A dead witch's tale Traditional Cache
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Only those who really dare to mess with a witch's grave can claim the rewards.
Cache is an ammo can, supplied with pens some trackables and stuff to take. You are encouraged to leave as much as you like.
Notes: If you choose to cache at night, please be very quiet and not look to suspicious. You do not need to go to the house or around it. It's next to the street.
This story takes place back in the 1730’s at the abandoned property, the owners were smart enough to escape when they did, for there is a curse upon this estate of which no one speaks anymore. The shack itself has not been lived in for over hundreds of years now, until recently when other followers broke in to practice their magic chants and rituals. The State finally sealed it up after several weird encounters occurred which has led to a few mysterious deaths. Before the house ended up in the state it is in now, it was a lovely little shack for a mother and her daughter. The husband, John Eldridge, died in a mining accident shortly after the daughter was born and Mrs. Eldridge has been raising little Aradia ever since. Documents and Newspaper articles revealed to us their history. For years they lived a pleasant life, Mrs. Eldridge working as a nurse in the town’s doctor’s office and Aradia making her way through school until she was old enough to work. Disaster struck when Aradia fell in love with a convict’s son, whose father has been in and out of jail for years, and never cared much for the future of his own children. Whenever Aradia would hang out with Tom, she would come home dirty with so many bruises and scratches that her mom finally forbids her to see him. Aradia was tired of always living a careful life, and wanted to be as rebellious and free as her boyfriend Tom. She made up her mind to run away with him and start her own family, hoping her mother would approve. Upon finding out the plans her innocent daughter had with this filthy future less boy, Mrs. Eldridge was furious; she had no intention of letting her daughter just go with some worthless young man and was willing to do anything to keep Aradia from leaving her. After having her husband die, there was no way her daughter would just get up and leave her alone, with any worthwhile future in sight. She started practicing magic to keep the only family she had left intact. One night while Aradia was sneaking out to meet her lover she over saw a frightening scene of her mother mixing potions and chanting hymns about never allowing her daughter to leave her side. The sight of this made Aradia practice witchcraft in order to keep her mother at bay. For a while this went on till one night a furious mother who found out her daughter was practicing witchcraft as well went off the deep end casting spell after spell in which Aradia did the same ending in the soul of her mother being taken from her body and Aradia being evaporated in the night sky. No one knows what happened to Aradia that night but stories have said that she still lurks the grave of her mother and the house where he lover used to come.
Enter if you dare.
THERE IS A WATERPROOF CAMERA INSIDE THIS CACHE, PLEASE TAKE A PHOTO OF YOU AND YOUR GEOHUNTING FRIENDS AND WHEN THE CAMERA IS FULL I'LL UPLOAD ALL THE PHOTOS ON HERE!!
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(Decrypt)
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