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Hoot Owl Hike (Night Cache) Mystery Cache

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lmcgisme: The Town of Oregon has changed their park closing from 10 pm to sunset, so no more night cache.

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Hidden : 10/1/2006
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Whooo, Whooo, Whooo, Who is watching you?
This Night Cache is not at the posted coordinates.
Bring a good flashlight, and you'll want to be familiar with the 'project waypoint'* feature of your GPS or Cachemate.


The hoot owls are hooting, the raccoons are climbing, the mice are scurrying, and the crickets are chirping, but the cache critters are silent while they are watching. Ssshhhhhh... What was that other sound?

The cache critters are guarding something hidden in these woods - guarding, watching, surveilling. But are they guarding to keep you from getting it, or to keep it from getting you? During the daytime they are good hiders, but at night they feel safe in the darkness, not realizing that their glowing eyes give away the path to the cache.

Start at the listed coordinates, hold your flashlight at eye level, and scan the surrounding area for a cache critter staring back at you. No need to leave the trail while following the eyes of the cache critters. Stop at or near each pair of eyes and scan around for the next critter keeping watch. Look low, look high, they're pretty sly, as they hide there watching you. When you find a group of critters guarding a spot look around - very close will be instructions for projecting* the waypoint to the cache. After projecting the waypoint look for one last set of eyes to get you off on the right track.

If you choose to hunt this cache be careful - Don't let it get you! And remember, sometimes its best to just let sleeping things lie.


* If your gps doesn't project waypoints email me the information needed to project the waypoint and I'll send you the coordinates for the cache.

Note - 7/5/2007 The Glenway Rd access has been temporarily blocked due to vandalism. The park is still open and you can park at the barricades and walk in. However, It would be closer to use the walk-in path that is located at the end of Sheil Drive in the Hillcrest subdivision.

This is hidden in a Town of Oregon Park - hours are 7:00 am to 10:00 pm. Parking is located off 901 Glenway Road. A walk-in path is located at the end of Sheil Drive in the Hillcrest subdivision. During the winter months the entrance off of Glenway Road is closed to vehicular traffic.

Glenway parking: N 42° 54.132 W 089° 25.272

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