Welcome to the Farewell to Finder’s Fest geo-art, brought to you by the Forest Minions! This series celebrates weird and unusual things throughout the Sunshine State. Please do not go to the posted locations. Rather, solve the challenging quiz found at the bottom of each page, for the final location. For the letterbox caches, please leave the stamp in the cache. They are not trade items. For the discerning traveler, we’ve included the GPS coordinates for these bizarre locations, when we were able to establish them.
The Devil’s School – Location 30.3188, -81.6800
In downtown Jacksonville, next to Interstate 10, stands an old brown, brick school building fraught with legends; the infamous “Devil’s School.” It is known locally as “the most haunted place in town.” In reality this was Duval County’s Public School No.4. The old building is supposed to be haunted, but if we are to believe the tales, then ghosts were the minor players in this evil place. The hauntings began in the 1960’s when a furnace exploded killing half the students, a few faculty members, and the janitor.
Ever since the ghosts of the victims have haunted the school building. Allegedly the place became so haunted that teachers refused to work there and the school had to be shut down for a brief period. A priest was called in to exorcise the demonic spirits so the school could be re-opened. If that wasn’t enough, the school’s principal was suppoedly a cannibal. According to the story, when students fell asleep in class they were sent to the principal’s office and were never seen again. This cannibalistic principal had a closet in his office that had been converted to a meat locker where the students were gutted and hung on spikes until he could eat them.
Here is the super duper, way challenging, really hard trivia question, which, if solved properly, will lead you to the final coordinates:
Question: Phobias are strange things. Specifically, they are unfounded fears. Dentophobia is the fear of what?
A: Dented automobiles = N29° 29.646' W81° 50.184'
B: Arthur Dent = N29° 29.636' W81° 50.184'
C: Dentists = N29° 29.626' W81° 50.184'