Ahoy Matey, it was the year 1630 when Davy
Jones sailed the Indian and Atlantic Seas Pirating every ship it
came across. His ship was the fastest Ghost Ship on the ocean and
every ship fell prey to it. At this time, half of what is now known
as the State of Maine was under the ocean and Captain Davy would
sail his Pirate ship to the Desert of Maine in order to bury
treasures his crew would take from the trading ships that sailed
the seas. It has been said that all the riches of gold, silver and
Jems are in Davy Jones’ Locker. Davy Jones’ pirating first mate
J-Hook Horwicher is said to have deceived Captain Jones, with the
help of deckhand, swashbuckler Willmery, the Silly kalleewag
Navigator Blackstrap Lexgator and the wild likes of the only female
allowed on Jones’ ship, the infamous Martea of Twin Cities who had
a hoard of devious accomplices stowed in the bellows of the ship.
Together they distracted Captain Jones so that the J-Hook Horwicher
could make a duplicate trail map. It wasn’t until the Goddess of
Maine teamed up with Googler and Long John Caller to steal the
duplicate map at night from J-Hook, in an attempt to find the
hidden treasure and keep it all to themselves. But just as they
moved in to find the treasure, Constables Jay and Jays caught the
devious Goddess, Googler and Long John Caller before they found the
treasure and placed them in jail for life so they would never find
another treasure FIRST, again!
Three buccaneer Pierdas guarded the captive Pirates with their
cutlass so if they still had the map on their person, they would
make sure the Map didn’t get passed on to other infamous Pirates.
What happened next would dare even the wildest of bears, the knight
of Upsland visited the prisoners and questioned them individually.
No one knew that the Knight was really Black Beard himself and was
able to con the map from them. Blackbeard was a crafty pirate and
ripped the map in two pieces and placed the pieces in two bottles
so no one could find the Treasure without both pieces. So now you
have the chance to search for the hidden Locker. It will take a
team to hunt for the treasure, and a watchful eye for a fox that
roams here, so make sure to wear gloves for protection. But be very
careful of the Fastest of flying fairies, Vidia who will try to
play tricks on Clumsies. When we came upon a list of letters we
figured it must be a clue, “TFOACRBH” but some of the best minds
haven’t been able to crack the code. If you can read Hiramglyphics
it may help you to navigate the map. If you are able to find the
loot, you will be a team of riches. And when you find the treasure,
try not to let it make you tkacky, just be yourself. Well trained
pups who have a lot of moxie might help you find your way. As you
swim across the swamp, deadly, hiSSSSSing Rays swim through here
from time to time. If you get stung by a ray, only the Suemax tree
holds a cure. For the cure was discovered years ago when Long John
was stung in his own backyard. As you sail to the Desert of
Freeport Maine, be weary of the ocean here as it is a different
color of sea blue, when you see this you will know you are getting
close…
Davy Jones had said that the treasure
is cursed and will not be found by any mainiac until after 1957. As
the legend says, the secret “tat tat tat” may be helpful to open
the treasure. But still beware, for the legend also says that the
spirit of Davy Jones still guards the treasures with his Iron
Paw!
Once you find the first location it will not be the treasure,
instead it will be the secret location of the first piece of Davy
Jones’ hidden MAP. Hopefully with this Map you will be able to find
the next piece in order to find the treasure that no one else has
been able to find. Note, you do not need to walk down the trail
near the second map bottle location, this trail is on private
property. Bring your Pirate gear, good luck, be safe, have fun and
may you find the Treasure! Arrrrrr, we look forward to hearing
about your Pirately experience in your log. So Anchors Aweigh, Boys
and Girls, Anchors Aweigh!
Please be sure to replace the maps into the correct map bottles
for the next Pirate. Please do not remove the cache container, just
remove the cover ONLY!
Don’t be alarmed if the Merchant Owners come out to say hello,
it is OK, they are not Pirates.
Attention local cachers: Count
the number of disguised/mis-spelled cachers in this story, then
email me your answer, you only get one guess so make it good. Count
each cacher only once. All cachers have cached in Maine, i.e. there
is a lot of blackbeard cachers, however hint this is not one of the
cachers. A prize for the first cacher to email the correct number,
then if you are correct I will email asking for you to provide a
list, if you have the correct number and list of names of the
cachers to complete the task you will win the prize. So a correct
number guess will get you in the prize line, but you must have the
correct list to claim the prize. A prize is waiting…who will it
be…? And DSKG is not one of the cachers that you would count. send
to: dgallan2@maine.rr.com
A nearby letterbox is within walking distance.
CONGRATULATIONS TO J-HOOK HORWICHER AND LONG JOHN CALLER FOR
CO-FTF! ARRRRRR AND ARRRRRR! CONGRATULATONS TO LEXMANO FOR SOLVING
T' PUZZLE FIRST, ARRR! For t' answers to t' puzzle open puzzle
solution below, Aye!