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You are looking for a small tupperware container, painted to blend in, with a log and several small items for trade. Muggles will be a factor, so use stealth. The clue is a TOTAL giveaway, so use it only if you have to!!
One of the stranger examples of American Paranormal coincidences is the "Fayette Factor" - the idea that towns and areas named after the Marquis De LaFayette all seem to be associated with a particular kind of "high wierdness". Fayetteville, North Carolina, has the distinction of being the first town in the U.S. named after La Fayette. Just google 'Fayette Factor' and see all the articles that come up regarding this strange phenomenon.....
The following article is reprinted from the Associated Press:
Revolutionary War hero and international man of mystery, Marquis de LaFayetteAfter all, both local municipalities - along with roughly 60 others throughout the United States- were named after the French nobleman who helped American colonists in their war against the British and became a hero on both sides of the Atlantic.
But then I learned about "The Fayette Factor".
Starting in the late 1970s, certain segments of the paranormal-savvy community began noticing that a large number of weird things seemed to be happening in places named after LaFayette, who supposedly belonged to a number of secretive societies and groups. Including being one of the founders of the freemasons.
Researcher Bill Grimstad, author of "Weird America" was apparently the first to use the term "Fayette Factor" in his 1978 book, according to Loren Coleman, an authority on strange creature sightings and creator of The Cryptozoologist Website. Coleman has written about it frequently since then.
Among the examples of strangeness related to the marquis' last name:
* Fayette County, Alabama, includes a cemetery with a tombstone bearing a discoloration that is said to be the image of a grieving widow. The woman, whose groom was killed on their wedding night, allegedly willed her shadow self to become part of the rock.
* Fayetteville, Arkansas, has long been home for sightings of UFOs, mysterious aerial light shows and river monsters.
* Lafayette County, Arkansas, includes a swamp that's been a hotspot for Bigfoot sightings since 1856 and served as the setting for the1974 horror movie "The Legend of Boggy Creek."
* Fayette County, Kentucky, is the site of a legendary cave explored by early colonists that was filled with idols, altars and human mummies, and guarded by a hieroglyphic-covered door. The legend still occasionally draws searchers.
* Fayette, Missouri, hosts Lilac Hill, an old farmhouse where an alleged haunting drew national interest and lots of sensitive psychics in 1976.
* LaFayette, New York, was where the legendary "Cardiff Giant" was unearthed. Coleman described the "weird stone idol" as "one of the more sensational fossil controversies."
* Fayetteville, North Carolina, has recently been the site of a number of particularly grisly murders committed by returning servicemen, as well as having a number of well-known hauntings. The recent book, "The Men Who Stare at Goats" by Jon Ronson (the movie is presently being filmed) discusses the psyops wierdness at nearby Fort Bragg.
So, do any of you have experience with this? I'd love to know what you think when you post your log!!
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