TOTS #9: Sasquatch Caches Up on the News Traditional Cache

Update 8/4/2021: The TOTS series has suffered from several frequently missing and damaged containers and has been discontinued. This is now a stand-alone cache. We have left the original text below for nostalgia but the secret numbers are no longer relevant. If you would like a coin, find all the remaining active caches and we will send you one.

Sasquatch likes to keep up with the latest news, especially when it's about him. He doesn't particularly like humans rummaging through his reading material, so he has configured this container so that only his BFF can access it (he is big into social media and texting acronyms). If you are smart, sneaky and quick you may be able to figure out how to retrieve the cache before he dsicovers you.

This cache is on a commercial property with permission of the owner. It is available 24/7 but the nearby establishment is not. We highly recommend that you search during business hours and check out the place. At least the Squatch will not be around then.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Trail of the Sasquatch (TOTS) will take you to several "Squatchy" spots in the Roanoke Valley area, where you will be searching for a wide variety of cache types and containers—including some hidden by the Squatch himself (he is a playful dude after all, at least when he's not eating geocachers).

If you can find ALL of these caches before the Squatch finds YOU and uses you for a chew toy, you will be eligible to receive a free TOTS coin. If he finds you first, well...run as far as you can from GZ before he caches...er, "catches" you. We haven't budgeted for a clean-up crew.

All of these caches can be found and logged independently, but each cache has a secret number on the log and/or prominently displayed on the container. If you find ALL of the caches, you may add ALL of the secret numbers together, and go to Virginia's Blue Ridge Visitor Center (101 Shenandoah Ave NE, Roanoke, VA) during business hours with the correct total to receive your commemorative coin. 

There is a link below to a TOTS Researcher form that you can print and use to keep track of your secret numbers.

We join Mr. Sasquatch in thanking all of those who made this series possible, in particular: Virginia's Blue Ridge Visitor Center; the Mill Mountain Discovery Center; Roanoke South County Library; The Roanoke Times; Roanoke City and Roanoke County Parks & Recreation; and the proprietors of Bent Mountain Bistro, Black Dog Salvage, and Bent Mountain Fruit Market—and of course, our very patient volunteer geocaching.com reviewer, offline.cacher.

Good luck, happy caching, and try not to become a Squatch snack.

The caches are linked below. They are NOT intended or required to be done in numerical order.