THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL CACHE CACHE Mystery Cache
THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL CACHE CACHE
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ONE FOR THE MYSTERY LOVERS AND CONSPIRACY AFICIONADOS AMONG US. TO REVEAL THE MYSTERIES OF THIS CACHE, WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN THE AREA OF BUFFALO'S OUTER HARBOR, PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION. ALL THE CLUES ENABLING YOU TO SOLVE MYSTERY FOR YOURSELF ARE CONTAINED IN IT. POSTED HOURS OF OPERATION AT THE HIDE ARE 7:00 am UNTIL DUSK
SO THE MYSTERY BEGINS IN THE SUMMER OF 2012 WHEN A CACHER PLANNED ON PLACING A SWEET CACHE IN ALLEGANY STATE PARK AT THE REMNANTS OF AN OLD SETTLEMENT WITHIN THE PARK CALLED NEW IRELAND. A 50 CALIBRE AMMO CAN WAS CUSTOM CAMO PAINTED, LOADED WITH SWAG, IDENTIFIED WITH A LAMINATED CARD AS "CAYUGA CREW'S NEW IRELAND CACHE" AND LOADED INTO THE TRUCK IN ANTICIPATION OF PLACING IT. AFTER LEARNING THAT ASP PARK MANAGERS WOULD BE RELUCTANT TO ALLOW A CACHE PLACED NEAR THE HISTORICAL SITE THE AMMO CAN WAS STOWED AWAY AND NEVER HIDDEN AT THE INTENDED LOCATION. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2013 WHEN GC46GPB STGT:BNF 07 BUFFALO HARBOR LIGHTHOUSE CACHE WAS REWORKED AND PUBLISHED THE ORIGINAL "NEW IRELAND" CACHE WAS PULLED OFF OF THE BENCH AND PUT BACK IN PLAY WITH THE ORIGINAL PLACARD IDENTIFYING IT AS "CAYUGA CREW''S NEW IRELAND CACHE" STILL AFFIXED TO THE INSIDE OF THE LID. THE "NEW IRELAND" AMMO CAN SURVIVED BRIEFLY AT IT'S NEW LOCATION IN TIMES BEACH BUT THEN TURNED UP MISSING AFTER ONE SHORT MONTH ON 3-24-13 AFTER NINE (9) CACHER'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HUNT AND FIND IT. MY ORIGINAL THOUGHT WAS THAT AN INVASIVE PLANT REMOVAL CREW HAD SPOTTED AND REMOVED THE CACHE WHILE WORKING IN THE AREA DESPITE THE AMMO CAN BEING HIDDEN IN A MANNER TO PREVENT THE CASUAL OBSERVER FROM SPOTTING IT. I CHALKED IT UP AS ONE MORE OF MY CUSTOM CAMO PAINTED AMMO CANS GROWING LEGS AND DISAPPEARING FROM MY LIFE FOREVER. A REPLACMENT CACHE, SWAG, LOG AND SEAWAY TRAIL PUNCH WERE ACQUIRED AND GC46GPG STGT:BNF HARBOR LIGHTHOUSE CACHE WAS REPLACED AND ENABLED IN MAY OF 2013. NOW THIS WOULD BE THE END OF THE STORY IF THE STORY WAS ABOUT GC46GPG STGT:BNF BUFFALO LIGHTHOUSE CACHE BUT IT IS NOT. THE TRUE MYSTERY IS THE WHAT EVER BECAME OF THE AMMO CAN IDENTIFIED BY CUSTOM CAMO PAINT AND LAMINATED PLACARD AS "CAYUGA CREW'S NEW IRELAND CACHE." TO BE TRUTHFUL NOT A WHOLE LOT HAPPENED IN THE SPRING OF 2013 REGARDING THE AMMO CAN IDENTIFIED AS "CAYUGA CREW'S NEW IRELAND CACHE" BUT MYSTERIOUS THINGS BEGAN OCURRING JUST ABOUT THE START OF THE SUMMER CACHING SEASON. A SERIES OF CRYPTIC MESSAGES LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT A WANDERING AMMO CAN IDENTIFIED BY CUSTOM CAMO PAINT AND A LAMINATED PLACARD BEARING THE NAME "CAYUGA CREW'S NEW IRELAND CACHE" HAD BEEN SPOTTED 30.4 MILES NORTH AT A BEARING OF 16 DEGREES TRUE FROM THE SPOT WHERE IT WENT MISSING ON THE BANKS OF 18 MILE CREEK JUST NORTH OF THE VILLAGE OF NEWFANE. MORE SPECIFICALLY ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE MISSING "CAYUGA CREW'S NEW IRELAND CACHE" AMMO CAN BY SEARCHING THE 18 MILE CREEK BANK AT THESE APPROXIMATE COORDS.........N 43° 17.796 W 078° 42.772. NOW IT WOULD SEEM LOCATING THE AMMO CAN WITH THE CUSTOM CAMO PAINT AND A LAMINATED PLACARD ON THE INSIDE OF THE LID IDENTIFYING IT AS "CAYUGA CREW'S NEW IRELAND CACHE" WHICH WAS REMOVED WITHOUT OWNER CONSENT FROM WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLACED IN BUFFALO'S TIME BEACH NATURE PRESERVE WOULD SUFFICE AS A HAPPY ENDING TO THIS TALE BUT THE MYSTERY CONTINUED ON TO THE POINT OF MIRACULOUSNESS. YOU SEE AS MYSTERIOUSLY AS IT DISAPPEARED FROM TIMES BEACH NATURE PRESERVE ONE DAY IN MARCH OF 2013, MONTHS LATER, IN THE EARLY WEEKS OF AUTUMN 2013 THE AMMO CAN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING CUSTOM CAMO PAINT AND BEARING A LAMINATED PLACARD IDENTIFYING IT AS "CAYUGA CREW'S NEW IRELAND CACHE" REAPPEARED MIRACULOUSLY AT A DISCRETE LOCATION ON BUFFALO'S OUTER HARBOR. LEARNING OF THE PRODIGAL AMMO CAN'S RETURN I RUSHED OUT TO THE HARBOR AND INSPECTED THE TRAVELING AMMO CAN. I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT IT IN FACT WITHOUT A DOUBT WAS THE AMMO CAN I HAD PLACED IN TIMES BEACH AT THE FINAL LOCATION OF GC46GPG STGT: BNF BUFFALO LIGHTHOUSE CACHE IN FEBRUARY OF 2013. I INSPECTED THE CONTENTS AND WAS SURPRISED TO SEE SOME THE ORIGINAL SWAG I HAD PLACED INTO THE AMMO CAN REMAINED. THE SEAWAY TRAIL PUNCH WAS MISSING AND THE ORIGINAL LOG BOOK HAD BEEN REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A LOG BOOK IDENTIFYING IT AS THE CACHE OF ANOTHER NAME PLACED BY ANOTHER CACHER. ODDLY ENOUGH THE REPLACEMENT CACHE HAD SEVERAL PAGES FROM THE FRONT OF THE LOG TORN AWAY. PERHAPS THE LOG BOOK WAS "RECYCLED" FROM ANOTHER CACHE AS WELL. I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT DESPITE ENJOYING A GOOD TRAVELLING WITHOUT OWNER CONSENT MYSTERY CACHE AS MUCH AS THE NEXT GUY I DID TAKE A FEW MEASURES TO KEEP THIS CUSTOM PAINTED AMMO CAN BEARING A LAMINATED PLACARD ON THE INNER LID IDENTIFYING IT AS "CAYUGA CREW'S NEW IRELAND CACHE" FROM WANDERING TOO FAR FROM HOME IN THE FUTURE. I ALSO TOOK MEASURES TO PREVENT THE LOCAL "CRITTERS" FROM REMOVING PAGES FROM LOG BOOK AS WELL. HECK I EVEN THREW IN A DEVICE TO TRY AND PREVENT RODENTS FROM SCURRYING OFF WITH THE SWAG TO BOOT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VISIT THIS HALLOWED SITE, PERHAPS SAY A NOVENA, LEAVE A ROSARY OR LIGHT A CANDLE YOU STILL KIND OF NEED TO SOLVE THE MYSTERIES OF THIS CACHE FOR YOURSELF. TO DO SO ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GO BACK AND READ THE DESCRIPTION ONE MORE TIME PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE LOCATION THE ALONG THE 18 MILE CREEK BANK THE AMMO CAN WITH THE CUSTOM CAMO PAINT AND LAMINATED PLACARD IDENTIFYING IT AS "CAYUGA CREW'S NEW IRELAND CACHE TRAVELED TO WITHOUT OWNER CONSENT. ONCE ARMED WITH THOSE COORDS SUBTRACT 25.422 FROM THE NORTH AND ADD 10.182 TO THE WEST. IF YOUR SOLUTION PLACES YOU MORE THAT 1 MILE FROM THE POSTED COORDS AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE UNLESS, OF COURSE, ONE OF US SCREWED UP. Oh hell just in case...........
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