Piranha -- Hides of Horror Traditional Cache
Grumble69: Time to let this one go and open it up to others.
Piranha -- Hides of Horror
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Adopted from the evil mind of Bosac. I decided I just couldn't wait
until Halloween to put out some more of my series, so welcome
to
There exists a legend that piranhas will skin and eat a human being
alive, which is said to have been started with American President
Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Brazil, and a spectacle set up by
Brazilian fishermen.
"They are the most ferocious fish in the world. Even the most
formidable fish, the sharks or the barracudas, usually attack
things smaller than themselves. But the piranhas habitually attack
things much larger than themselves. They will snap a finger off a
hand incautiously trailed in the water; they mutilate
swimmers—in every river town in Paraguay there are men who
have been thus mutilated; they will rend and devour alive any
wounded man or beast; for blood in the water excites them to
madness. They will tear wounded wild fowl to pieces; and bite off
the tails of big fish as they grow exhausted when fighting after
being hooked. But the piranha is a short, deep-bodied fish, with a
blunt face and a heavily undershot or projecting lower jaw which
gapes widely. The razor-edged teeth are wedge-shaped like a
shark’s, and the jaw muscles possess great power. The rabid,
furious snaps drive the teeth through flesh and bone. The head with
its short muzzle, staring malignant eyes, and gaping, cruelly armed
jaws, is the embodiment of evil ferocity; and the actions of the
fish exactly match its looks. I never witnessed an exhibition of
such impotent, savage fury as was shown by the piranhas as they
flapped on deck. When fresh from the water and thrown on the boards
they uttered an extraordinary squealing sound. As they flapped
about they bit with vicious eagerness at whatever presented itself.
One of them flapped into a cloth and seized it with a bulldog grip.
Another grasped one of its fellows; another snapped at a piece of
wood, and left the teeth-marks deep therein. They are the pests of
the waters, and it is necessary to be exceedingly cautious about
either swimming or wading where they are found. If cattle are
driven into, or of their own accord enter, the water, they are
commonly not molested; but if by chance some unusually big or
ferocious specimen of these fearsome fishes does bite an
animal—taking off part of an ear, or perhaps of a teat from
the udder of a cow—the blood brings up every member of the
ravenous throng which is anywhere near, and unless the attacked
animal can immediately make its escape from the water it is
devoured alive."
Things to remember when searching for this cache:
1) Stay out of the water!
2) Piranha are actually attracted to splashing sounds, so if you
are in the water don't try to swim.
3) Be suspicious of all water crossings and watch where you step.
4) Piranha don't like cold water, but then again who does? The
winter might be your friend on this one.
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