Known as Massachusett's Most Haunted Street, I chose this location for my first hide due to the lore and mystery surrounding this street. Located on this street is the famous Ellis-Bolles Cemetery, which gets its name from the Ellis and the Bolles families that make up a majority of the plots, which date back from the early 1800s until around the 1950s. It stands in the middle of a nearly deserted and mostly dirt road called Wolf Island Road that, at night, increases the creepy factor on the way to the cemetery. The most prominent legend associated with Ellis-Bolles, like most good ghost stories, has its roots in truth. During King Philip’s War, the wooded areas of Rochester and Mattapoisett made a strategic hiding point for both sides. It’s alleged that near where the cemetery now stands, there was an ambush and the captured prisoners were subsequently hanged from the trees on Wolf Island Road. No one is exactly sure which side ended up on the business end of the noose, and the ghostly shadow figures often reported to be dangling from the branches in modern times offer no indication as to who won that particular scuffle.
Placed with land management permission, this is a traditional cache in the form of an ammo can. It is a family made Geocache with each of my family members contributing something to the cache. Inside you will find a disposable camera. please take a picture and leave the camera in the ziplock bag after. There is a log book /notebook and a pen for you to sign and date. FTF will get the most darling Travel Bug that started on the West Coast and is slowly making it's way around the country.
Please remain respectful of the land, property, and the few residents on Wolf Island Rd. ENJOY!!!!