The Great Pumpkin's Little Brother, Jack
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While parked here one night just before Thanksgiving, I saw something glowing in in the grass. When I investigated, I found the younger brother of "The Great Pumpkin", who goes by the name of Jack. He wants visit with people more than once a year. Read more below about his name sake.
HUNTING HINT: If you are looking for this cache during working hours, you may want to park south of the cache, between the gates and walk the short distance back. The area is used by semi's and the drive way is a little tight by the highway.The people working at the eastern facility, and run the landfill across the highway are aware of the cache, so you just have to watch out for traffic. There is plenty of room to walk to the cache in the grass. And watch for ticks, as normal.
At the time I found this willing fellow, I had checked in a pocket querry, going 400 miles from Bismarck, and there were no Letterbox Hybrid caches listed in the Great State of North Dakota. Well this fixes things... at least for the time being. I want to thanks to the Cute Blonde Headed Girl for help watching over this pumpkin patch, (just don't tell Lucy, she doesn't believe in The Great Pumkin).
This is is a Geocaching letterbox hybrid PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THE LETTERBOX STAMP OR INK PAD (they are not trade items).
What is a Letterbox Hybrid? A letterbox hybrid cache is a combination of a geocache and a letterbox in the same container. A letterbox has a rubber stamp and a logbook, and is another location based game. Letterboxers carry their own stamp with them, to stamp the letterbox's log book and inversely stamp their personal log book with the letterbox stamp. So stop by and let Jack say "HI"
LOGBOOKS:
There is a logbook for your logs. There is a ringed card book where you can leave your mark. Please bring your own stamp and let's trade impressions. Feel free to take a rubber duckie as your present from the Great Pumpkin for being a good cacher.
History of the Jack-o-Lantern.
People have been making jack-o-lanterns at Halloween for centuries. The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed "Stingy Jack." According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn't want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form. Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.
Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with it ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as "Jack of the Lantern," and then, simply "Jack O'Lantern."
Information picked up from the following web site: Iniv. Of Ill., History of Pumkins. http://urbanext.illinois.edu/pumpkins/history.cfm
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