Slaters Spooky cache no.1. Vixana's Lair Traditional Cache

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Lindinis: This cache has been unavailable for a considerable period and as the owner has not responded to logs I am archiving it.

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Lindinis
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Hidden : 10/21/2003
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

This is the first in a series of caches to be placed, and all have a spooky story to tell. Placed to coincide with Halloween, this cache tells the story of Vixana the witch who lived in a cave at the bottom of Vixen Tor on Dartmoor. Even the Tor itself when looked at close up resembles the face of an old woman.

Vixana was an evil witch who loved to make people suffer. Everyday she would stand at the top of the tor and look out for weary travellers, who were unaware she was watching them. Vixana would summon up a thick mist that would envelope the traveller and make them stumble into the bog that lay at the bottom of the tor. The traveller would struggle, but to no avail and the bog would drag them down. Vixana on hearing their screams and yells would make the mist disappear, so that she could watch the travellers last struggle and gloat, cackling insanely as they took their last breath. At that time on another part of the moor lived a young man who had done the pixies a great service. And in return they had given him two gifts. one was of clear sight and the other was a ring that when placed on the finger would make the wearer invisible. When the young man heard of the travellers who had gone missing he decided to investigate. So off he set towards Vixana`s tor. Vixana saw the young man in the distance from the top of her tor. And when the young man was close enough she summoned up the mist to cover him. But with his vision of clear sight the young man found his way around and out of the bog. When Vixana saw him she was furious and screamed in anger. The man, noticing her decided to slip the ring onto his finger. Vixana cast the spell again, but there was no one there? The man had vanished! The witch, enraged leaned over the edge of the tor straining to see where the young man had gone. But the young man had made his way around the tor and had climbed up, and he grabbed the witch and threw her off the edge of the tor. Vixana fell, screaming to her death onto the rocks below. There was much rejoicing and the young man was made a hero. Whenever anyone would go missing he would allways offer his help to find them. Although Vixana was dead, it is said that her insane cackle can be heard whenever the mists form across the cold bleak bog that lies beneath Vixana`s Lair.

This cache overlooks Vixen Tor and is a themed cache. So if possible SCARY or SPOOKY items only please. The cache is a 3.5 lite container and has a log book and scary/spooky items in it. Also note that the area is very popular in the summer especially, so please could you make sure the cache is well hidden. Vixen Tor is also privately owned so please do not attempt to go onto it. Parking is avavilable at N50.33.397 W004.93.731. Thanks and good luck.

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