GC64V38 Cora Tree (Traditional Cache) in North Carolina, United States created by SweetadOBX

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SweetadOBX: Cora Tree is a beautiful, 400 year old historic tree located in Fisco. The log container has disappeared. SweetadOBX no longer lives on Hatteras Island and can no longer maintain the cache.
Please continue to visit Cora Tree and enjoy her story.

GC64V38 ▼

A cache by SweetadOBX Message this owner

Hidden : 10/14/2015

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The Cora Tree is a Hatteras Island Legend.

The Cora Tree was immortalized in Charles Harry Whedbee’s classic book Blackbeard’s Cup and Stories of the Outer Banks, which claims the twisted old tree is cursed by a witch.
The legend says that Cora was an old woman who lived alone with only her baby in a shack near the tree in the 1700s. Whenever she would go to town, bad things would happen, and she was eventually accused of being a witch and set to be burned along with her child at the base of the great tree.
Just as the fire was about to be lit, Cora’s baby reportedly turned into a giant cat with green eyes and a red mouth, and it fled into the nearby woods. Lightening then struck the tree, but when the smoke cleared, Cora was gone. All that remained were the letters C O R A burned into the tree trunk, which are said to be still visible today.

No need to do any climbing, cache container not hanging and visible while looking at/in the tree. BYOP

Be sure to return cache exactly as you found it!

Additional Hints ()

Cbzzr qr cva (Serapu)

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)