Abigail Sanborn Traditional Cache
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Micro cache in a cemetery in Vienna with a terrific view of Maine's
Western mountains.
I hope my fellow cachers read this as this cache comes with a
story. This area, Vienna, Mt. Vernon, Fayette has had a good deal
of spirtualists as residents for over a hundred and fifty years.
Many of them are buried here and their grave stones are very
unique. In the center of the cemetery you'll see grave stones
carved in the shape of tree trunks. (No the cache is not a "stump"
cache. These are rock and will never rot!) Instead of "died," the
date of death is referred to as "Cut down." When I was in high
school and working at an American Plan camp in Rome as a cabin boy,
3 of us came out here in the middle of the night to climb a 40
story Telstar relay tower that used to be located across the street
from the cemetery. The climb was successful, very stupid thing to
do, but hey, I was about 17 at the time...no fear, no brain, see
tower, climb tower! To complete the night we pulled into the
cemetery and one of my fellow "climbers" stole a conch shell which
legend says was to be blown by folks in the cemetery to ward off
gray spirits. I didn't think this was "cool" but it happened. We
backed out of the cemetery at about 2 in the morning and a tire
blew before we were on the road!. We changed the tire, drove about
a mile down the road and another tire blew! Eikodokie is probably
loving this story. Back at the camp the conch was placed on a shelf
where we stayed, a room with no window and the thing started
whistling. There were 3 of us who experienced this and I hadn't
been drinking and hadn't tried pot at that point in my life. I
personally returned the conch to its resting place the next
morning. Now, about Abigail Sanborn. She was a well-known witch in
the area and not always a "nice" witch. She died young and is
buried about 25 feet from where I placed the cache. Her grave is
legendary among spiritualists and other folks who get into the
ghost thing. Her black gravestone has 3 lines on the bottom that
you have to look hard to see as the moss has grown up and obscured
it, but if you push the moss back you'll read "Friend nor
physicians could keep her body from this grave, nor shall anybody
keep her spirit from roaming the earth." Scary stuff, huh? The
cache contains a log only so BYOP. As a "bonus", if you're so
inclined, I sensed I dropped something when I was placing the
cache. Turns out, one of mapachi's custom handmade nanos was hooked
to the cache I placed and ended up on the ground presumably
directly below where you'll find the cache. Hope somebody finds it
and puts it in circulation. The nano is bronze and should show up
nicely. While this is a public cemetery, please be respectful of
those who are buried here and please do not do this cache at night!
Congrats to BSAK07 for the FTF!
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