Emily's Historic And Haunted Covered Bridge Cache Traditional Cache
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Emily's Historic And Haunted Covered Bridge Cache
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Haunted covered bridge located in Stowe, VT. Culturaly enriching cache - learn history of the haunting. It's a "Must" for the tourists. Swimming hole nearby - come prepared.
Unlike many of the caches in the area, this one does not require hiking boots, a Nalgene bottle, and a hour-plus hike. What it does require is a sense of adventure and an active imagination.
The site is at a bridge, well known for being one of the only covered bridges in a heavily vacationed area - and equally well known for being haunted. The bridge is officially called the "Goldbrook Bridge" - although no locals will know it by that name. To them, it is "Emily's Bridge." It was awarded this nickname on account of the apparition by the same name said to abide there.
Rather than reveal to you all of the details here, I will allow you to read them yourself at the site. In fact, the major feature of the cache is that it contains photocopies (properly cited, of course) of sources talking about the history of ghostly encounters at the same bridge the cache is hidden on. If it takes you long enough to find the cache, or if you do it late at night, perhaps you Emily herself will tell you her story. (I hear she is a mean ghost, though, so you probably do not want to try any weird ouiji things there...)
The cache is a tuperware container and contains laminated photocopies giving the history of the bridge, a leopard-print log book, a pen, some miscellaneous children's toys for the little tykes to trade with, and some nifty keychains and pewter pins for the adults too.
The terrain to get TO the cache is definitely a one. Accessing the cache will require climbing around with your hands - so finding the cache is not handicapped-accessible, but getting there is. A somewhat agile 6 foot person can retrieve it with no problems. If you know where it is, it takes less than thirty seconds to retrieve it, so it's not quite on par with many of the more difficult caches around. (It was designed to be an easy cache in an intersting site with cultural significance... so it wasn't meant to be hard...)
The cache is hidden on a historical site, in a manner that will cause no harm whatsoever to the site by either hiding/rehiding or frequently visiting the site. Appropriate permission was obtained from everyone that could be reached - except for Emily herself. So be sure to be polite to her if you happen to see her. If we have too many problems with her tampering with the cache, we'll rehide it somewhere closeby that she doesn't haunt ;)
Please sign the logbook, and please rehide the cache in the same spot. This is a relatively high-trafficed area for rural Vermont. Be prepared to sit and wait a while before going all out cache-hunting.
This cache is also winter-friendly. So if you are here when there is sixty-two inches of snow on the ground, you can still go and log this cache! :)
Oh, and just in case you were wondering - it would be possible to find this cache at night with the aid of a flashlight. So if you want to go for the whole scary experience, you can do that. Be aware that to cut down on illicit bridge-side partying that was prevalent there in the 1970's, they have a sign posted at the nearby parking area prohibiting parking from between the hours of 9PM to 6AM...
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