Ultimi Hominum Parvorum
When any species nears extinction, their numbers twindle until there is only one.
These skeletal remains are of a diminutive sub-species of Homosapiens known as Hominum Parvorum which roamed the Nashoba Valley over 15,000 years ago. They had the same cognitive faculties as their human cousins but were on average only twelve inches tall.
This particular skeleton belonged to an adult female. She was the last of her kind.
Hominum Parvorum were wiped out primarily by zots, a purple furred ferret-like creature, who were hunted to extinction by goblins who were in turn wiped out by the distant ancestors of the “praying Indians” of the Nashoba Valley. Sarah Doublet, the last of the Nashoba, died within a few generations of the arrival of English settlers.
Oh dear, my superfluous content took a rather dark turn.
Ummm…ahhh…oh look a geocache!
Its where you'd expect me to hide a 12 inch skeleton.
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**Winter weather may make this cache more difficult to find**
Please be nice to nature.
Also, please note the location and orientation of the cache container before you retrieve it and put it back just as you found it.
Thank you for your consideration.
For maps and more information on Long Lake Park conservation land: https://littletonconservationtrust.org/property/long-lake-park/
Permission to hide geocaches on Littleton conservation land was granted by the Conservation Trust of Littleton, MA. https://littletonconservationtrust.org/
Special thanks to Littleton Conservation Trustee Dustin Neild.
A gift from Hrothgar, the self-styled sovereign of the Nashoba Valley!