Murder Tree Cache
One fine Spring day, while scouting for new hide locations near Cobbs Pond, I came across a dead tree riddled with holes. When I pushed on the tree to test its sturdiness, it wobbled and emitted faint cracking sounds.
Since this tree was clearly unsuitable, I strode off in the direction of the pond to continue my search. But just three or four paces from the tree, I heard a sharp SNAP! followed by crackles and pops.
Instantly pre-primate portions of my brain reacted to this auditory danger signal by sending my bulky personage bounding off to my left. The tree landed with a crash right where I had been walking just a moment before.
WHEW! 😅
It took a few seconds for my hominid brain to come back online but I then quickly assessed the situation and came to the only logical conclusion:
That tree tried to murder me!
Of course, I immediately contacted the police but they were of no help whatsoever. The officer kept insisting that law enforcement had no authority to arrest a tree. When I pointed out the numerous fallacies in his argument, he retorted “Sir, the Constitution says We the People and trees aren't people.” I snapped “Spare me your Originalist dogma, officer!” and hung up.
The first part of this story is actually true. Your (mostly) benevolent monarch was nearly smitten by a falling tree. [Sidenote: smite, smote, smitten! I adore this crusty Old English word.]
To commemorate my fortuitous evasion of this peril, I decided to use the tree that wished me death as a hiding place for a geocache. The details I’ve included in this account should make finding my failed assassin fairly easy.
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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 cooperation.
For maps and more information on the Robert and Emily Cobb Memorial Trail: https://littletonconservationtrust.org/property/robert-and-emily-cobb-memorial-forest/
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!