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Shea Hunter Walling Memorial and Ghost Village Traditional Cache

Hidden : 10/23/2018
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Something is common to little city Honokaa, Hawaiian Island (USA) and little village Seget Gornji, (Croatia), distant thousands kilometers from eachother.

Something, or better say: someone.

His name was Shea Hunter Walling.

Shea was born in 1992 in Honokaa, and he died 2009 during a rock climbing accident in Waimea, Big Island, Hawaii.

In Seget Gornji, little village behind the mountains, there is a memorial plaque dedicated to Shea.

I was so surprised when I saw it for the first time, specially because there is no evident connection between Shea and croatian ghost village.

It tickled my curiosity so I came home and I searched info about young boy died young (he was only 17) mentioned on memorial plaque in the middle of nothing.

I found only a simple webpage created after His premature death but there was one information which connected all missing pieces.

It says simply: " Shea has also traveled to Croatia to meet and establish a wonderful relationship with his relatives there, which was such an important part of who he was."

I was very impressed about this story hidden behind a memorial cross found just for case during my hiking in that zone.

And that's the reason I have decided to place a cache right there - it's ghost village, abbandoned houses from recent Croatian War.

In one of the rooms there is still the bottle of oil, juice , tea and bread basket on the table, towels hanging on the bathroom's door.

Those houses are probably Serbian's and I am wondering why the owner left the house so quickly, even if I can guess the sad reason.

I don't know if that village is connected somehow with Shea, but as soon as I find out, I'll update this description.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ebbs ba gur sybbe, 1,5zg.

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)