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.
Catalina’s Ghost – Location 29.8934, -81.3112
At 46 Avenida Menedez, (the aforementioned coordinates), facing St. Augustine’s waterfront, there is a restaurant that has changed names several times, but one thing that hasn’t changed is the haunting of this building. Built in 1745, documents indicate that it was home to Juana and Francisco de Porras and their nine children. One of their youngest children, Catalina, is the one that is allegedly responsible for the ghostly antics here, or at least some of them. In 1795 Catalina died and that ended her story, or did it?
Customers of the various restaurants have reported feeling a strange presence in the place which some believe is Catalina. Other people say there is a ghost in the building that is called Bridget who appears in a wedding dress. Those who have seen this apparition claim that it is only a fleeting glimpse, she appears and quickly vanishes, sometimes walking right through a wall or closed door. While most sightings of the ghostly bride seem concentrated around the ladies room, she has also been seen on the patio.
Here is the super duper, way challenging, really hard trivia question, which, if solved properly, will lead you to the final coordinates:
Question: Coprastastaphobia is the fear of what?
A: Cops = N29° 28.869' W81° 51.650'
B: Reggie singers = N29° 28.869' W81° 51.640'
C: Constipation = N29° 28.869' W81° 51.630'