The word "heksenkessel" is German for "witch's cauldron". Do you
have what it takes to find the witch's hidden cauldron? The crafty
witch has hidden seven (7) clues -- keys -- that, collectively,
hold the secret to finding the witch's cauldron. Each clue takes
the form of a puzzle piece. You will have to find all seven pieces
and assemble them in the correct pattern to glean the secret.
All of the witch's caches initially contain traditional cache
items following the Hallowe'en theme.
This is the Red Cache (cache #3) of the Hexxen Kettle puzzle. It
is a traditional cache which initially contains 20 copies of the
Red Key. (If there are no keys left when you find this cache,
please make a note in the online log and the cache will be
restocked with more copies of the key as soon as possible.)
The witch has hidden this cache near (but not necessarily
within) a place of peaceful mystery and power, a place where the
stones now speak for those whose voices are silent. While you
search there, please look, read and learn, but respect the peaceful
silence, and disturb nothing except the cache.
NOTE: The Key caches 1-7 do not need to be found
in numerical order. All 7 are needed to solve the puzzle, but can
be found in whatever order suits you.
September 2, 2009: If this cache has run out of
keys when you find it, you can get an online version of all the
keys here: Online
version of Keys. Print a copy of each of the online keys, so
that they are all the same size, and you should be able to solve
the puzzle.
November 7, 2007: You can check your answers for
this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
REVISED 03/18/2007: I have added a number of
"reusable" keys to this cache - they are laminated and marked as
being reusable. There are still several single-use keys, which you
can keep as souvenirs if you wish (please take only one key from
each cache). But, if you do not wish to keep the keys of the
puzzle, please take a reusable key, and place all the reusable keys
in the final cache when you are finished. This will speed up the
turn-around time when the keys need to be restocked. Thanks.
Link for all Hexxen Kettle series caches:
Hexxen Kettle series caches
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