In the age before written history when only spoken word passed
on knowledge of things known there was a worm that plagued the
people that lived in what we now know as The Potomac River Gorge.
The worm was said to have been large enought to eat little
children. It is described as a fat, bright red worm, two to four
feet long. There are a number of extraordinary claims by NoVA
locals (such as the ability of the worm to spew forth a yellow
poison that is lethal on contact, and its purported ability to kill
at a distance). However, there are no known scientifically reliable
sightings.
A joint expedition in 2006 by the Centre for Fortean Zoology,
Cryptoworld and the Northern Viginia Regional Park Authority
investigated new reports and sighting of the creature. Although
they found no scientific proof of its existence, they do believe
that such a creature could exist in the deep in the woods along the
strictly prohibited areas of the border of the Algonkian Golf
Course and driving range. Future expeditions are planned for 2007
and 2008, where they will also investigate the legend of the
Algonkian Almas.
This cache was placed for the 2006 NoVAGO Fall
Gathering.
