A few mysteries abound in Rensselaerville.
Why haven’t I been here before?
Who was Edmund Niles Huyck?
How did this preserve come to be?
Why are there no caches in this lovely hamlet?
We’ll help you figure out some of these questions but you may
not like the answer! Strange things have happened in this small
community and they don’t like their dirty secrets revealed to the
general populace. For you see, there has been a murder here and you
have been called upon to solve the Myosotis Murder Mystery! Long
has this mystery gone unanswered. Many have tried and many have
failed. Do you have what it takes to uncover the truth? If your
interest is still piqued and you have pushed that lump in your
throat back to whence it came, then read on. Clues have been left
behind to help any would-be detectives determine who committed the
murder, where they committed the murder, and with which weapon the
victim was felled.
Rensselaerville, placed on the State and National Registers of
Historic places in 1983, is a beautiful hamlet just outside of
Berne, at the end of Route 85. Settled in 1787 after Stephen
VanRensselaer offered free tracts of land, Rensselaerville
continued to grow through the 1800’s until many of their forest
resources were used up. This had an impact on the land’s ability to
retain rainfall, which caused a severe drop in the watershed. Many
mills, dependant upon water, went out of business. This, the
opening of tracts of land to the west, the bypassing of the hamlet
by rail and water transportation, and the implementation of
mechanized farming techniques, caused many settlers to move on.
Come see many of the stunning 18th century architecture
that still remains, the small, home-town feel that this hamlet has
to offer.
If you wish to complete the Mysosotis Murder Mystery then read
on. If you are only doing this one cache, then ignore the
rest.
Quick directions for completing the Myosotis Murder Mystery:
Murderer Revealed mystery cache:
- Go to each of the locations that you
see linked to this page and locate the hidden
containers
- Each container holds information
about who is innocent, which location the murder DID NOT take
place, as well as which weapon WAS NOT used
- Take a notepad found within any of
the containers and check off the clues you
locate
- When you are finished, put what you
have left to good use and reveal who did it, where they did it, and
with which weapon they did it!
Please abide by these guidelines:
- One notepad per group
- Game pieces need to stay in each
location.
- Reveal no secrets to those that have not
yet participated
- Treat the area with respect.
CITO
- Dogs are allowed, but not at the beach
area
- Allow a couple/few hours to enjoy
yourselves
- Be prepared! The weather here is usually
cooler than the Capital District
- ENJOY YOURSELVES!!
- BYOP just in case
Come and solve the Myosotis Murder
Mystery!
The mystery cache is here:
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Myosotis Murder Mystery: Murderer Revealed!
The other caches are:
No mammals or flora were hurt during the making of
this cache. The events and characters in this geo-movie are
fictitious. Any similarity to persons, living or dead, is purely
coincidental
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must agree to hold the cache owner, www.geocaching.com, and the
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all other members of your party must individually and collectively
determine your/their physical fitness and outdoors/hiking skill
levels, decide whether or not to visit the various cache locations,
and whether or not it is safe and prudent to do so under the
conditions that will be encountered. Cache seekers assume all risks
involved in seeking these cache locations.