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FF093 Yacuruna Wherigo Cache

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Hidden : 3/1/2021
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Welcome to the Florida Finders Fest 2021 Forest Fables geo-art, brought to you by the Forest Minions! These caches are not at their posted coordinates. For the mystery caches, solve the challenging trivia question, to determine the final coordinates. For the Wherigo caches, work through the play anywhere cartridge, to get the final coordinates.

Yacuruna are a mythical water people, similar to human beings, who are said to live in beautiful underwater cities, often at the mouths of rivers. Belief in the yacuruna are most prominently found among indigenous people of the Amazon. The term is derived from the Quechua language, yacu, meaning water, and runa, meaning man.

 

Varied accounts describe the yacuruna as being hairy with their heads turned backwards and deformed feet. Various illustrations depict the yacuruna as a man-like creature accompanied by a serpent and riding a crocodile. The yacuruna is considered by many to be a mythological god who has the power to change into an attractive man. The yacuruna have an enticing and alluring quality to help them in capturing their victims.

 

Yacuruna roam the Amazon rainforest at night using a black crocodile as a canoe and a giant boa as a necklace. The local people believe during the day the yacuruna sleeps at the bottoms of rivers and lakes with one eye continuously open.

 

Wherigo Link: : http://www.wherigo.com/cartridge/details.aspx?CGUID=2cf2a230-353e-4613-a726-a8e4d878d329

 

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