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Histoplasmosis Traditional Cache

Hidden : 6/29/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Short hike for a cache at the edge of the woods.


This large field, which was wooded until about 10 years ago, was confirmed to be contaminated with the presence of histoplasmosis, an infectious disease caused by the inhalation of spores of Histoplasma capsulatum, most often asymptomatic but occasionally producing acute pneumonia or an influenzalike illness and spreading to other organs and systems in the body. Also called Darling's disease .   The disease typically affects animals and is rarely found to spread to humans.  It came here by way of bird droppings (hence the reason we try to scare away the Fall flocks of black birds in the area).

The entire area was cut and scraped of the first four feet of earth in order to remove all signs of histo.  According to officials who know about these things, the area is now free of the histo fungus (although I have to admit that we try not to breath too heavily when treading in this area!).

You are looking for a welding tube that has been camoflouged.

There is ample parking near the other side of the field along the same road.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs gerr nobhg 10 - 15 srrg vagb gur jbbqrq nern.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)