GC1P6ZA Dark Shadows: Laughter From the Graves (Traditional Cache) in South Carolina, United States created by Fraidy Cat

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GC1P6ZA ▼

A cache by Fraidy Cat Message this owner

Hidden : 4/6/2009

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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The cache is small black disc. Please return it exactly as you found it.

In the spring of 1885 Pauline Moses and Eliza Munnerlyn, best friends, were busily and joyously planning their weddings for the fall of the same year. The young women planned to be married on the same day and at the same time but in different places. Pauline would be married in an Orthodox Jewish ceremony and Eliza would be married at the Episcopalian church.

Paulina and Eliza spent many hours through out the summer on the piazza of the Moses home planning their weddings. The piazza faced the river and usually offered a cooling breeze. By early evening they were forced inside by the annoyance of biting mosquitoes.

Finally the end of September was near but the heat had not abated. The young women hoped for more comfortable weather for their weddings but October arrived with no relief. The heat, humidity and mosquitoes were still as oppressive as ever.

One day during the first week of October Pauline awoke feeling hot and damp. She sent her sister to Eliza's home to explain that she was not feeling well and would stay in bed resting. Perhaps she was over taxed by the excitement of the coming weddings. By evening Pauline was no better and now Eliza was also ill and feverish. By the next evening it was clear the young women were seriously ill. The family doctors were summoned but could do nothing for the deadly yellow fever the girls had contracted. The disease, also known as malaria, is carried by mosquitoes.

By October 7th both women were dead. They were buried the next day - the day on which they had planned to be married. And as they had planned for the weddings, they were buried near each other. Pauline rests at the Hebrew Cemetery while Eliza rests across the street in the churchyard of Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church.

In the years after the women's death there were reports of laughter emitting from both graveyards. Passers by would look for the source of the laughter but no one could ever be found. Residents in Georgetown began to believe the laughter was Eliza and Pauline still sharing the fun of planning their weddings.

Both graveyards are open to the public and you are welcome to walk around. The Moses family plot as well as the Munnerlyn family plot are easy to find. You DO NOT have to enter the graveyards to find the cache.

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For whatever reason the mosquitos at this location are incredibly vicious, plentiful, and, evidently, starving. Use bug spray.
There is a bird bath full of small stones inside the cemetery. The stones are placed on top of gravestones to indicate that the person has been visited. Let Pauline know you stopped by to see her.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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