Devil's Tree Traditional Cache
Lord Stirling: Cache has been in poor shape for a few years. CO has not logged on in 4 years. Archiving an obviously abandoned cache.
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Devil's Tree is just off of Mountain Road in Bernard's Township, at the intersection of Emerald Vally Road. There is a small area to pull over.
This tree is one of infamy in Bernards Township.
Prior to the "hanging limb" being cut down recently by the town (and the horrible and private events that befell some of those who were involved in the limb removal) this tree has seen its share of pure evil....and now has absorbed some of that power itself!!!!
The story has it that a farmer once killed his entire family, then went to the tree to hang himself. In addition, numerous suicides and murders are said to have occurred around the tree.
It is said that the souls of those killed at the spot give the tree an unnatural warmth, and even in the dead of winter no snow will fall around it.
The tree stands all alone in the middle of a large field off Mountain Road. Its trunk has been severely scared by axes and chainsaws, some wounds appearing to be quite old.
Legend (which I guess is subject to less verification than a story) has it that it's "a portal to hell." Those who touch the tree may find their hands turning black and cursed...which explains why some have gone so far as to fence its trunk to protect dare-devils who do not suspect.
There is a very evil truth to the mythology of the Devil’s Tree. At one time, Bernards Township was one of the central headquarters of the KKK in New Jersey – they held many demonstrations in the town. The Devil's Tree was more secluded in those times before the developments spread across the mountain like a plague. It sat in a very isolated section of woods and fields, far from the prying eyes of the police. The Devil's Tree was the site of many of the KKK's meetings and hangings. The evil energy around the tree comes from the souls of dead men and women who were killed by this vile organization.
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