried in a small Carolina Beach cemetery where his gravestone is inscribed with the words "He Made People Think".
COORDS ARE FOR THE BUNKER WHERE A PLAQUE WILL DECYPHER THE CODE BELOW.
N 34' 01.ABC W 077' 54.XYZ
USE ONLY THE BODY OF TEXT FOR DECYPHERING (IGNORE THE TWO HEADING LINES & SPONSOR LINE)
A = NUMBER OF WORDS ON FOURTH LINE, MINUS SIX
B = NUMBER OF WORDS ON FIRST LINE
C = NUMBER OF LETTERS IN FOURTH WORD ON LAST LINE
X = NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THIRD WORD ON FIRST LINE
Y = NUMBER OF LETTERS IN SECOND WORD ON SECOND LINE, PLUS TWO
Z = NUMBER OF LETTERS IN FIRST WORD ON LAST LINE
Please avoid blocking the access gate when parking.
DO NOT TRESPASS OUTSIDE THE CEMETERY FENCE
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