Fanny Knight Mystery Cache
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This cache will take you to a roadside memorial of one of the victims of a horrendous killing spree that took place in the late 1920's.
You will need to pay a visit to the waypoint to find the location of the final cache.
In the final stop-press edition of the Johannesburg Star on Friday, 6 May 1927, the
following news story appeared:
NINE KILLED IN SHOOTING TRAGEDY NATAL BORDER SENSATION. EARLY MORNING FIGHT WITH POLICE
A well-known farmer in the Charlestown district named S.A.J. Swart, this morning ran amok and killed 8 Europeans and a native, wounded 3 other Europeans and then shot himself. Among those killed were his wife and the officer commanding the posse of police who went to arrest Swart.
S 27° 27.ABC E 029° 50.DEF
A = Number of Europeans Killed
B = Number of people killed by Swart
C = Day on the Memorial - 1
D = Number of other European wounded + 1
E = Number of letters in the surname of murderer
F = Total number of people that died - 3
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Va gur ubyr...
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