The cache is not at the posted coordinates, however, you should probably go there.
Please leave the stamp in the cache, as it is not a trade item.
Let us start with a bit of grammar. It'll become relevant, I swear.
Slew - Past tense of slay.
As in, "St. George slew the dragon"
Slough - A side channel or inlet only sporadically filled with water.
As in, "Hey Paw! Baker Slough done dried up again!"
So! Onto the tale!
Some time back, I was perusing archaic maps of central Florida, when I noticed a dead end river called, "TheLF Slough". I knew right away, there had to be a good story behind it, but since Carl, AKA TheLF, doesn't like to blow his own horn, it took quite a bit of pestering, and a few double chocolate stouts, to get the story from him. As it turns out, Carl once saved the world by defeating the Daleks! Who knew?
The date was March 14th, 1968. A Thursday. (I never could get the hang of Thursdays)
Carl was minding his own business, puttering around his farm, when he noticed what appeared to be a salt shaker, with a plunger sticking out of it, yelling "Eggs! Stir! Men! Eight!", and shooting people with some kind of ray gun! Holy Carp! The locals, from Bubba, to the county cops, couldn't do anything to this maniacal, mechanical being. Their bullets just bounced off, and everyone who shot at it, got themselves zapped!
Carl just shook his head...
Then the National Guard showed up! Machine guns! Tanks! Rockets!
Not a scratch. Carl shook his head again, muttering "Amateurs... Bloody amateurs..."
Carl got the critters attention, by dinging it upside its eye stalk, with a rock from his slingshot, then took off like his butt was on fire, with the robot thingy in hot pursuit! He drove his truck down to the river, hopped in his kayak, and commenced paddling like a mad man, with the death machine hovering over the water, chasing him, shouting "Egg! Stir! Men! Eight!", firing its blaster. But Carl's mad kayaking skills kept him alive that day. He zigged! He zagged! It was quite an impressive sight, for a snot nosed little kid, fishing on the bank, wearing a smelly hat.
Carl ducked into a slough, and climbed a leaning oak tree, letting fly another pebble from his slingshot. "Ding!" The critter splashed into the water, but it wasn't quite deep enough for full immersion. He paddled off to another slough, climbed a bigger oak tree, and dinged it again! This time, the water was deep enough. The shiny beast recoiled from the impact, hit the water, and sunk out of sight, gurgling pitifully. "Eggs..." (gurgle gurgle) "Stir!..." (gurgle gurgle) "Men!..." (gurgle gurgle) "Eight..." (gurgle gurgle).
Carl hopped off his kayak, dove into the water, and resurfaced, holding the toilet plunger. "Kid, (he told me), never let a good plunger go to waste." So, Carl became an immediate news sensation, with folks calling him a hero, and whatnot. President Johnson himself flew down, to pin a medal on him, but Carl just said he didn't need no shiny medal, as he only did what needed doing. When President Johnson asked how Carl figured out how to kill the thing, Carl said, "Well, it looked like a bloody salt shaker, didn't it? You know salt shakers don't do too well when they get wet. That thing shoulda kept some rice in its innards". After a few years, I felt brave enough to ask Carl why he selected those locations to go on the offensive, and he said, "Well, i wanted to slay it. What better place than a slew, to do that?"
And thus, for time immemorial, the location became known as "TheLF Slough".
(Or slew. Whatever. Hooked on phonics didn't work to well, I reckon.
Recently, I had occasion to revisit the sight of this battle betwixt Man and Dalek, and I hid a geocache commemorating the two oak trees Carl climbed, when he shot the Dalek. The first oak tree has a preform hidden on it, with coordinates to the second oak tree,where I hid an ammo can.
Good luck, and don't get eaten!
This cache placed with the permission of Florida Forestry Service under permit # LE-19-03.