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The Mystery of Dr. Thomas Noisewater Traditional Cache

Hidden : 7/22/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Gather round friends and let me tell you a tale, a hounds tale, all about the mystery of Dr. Thomas Noisewater.

To the casual observer Dr. Noisewater was an upstading citizen, a pillar of the community. He was a pediatrician and he cared for and loved all of his children. Families would drive from miles around to bring their kid to him.
But you see, Dr. Noisewater had a secret. Let me rephrase that, he had an obsession. The good doctor's obsession was using his GPS to find containers hidden all around town by his friends. But not only did he need to find these containers, his true obsession was HAVING to be the first to find that container. To all his friends he was known as a "Hound". Being a hound was no easy life, Dr. Noisewater was rumored to have slept in his clothes, cars keys in one hand, and a powered on GPS in the other. He had a strange conglomeration of electronic equipment that would notify him when a friend had placed one of his coveted containers. With a single beep from his alert system he would drop whatever he was doing, or spring to life from a dead sleep, and run out the door ready to make the find at whatever the cost.

Then one fateful night, everything seemed to go wrong. The doctor was awoken from his slumber by a familiar beep. He sprung to life and started his pre-hunt ritual. Mrs. Noisewater recalls her husband pausing for a moment and muttering "huh, that's weird, never seen one like that before". She had a weird feeling about it, and begged her husband to stay and let this one go. But there was no calling off the hound on this one. Unfortunately that was the last time Mrs. Noisewater would ever see her husband, the hound never returned from the hunt that night.

The Doctor was reported missing, and his vehicle would soon be found, parked and locked on a nearby road. After many hours of searching Dr. Noisewater was never found, all that was recovered was a pair of the doctors hiking shoes, and next to them a GPS with the screen eerily blinking "approaching waypoint" over and over. When his friends were questioned about the location of the container they had placed that night, they all stated that none of them had either placed or been notified of new container the night the doctor went missing.

No remains of the doctor were ever found, and there are many theories of what happened to him, but no one knows for sure. Old timers(you know, the ones that still use paper to find these containers) around these parts say that if you wander the hills where the doctor was believed to have gone missing, your electronics will haywire, compasses will spin, gps' will lead you in circles, and there will be no cell coverage, GASP! They also say that if you sit still enough on a quiet night you can still hear the doctor's cries, "First to find, must be first to find...."

Now friends, this is where you come in. For you see, I was a friend of the good doctor. I share his hobby, and share his obsession. And we all can't go on with whoever, or WHAT-ever, did this roaming free. After a little sweet talking, and some ninja skills, I was able to get my hands on the doctors GPS. The only information on the device were a set of coordinates, the coordinates that I have provided to you here. So do you feel up to the task of solving Dr. Noisewater's mystery? But please, if you do go, go safe. And remember the story of the doctor, dont let your obsession ruin your fun!

Ok, now for the fine print. This is a FUN cache, definitely recommended for the kids, and I filled it up with goodies to trade. You can easily drive in with most 2wd's on the road from the North, or its a short walk in from the neighborhood to the South. This isn't a gnarly hill climb or canyon descent. I only rated the terrain a 3 because you'll have to climb up a short section of rocks near GZ, nothing most kids shouldn't be able to handle no problem. Cool "agriculture" area around GZ. LOTS of furry and feathered creatures roaming around too.

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