Lovecraft Cache: The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Cache

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aschrack: Likely gone, but I'll confirm. Had a lot of fun with these caches, but it's time to let them go.

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Hidden : 7/24/2014
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Lovecraft Cache


The is the first cache in a series called Lovecraft Cache, dedicated to the writings of Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was a great American author who created the subgenre of "cosmic horror." His stories dealt with humanity being insignificant, the occult, and forbidden knowledge. He is most famous for his "Cthulhu Mythos" which describe a series of Elder beings that control the universe. Author Stephen King credits Lovecraft as his inspiration and calls him "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." It is only right that a series dedicated to Lovecraft would be a series of puzzle caches. Lovecraft did not manage his estate well so all of his works are considered public domain now. The caches in this series do not have to be completed in order.
1. Lovecraft Cache: The Call of Cthulhu (Original)
2. Lovecraft Cache: The Shadow Over Innsmouth
3. Lovecraft Cache: The Necronomicon

The Cache


"The Call of Cthulhu" is Lovecraft's most famous work. Written in summer of 1926, it was first published in the magazine Weird Stories in 1928. The short story introduces Cthulhu, a Great Old One.

"If I say that my somewhat extravagant imagination yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature, I shall not be unfaithful to the spirit of the thing. A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings; but it was the general outline of the whole which made it most shockingly frightful."


Having been discovered in their last location, the cult has moved further into the dark woods where no trails of men can reach them. To begin your search for the cult you must read the short story. I have listed an online copy of the text, however any copy will do, even one from a bookstore. Once you have read the story, head to the listed coordinates. This cache will require consulting the text, so please bring a copy with you or have access to a digital copy.

The puzzle is different from the original cache, so this can count as a separate find for those who have already found the cult once. Remember to follow safe caching advice and mark your parking. It is very easy to get turned around in the cultists' woods and it will eventually lead to insanity. Everything looks like a trail when you are lost. This is not an easy hike as it is entirely bushwhacking. Please come prepared.

On the last page of the logbook is a clue that will be necessary for an upcoming cache in the Lovecraft Cache series. Please make note of it.

Remember that the cultists will do anything to hide their presence. That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

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