Blair Witch Flynn, Western Australia, Australia
By TEAM LANDCRUISER on 30-Jan-05. Waypoint GA0088

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Type: Traditional
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Coordinates: S31° 57.900' E116° 30.948' (WGS 84)
  50J 454247E 6463341N (UTM)
Elevation: 263 m
Local Government Area: York

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If your not familiar with the Blair Witch story here's a rough history.

February 1885: Several children accuse Blair Wilson of luring them into her home to draw blood from them. Wilson is found guilty of witchcraft, banished from the village during a particularly harsh winter and presumed dead.

November 1886: By midwinter all of Wilson's accusers along with half of the town's children vanish. Fearing a curse, the townspeople flee Sawyers Valley and vow never to utter Blair Wilson's name again.

November 1901: The Blair Witch Cult is published. This rare book, commonly considered fiction, tells of an entire town cursed by an outcast witch.

August 1925: Eleven witnesses testify to seeing a pale woman's hand reach up and pull ten-year-old Edith Poole into The Helena River. Her body is never recovered, and for thirteen days after the drowning the river is clogged with oily bundles of sticks.

March 1926: Eight-year-old Robert Hinnes is reported missing and search parties are dispatched. Although Hinnes returns, one of the search parties does not.
Their bodies are found weeks later at Coffin Rock tied together at the arms and legs and completely disemboweled. Coffin Rock is located 15km east of the spiritual site on the property Falconhurst off Luelf Rd. This is the site where five men, who were searching for the missing Robert Hinnes, were found with their bodies tied together at the arms and legs. Each had been disemboweled and were in an advanced state of decomposition. Strange markings had been carved into their faces and hands.
Similar to the markings found near the spiritual site ....

To help you in your quest the spiritual site is ringed by three markers. The cache is located within the area defined by these markers.

May 1941: Starting with Edith Poole, a total of seven children are abducted from the area surrounding Sawyers Valley.

October 20 1994: Avid cachers, Cache Friendly and Stealth Nightly arrive in Sawyers Valley to interview locals about the legend of the Blair Witch for a class project. Stealth interviews Bronte Carlisle, an old and quite insane woman who has lived in the area all her life. Bronte claims to have seen the Blair Witch one day near Crawler Rd in the form of a hairy, half-human, half-animal beast.

October 21 1994: In the early morning, Stealth interviews two local timber workers who tell the cachers that Coffin Rock is less than twenty minutes from town but now located on private property on Luelf Rd. Stealth is also told the original Blair Wilson Spiritual site is easily accessed but not recommended to visit especially alone just off Kent Rd. Cache Friendly and Stealth Nightly drive into the Mundaring Forest shortly thereafter and are never seen again.

Do you have what it takes to recover the cache at midnight when Blair Wilson reportedly visits the site each night?
The Forest has a warning marker posted near the edge of the forest to warn hikers not to enter.

October 25 1994: The first APB is issued. Stealth's car is found later in the day parked on Talbot West Road.

October 26 1994: The State Police launch their search of the Mundaring Forest area, an operation that lasts ten days and includes up to one hundred men aided by dogs, helicopters.

November 5 1994: The search is called off after 33,000 man-hours fail to find a trace of the cachers or any of their gear. Stealth's mother, Sleeps Nightly, begins an exhaustive personal search for her son and her son's companion Cache.

June 19 1995: The case is declared inactive and unsolved.

October 16 1995: Three cachers from interstate decide to check out the mystery discover a cache containing Stealth's journal and a camera buried near the original spiritual site. Only one cacher returns alive with stories of horrific screams heard throughout the forest. When the evidence is examined, local police announce that the 11 rolls of film are indeed the property of the missing Cache Friendly and Stealth Nightly.

December 15 1995: After an initial study of the cache's contents, select pieces of film footage are shown to the families. According to Sleeps Nightly, there are several unusual events, but nothing conclusive. The families question the thoroughness of the analysis and demand another look.

March 1 1996: The police department announces that the evidence is inconclusive and the case is once again declared inactive and unsolved. The footage will be released to the families when the legal limit of its classification runs out.

The forest is quite creepy at night so bring a torch and waypoint your vehicle as disorientation is easy within the woods.


Logs

01-Jun-19
Found with GrimRaider, Kittykatch and Smittengranny. Such an old cache. Glad its still going. Lovely walk through the trees to find this. Was a bit of a search but SG finally found the goods.
 
01-Jun-19
Today I was travelling with Kittykatch, Joolay and GrimRaider as Capital Crunchers. We had travelled from the east to attend WA Goes Big and were planning to find all the caches in the FOTT series, but needed to keep our finds of GA caches ticking along. This was one of two we found today and thanks go to Team Landcruiser for placing this cache for us to find. Not only was it an early hide but it appears it hasn't been signed for some time. Log was signed Capital Crunchers. ClappingDancingClappingDancing
 
01-Jun-19
Found at the end of a day of picking up caches in the FOTT series. We had a great day but I was very keen to pick up this early GA cache. Great to find a beaut container like this out here. A great finish to the day - TFTC Smile
 
07-Jan-18
Went for a drive to get some gca caches and popped out and grabbed this one. It was so nice wandering if the plantation in the cool morning today. TFTC team landcruiser.
 
10-Oct-17
Happy to report container contents dry, in good condition. TFTC!
Out this way collecting a stash of moveables, just east of here.
Plenty of kangaroos hopping around today.

According to Wikipedia...
Blair Witch is a horror film franchise distributed by Artisan Entertainment (now Lionsgate) and produced by Haxan Films that consists of three feature films and various merchandise products. The development of the franchise's first installment, The Blair Witch Project, started in 1993. The filmmakers Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick wrote a 35-page outline of a story with the dialogue to be improvised. Filming began in 1997 and lasted eight days. The film follows the disappearance of three student filmmakers in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary on the local legend known as the "Blair Witch".
After premiering at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, the film was released on 30 July 1999 after months of publicity during a controversial promotional campaign. The film went on to be a massive commercial success, and a sequel TV Movie, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, was released on October 27, 2000. A second official sequel, Blair Witch, was released on September 16, 2016. Series of video games, books, novels and comic books were released to accompany the films.
The backstory for the movie is a faux legend fabricated by Sánchez and Myrick which is detailed in The Curse of the Blair Witch, a mockumentary broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel in 1999 prior to the release of The Blair Witch Project. Sanchez and Myrick also maintained a website at BlairWitch.com which added further details to the legend. It is now the official site of the 2016 installment.
The fictional tale describes the murders and disappearances of some of the residents of Blair, Maryland (the fictitious former name of Burkittsville, Maryland) from the 18th century to the 20th century. According to the legend, residents always blame these occurrences on the ghost of Elly Kedward (also a fictitious person), a Blair resident executed in 1785 by exposure for practicing witchcraft. The mockumentary presents the legend as real, complete with manufactured newspaper articles, newsreels, television news reports, and staged interviews, all in an attempt to deceive viewers.
 
14-Dec-16
Found with the family
 
14-Dec-16
Found with my grandparents
 
22-Nov-15
Headed out for a day of exploring the bush around Mt Observation, we were headed in the direction of home when we decided to make a slight detour for this cache... We found a nice little spot about 100m from GZ & walked in from there Smile The wind was whistling & the pine needles were crunching on our walk... Amazingly we seemed to be sheltered from the heat in here, which was a pleasant surprise! Approaching GZ, we noticed a marker & knew we were close... We then spent a bit more time looking for some more markers but were unable to locate them Evil or Very Mad After some more searching we eventually found the cache in a much more obvious spot that what we were expecting lol.

Would have loved to do this one in the dark, but nevertheless we enjoyed finding this one today... TFTC & for something a little different Team Landcruiser ClappingClan MinotaurClapping
 
28-Jun-15
On a drive to York with the geo-muggle-missus, I only had permission to a few caches and I tok the opportunity to do this one which I've had my eye on for a while. Arrived here intending to end the witch's 13 months unloved streak only to find Spatial's recently added moniker in the log. Had noticed the rogaine event nearby on the way in. Glad I came here anyway. Would have been interesting at midnight.

Thanks for the hide TEAM LANDCRUISER
 
28-Jun-15
Was competing in a rogaine nearby so once completed and we were all packed up we dropped past here for a hunt.
GPS was all over the place but eventually settled. Found the cache after a brief hunt.
Had my eye on this one for a couple of years but rarely out this way. Glad to finally get to it. TFTC.
 
11-May-14
Have been looking at this cache for a long time so I decided that today was the day to venture out and brave the woods, but not brave enough for a night sortie. As soon as I entered the woods the sky darkened and the whole atmosphere changed. Closing in on the cache I suddenly heard voices and then the crows came, so many of them. Made a quick find and retreated to the safety of the car.
Cache in good condition, thanks for the hunt.
 
26-Feb-13
Very spooky late out night. We nearly died when a kangaroo made an appearance. Thanks for the hunt!
 
22-Jul-12
Found on the way home from orienteering at Gunapin Ridge, also found were all the markers ( see photos ) Very HappyVery Happy
In the past I have walked through this plantation whilst rogaining and have set a rogaine control in the middle clearing twice Smile
There are several entries in the logbook by 4WDrivers but not logged on this page Shocked
 
24-Jul-11
Found after a late afternoon picnic - the searching ambience was definitely enhanced by the cache description, thanks for that!

We didn't find any of the special markers, there appears to be a significant amount of tree destruction due to termites and perhaps other, more elemental forces.

Our original intent was to claim this cache as 'unfound for 2 years' on the relevant locationless cache, but it appears to have been stumbled upon at least as recently as April this year, so that will have to wait for another find.

Made a few swaps, signed the log, thanks for the cache.
 
31-Oct-10
This was my very first cache find back in those ancient days of 2005 when I didn't have a proper GPS and used just a reading of coordinates from a PDA to navigate my way in. It has been such a long time since anyone recorded a visit to this cache so whilst in the area called by to check on it.

Found the cache in good condition and all OK. One of the stick things seems to have started to come apart but the others are still hanging OK.
 
30-Dec-08
Loved the pine forest - the smell of it and the feel of the needles underfoot. Easy find and TNLN. Don't think we'd like to tackle this one at night just after reading the description! Thanks Team Landcruiser.
 
18-Sep-08
A quick visit, not because I was scared, just short on time. TNLN. TFTH.
 
10-Feb-08
Didn't realise this was the Blair Witch cache until after I had found it - probably a good thing as the area was spooky even in the day time!

Got near GZ and thought to myself - there are a lot of grass trees around here. Then looked to my left and there was the cache Smile

TNLN, thanks for the cache!
 
16-Sep-07
What a hoot! We had a great time. Thanks for the fantastic adventure. TNLN SL.
 
26-Mar-06
Found the cache with some friends from PERTH4X4.net as a night hunt. After a small trek from the roadside and a few of the torches going dull made for a spooky experience but found the cache after a couple of minutes of looking. saw one of her symbols hanging off a tree but didn't want to venture to deep at the risc of awakening her..TNLN..signed book. T4TH.TLC
 
04-Feb-06
Found the cache at 12.30pm - I think it was nice & peaceful area but after read the history story it gives me goose bumps... No swap expect card. Thank you for organised the cache and hunt.
 
10-Jan-06
This was the third of three caches to be found on my overnight bushwalk through the area. The first cache was Wandoo Garden and the second one Billy's Toy Box. For those interested, I camped on Mt Billy at 150 metres below Billy's Toy Box. This was after walking in from Wandoo Garden. The circuit walk was 23.1 kilometres, actual walking time 5 hours 6 minutes and 13 seconds at a moving average of 4.4 km/h. I did make use of Ridley Road (road bash to gain some time) between Billy's Toy Box and Blair Witch. I went off-track about 2 km out from Blair Witch. The rest of the circuit being all off-track. Good walking bar about the first 3 km out form Blair Witch (lot of scratchy bush) back to the car which was parked at the recommended parking spot for Wandoo Garden. In particular form Billy's Toy Box to Blair Witch there is a distinct change in terrain from Wandoo forest to Jarrah forest to Blair Witch country. Helena River had some water pools in it but was mainly just dry with frequent mud patches. Be nice to come too after some good rains I reckon.


My thanks to Belken and Team Landcruiser for a set three well placed caches. For those not already having done Belken's three other Geocaching Australia caches in the area, this walk could be extended to two good day's walking.


Back to the cache. Found it in good condition at 9:17 AM, but alas no sign of the stick men. Left a phone case and took the Kyocera lanyard. Thanks Team Landcruiser.

 
08-Jan-06
Nice easy walk & find. I would like to state that I'm not wierd it's the kid that is by not appreciating some of the nature.

SL TNLN t4th
 
08-Jan-06
6th for the day and a wonderful walk through the pines in the middle of the day. the cicadas where chirruping the birds were making a noise and mum was telling me she loves the smell of pine trees (i think shes just plain wierd).

t4th

tnlnsl
 
04-Dec-05
1st ever cache, kids loved the adventure, found all stick men, and the cache.
Took Shrek Donkey left Kyocera Lanyard.
 
17-Nov-05
We found this one after a long search picking up the waypoints for "Cruzin"
Lots of work has gone into the making of this cache and it was good to find.
Took torch
Left Donkey from shek
Thanks
Andrew and Rhiannon
 
29-Jul-05
Found one stick man, then another and another. Stood in the middle and there it was.
TFTH, TNLNSL.
 
19-Jun-05
Forgot to log my find at Blair Witch in the company of Varuna. She took me to this mystery cache. I would not want to visit this area at the night time. TNLNSL. T4TC
 
05-Jun-05
We came in from Mt Observation, on way to Frog Mouth rock cache and stopped here to see if there is any dead bodies. Found nothing except the cache. DidnÂ’t see the stick man when we were on way out. T: Mitt and card; L: foam can holder, whistle key ring, clips and card. Thanks for interesting and prettiest place and the cache, TLC
 
19-May-05
We found this one really easily after Mt Observation, but missed out on seeing any of Mikes' handiwork. With dusk fast approaching, there was no time for any of the other caches in the area, though we did have a pleasant drive though the bush on the way back to the highway. T: cocktail stirrers, L: polishing mitt. Thanks Mike and Therese for a great spot in some of the prettiest bush areas around Perth.
 
10-Apr-05
Was having troubles with my log on but now able to log this cache. Have done a few of your caches now & this one was also a good adventure. Lots of fun seaching with boulder Breaker & Team beachbums. Keep up the good work.
 
10-Apr-05
Second cache for the day, took a while to pin point cache, box well camouflaged, cool little stick things.
 
10-Apr-05
Snuck in with Brisey and Boulder Breaker as extra guards. Hit ground zero and searched around, keeping one eye out for anything scary! Found the cache but alas no sign of the missing cachers Sad(
Took - nothing
Left - Toy raceing car
Signed log
Thanks for the search TLC. had fun on this one.
Team Beachbums
 
07-Mar-05
Interesting cache. We had no idea what to expect with this one. Were we to find bodies mounded up near the cache site or heads on poles? We found vampire mosquitoes that sucked the blood from our veins. We also found stick men on trees but they were hard to see until you had looked around for a while. You must have made them while in Therapy after all the Blair witch events. Great stitch work. We added the Tape measure and took the watch. We still need to work out how to add photos to this site.
 
26-Feb-05
Catching up on the logs I missed when first found Red Face
 
26-Feb-05
Belken suggested that as this was on the way to a Rogaine my daughter and I look for this one. We don't have a normal GPS and was using an IPAQ with a bluetooth GPS device and just the road software. Meant that I had to work out the directions in my head from where we parked the car. Didn't do too bad as we only went about 20 metres east of it and was circling back when we found it.
Didn't see the stick men until we were on the way out.
 
31-Jan-05
Was passing through these back blocks in the early evening. Laughed at the hiker warning at the edge of the forest and proceeded towards the destination.

The GPS went round in circles and I followed it. The noises in this place gave me the creeps. We pushed through on what we thought was our last known co-ordinates when she had the audacity to imply we were lost. I said if South doesn't work we may as well go east. or North or .....

The littles stick man poked me in the eye but we knew we were close. A quick slap for the blubbering mess(me)and she found the cache.

T domino set Left Walk for a cure(Diabetes) watch

Thanks for the hunt
Now which way out?....
 
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