And then I had The Vision. I was standing outside, and a voice
was saying, "Here, you should hide a cache here, man!"
I looked around and spotted someone who just didn't seem to
belong at this spot. I saw him, and I knew he was a beatnik. He was
a beatnik, and he was in Winfield. Why was a beatnik in Winfield?
Why was he telling me where to hide a cache? As if this beatnik had
read my mind he spoke again, "You wanted to know where to hide a
cache, and how to hide it. You wanted a cool cache, and I have come
bearing answers. Put the cache right here!" And he walked up and
pointed out where the cache should go.
I looked where he pointed. I could hide a cache there, but it
wasn't really an original hiding place. It would just be a
park-and-grab. I thought I had come up with one or two ideas that
were a little better. I told the beatnik, "Well, sure I could put a
cache there, but I'm not sure how cool that would be."
"You don't think this would be cool? Trust me, man, this will be
cool. Because you're not just going to tell people where to find
this! It will be a mystery, it'll blow their minds!"
"Oh, you mean a puzzle cache? I've had one or two ideas about
logic puzzles, or something with computers..."
Impatiently he interrupted me, "Like, put away the numbers box!
I will give you the clues! Listen, and I will lay it on you!" And
he pulled a piece of paper from his pocket, unfolded it, and looked
off into the distance as he read the following verse.
Horsemen of the Apocalypse
world is enough
Nickel Helium Mudville!
turkey degrees of Kevin Bacon
crazy is enough
everything means less than
jon & kate plus Stu Sutcliffe
love potion number Air Force
"Umm...crazy? I'm not sure I get this."
The beatnik looked back at me and said, "It's poetry, man. Free
association. Stream of consciousness. Trust me, they will GET it
man!" And then he handed me the piece of paper with the poem on it.
I looked at the paper, re-read the poem, and flipped it over. On
the back were a set of coordinates. I looked at the coordinates,
and then flipped the paper over again, and looked at the poem some
more.
I looked back up at the beatnik. He said, "You dig?" I nodded,
and bongo drums started to play as he turned, started to walk away,
and then faded out of sight. Crazy.
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