This is the third in a series of caches honoring one of the greatest magicians of all time - the late, great Harry Houdini. Each cache in this series will be different then its predecessor. Different how, you ask? Well, that's what you will need to figure out.
Houdini called the Milk Can Escape, "The best escape that I have ever invented." What made it great was not its difficulty, rather it was perhaps the simplest of all his escapes.
In performance, Houdini poked and pounded the can to demonstrate its solidity. When he walked offstage for a moment, stagehands filled it to overflowing with twenty or so pails of water. Returning in a bathing suit, he first invited the audience to experience what long submersion might be like.
He asked them to time themselves while holding their breath. Then he squeezed himself into the can, the displaced water splashing onto the stage. Long before a minute elapsed, most spectators gave up, gasping. Houdini, however, stepped out of the can, smiling, to perform the actual test.
His assistant then appeared onstage with an axe in hand. Houdini explained to the audience that if something went wrong, his assistant would smash the milk can open, to free Houdini. Now handcuffed, he again folded himself inside the can. This time the steel cover was slammed on, the clasps latched, and the cover padlocked. A 5 foot divider was then pulled forward to surround the can and to block any vision from the audience. The audience waited nervously, watches in hand, his assistant standing ready to hack away if needed.
After little more than two minutes Houdini walked from the cabinet, dripping, puffing, blowing, breathless. The 5 foot divider was removed, revealing the milk can with its six padlocks still closed and in place.
Can you find the Milk Can Escape and free Harry Houdini from a certain watery death?
If you look carefully enough, you just may see signs from Harry Houdini trying to guide you. That, or just playing jokes on you.
No hints regarding the size of cache - but there really is a log you must sign for your smiley!
Bring your own pen! This is child friendly and one of the easier Harry Houdini caches out there, or that will be placed!
Have you solved Harry Houdini: The Great Escape or Harry Houdini: The Metamorphosis yet?
