When we were younger, our parents brought us here to tend the graves of our ancestors (the cemetery happens to be our family burial plot). So what’s so special about a plain old maple tree you ask? Well, the leaves on this tree have dark red spots on them. And seeing how it’s growing right next to a grave site, our father said it was the blood being sucked up in the roots. Being young boys we thought this was very cool, and would always run over to check on the spots. (Which can be seen as dark dots on the leaves even when they die)
Being older I now realize that is a virus in the tree that causes the spots, but that doesn’t stop me from telling my kids that the blood is being sucked up. (ahh yes, I’m a cruel parent)
As with all caches of this type, please be respectable of the area