Poor Jake! I guess that you could call him a disgruntle old cuss of
a ghost. Back when he was alive he was very reclusive and totally
kept to himself. He didn't much trust people and thought all they
were good for was trouble. He had a tiny little shack back in these
woods. (Folks say that some remnants of his shack are still around
today; but I would not recommend going that deep in "his" woods to
try to find it! ) He lived off whatever the land would provide him.
He apparently wasn't too picky about that either. Squirrel legs and
moon shine were his main staples. But, I also hear he made a mean
opossum & wild berry stew though! He hunted with his grand
daddy's old black powder rifle and caught fish using only a
homemade net and a spear he whittled out of mesquite wood. Some
folks say that he thought he was Davy Crockett or something!
Although.... Jake wore an old squirrel skin hat instead of the
"coon skin" hat that Davy wore. Oh well; no matter. I guess both
hats would keep their heads warm and have such an odiferous effect
that they keep wasps, bees, hornets and humans at a safe
distance!
Anyway, the point is: The reason that Jake is the way he is and
still haunts these woods is because of the ....(cue scary
music!)......"INCIDENT"......that happened.....way back when.
HE WANTS REVENGE! So for all these years
his ghost has been hanging around these woods......just lying in
wait to get his revenge on something or somebody! People in the
area know about the hauntings and so these woods aren't used much
by anybody that knows the tale. And...that could be another reason
why he's still around. Well, I guess we almost made "good bait"
last night when we were trying to hide our cache.......But, boy
howdy! When we saw the ghost of Jake.........we dropped that ammo
can lightening fast and skeedattled the heck outta there like
Michael Johnson running for the Olympic gold! So, this time he had
to settle for revenge on only an ammo can! Whew!
We did come back today..........In BROAD DAYLIGHT to try
retrieve our ammo can. Goodness knows that we've lost enough cans
already this summer; compliments of the great flood of 2007!
Anyway, we made a mad dash into the woods--- his woods--- but
didn't find the can where we dropped it. We kind of tenderly (that
translates to: scarily & leerily) searched the area we "lost"
it in. We didn't see it. We were about to give up & leave when
Randy thought he spotted it a little ways off. We got a shot of
braveness and investigated further. Yep, that was our can alright.
Our stash note was still glued to the inside lid but beyond that it
was hardly recognizable once Jake got through with it! We quickly
inspected it, re loaded it with swag, log book, pens, stash
note...all the while keeping our eyes peeled and are ears alert! We
would've re -hidden it; but we didn't want to dilly-dally any
longer than we had to! So we left it where Jake put it, marked the
quickest coords ever and got the heck outta there!!
We didn't have any Jake sightings today so I'm hoping that ole
Jake is happy now and that he can finally move on from "here" now.
But, just to be on the safe side I'd sure think about doing this
cache in the daytime ! We know from first hand experience that you
do not want to run into "Jake".
Well that's it! You've be WARNED! What you decide to do from
here on out is all on you. We take no responsibility for your
actions. Do the cache, don't do it--it's totally up to YOU! Our
recommends are : Don't do this cache if you are afraid of ghosts,
don't do this cache anytime other than broad daylight, and don't do
this cache alone!
For the brave: you will be looking for an Ammo can. We added new
swag so if'n you're into the trade thing then come ready to trade.
Might want to leave something "extra" in the cache for Jake too
.........I have a sneaking suspiscion that he will be keeping a
close eye on this one!
I'm graciously providing you with the closest parking
coordinates (N 31 32.144/W 097 14.870)so that you can get in
and out of there as quick as possible. Note: We did notice some
sparatic bits of the dreaded 3 leafed stuff on the way to the
cache.....but it was baby PI so you should be able to avoid it if
you just watch for it.
PS: Please don't post any notes to the page about this one
needing maintenance or to be checked on or anything of the
sort...........CUZ I'M NEVER GOING BACK THERE AGAIN!!!!!!!! Jake
will have to get his next revenge on someone else.............maybe
you? 
Please , no spoilers or spoiler pictures (on line or
otherwise) on this cache . People are just going to have to find
out for themselves----if they dare, that is! Besides..... Jake
really wouldn't like it.....and you certainly don't want to "go
there" !!!
As always, Be careful out there and Have FUN!
TheGeoGoes 
Placed by a member
of:
FTF CONGRATS TO
BIKERMIKE!
