Strange Wisconsin…..

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@Trekkin’ and Birdin’ wrote:

And….does anyone know if there’s a cache in Poiniatowski by the 45-90 geological marker? If there isn’t, there should be!

There’s a cool letterbox there…but I bet you already know that…

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@-cheeto- wrote:

There’s also the “Haunted” books as well…

We live near “chicken alley” which is supposedly haunted…

http://www.hauntedwi.com/HauntedWisLocs/ByShawanoandOutagamieCountyLineChickenAlley.htm

http://www.unexplainedresearch.com/media/phantom_chickens.html

I’m open to ideas…

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[Trekkin and Birdin]

I’ve thought of somehow doing Haunted Wisconsin as well. The storyteller in me, maybe. I figured the weirdness ones were more tangible, though.

Hey gotta run, one of your caches made the list, and no, I did not know about the letterbox in Poiniatowski.

What’s scaring me is how many of these caches we’ve already done. There are a couple where I was oh so close, too. If only I’d known! LOL

The southeastern part of the state seems to be lacking any weird stuff. I have one near Monches, but not much else. There are things in the book, but they are either intangibles, like weird town celebrations, or private locations that don’t lend themselves to a cache placement.

Maybe the other books will have something, but you guys over there, if you know of something cool and weird, either with or without a cache, let me know. I figure I can include “cache possiblities” like Ralph did with his unique natural features, and maybe folks will be encouraged to place some.

I *know* at some point, many years back, I was driving up toward Three Lakes on some alternate route, and I saw a huge badger. Anyone know where that is? Or maybe it was the aftereffects of too many Blue Bullets the night before. Pointer alumni will understand! 🙄

[Lostby7]

GCXJ2Z is at labelle cemetery. I believe there is an entry in Haunted Wisconsin (or Wierd Wisconsin) about a haunting there…

[Trekkin and Birdin]

I’ve created a bookmark list of all the caches available right now that match up with weird stuff in “Wisconsin Curiosities” by Michael Feldman, plus a couple others.

I’ve also listed it in the bookmark wiki here, under the cache series category. Take a look and if you know of another cache located at one of these Wisconsin roadside weirdnesses, let me know. I’m still trying to find that big badger up north! LOL

http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=a2fe987b-1d6c-4ef9-bd4c-424eb95c9dec

[furfool]

@Trekkin’ and Birdin’ wrote:

I’ve thought of somehow doing Haunted Wisconsin as well. The storyteller in me, maybe. I figured the weirdness ones were more tangible, though.

Hey gotta run, one of your caches made the list, and no, I did not know about the letterbox in Poiniatowski.

What’s scaring me is how many of these caches we’ve already done. There are a couple where I was oh so close, too. If only I’d known! LOL

The southeastern part of the state seems to be lacking any weird stuff. I have one near Monches, but not much else. There are things in the book, but they are either intangibles, like weird town celebrations, or private locations that don’t lend themselves to a cache placement.

Maybe the other books will have something, but you guys over there, if you know of something cool and weird, either with or without a cache, let me know. I figure I can include “cache possiblities” like Ralph did with his unique natural features, and maybe folks will be encouraged to place some.

I *know* at some point, many years back, I was driving up toward Three Lakes on some alternate route, and I saw a huge badger. Anyone know where that is? Or maybe it was the aftereffects of too many Blue Bullets the night before. Pointer alumni will understand! 🙄

I think a Haunted Wisconsin would be cool. Especially after reading the book.

The Badger is on northbound 45. I think it is between Birnamwood and Antigo. It is a former gas station turned strip joint. Also on northbound 45 is a giant lumberjack(?) that appears to be holding a turtle. I believe that is between Clintonville and Wittenberg.

One other cache that I can think of is the new Bronz Fonz in downtown Milwaukee. I don’t have the GC number handy, but I believe that the owner is Uncle_Fun.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

Oh, I know which one you mean, we had it on our “to do” list when we’d planned a trip to Milwaukee last fall that went awry. Have to decide just how weird that actually is, LOL.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

If a Haunted Wisconsin challenge were set up, it stands to reason that the cache would HAVE to be a night cache located near a famous haunting.

I know of four caches in and around the Chippewa Valley that are associated with hauntings. For that matter……we could place one right in our house. 😯

http://musingsonstoryandlife.blogspot.com/2005/10/true-and-ghostly-tale_31.html

Last “visit” we know of….about two months ago.

[notmuch]

@furfool wrote:

The Badger is on northbound 45. I think it is between Birnamwood and Antigo. It is a former gas station turned strip joint.

Badger is just south of Antigo, approx 10 miles on Hwy. 45

@furfool wrote:

Also on northbound 45 is a giant lumberjack(?) that appears to be holding a turtle. I believe that is between Clintonville and Wittenberg.

This lumberjack is in Tigerton, also on Hwy 45, just north of “town.”

There is also the large deer in Lomira–off Hwy. 41 on frontage road. Cache there is “Largest Deer You’ve Ever Seen ” or something like that. I believe Ecoranger is owner.

[MikeB]

The “Something Different” and “Something Different…Too” caches were near some pretty weird places.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

Thanks for those two. I recognized the Something Different from my book. Because it seemed to be private property, I didn’t think any caches would or could be there. The other one looks fun, too.

Actually, it looks kind of like Dad’s driveway, LOL.

[SammyClaws]

There used to be a cache called Haunchyville in Muskego. Haunchyville was mentioned in the some book about weird places in wisconsin. The cache got archived, but I think Geo Ninja is working on bringing it back.

The original cache gave the name of the book. I think it also talked about Elephant Rock in the KM Southern Unit too. I think the book also talked about some huge underwater pyramid too.

[AuntieNae]

Messa my niece is a huge fan of the Wierd Wisconsin book. We hid a cache based upon one of the stories so far ..

From Wierd Wisconsin p.248
GC182HT WSQ- Waukesha’s Unknown Boy

She had me searching for another location this past Saturday too.

[AuntieNae]

Haunchyville Cache GCVWA3
Weird Wisconsin pgs. 56-59

[marc_54140]

big pink flamingo, hwy 41 south of appleton near hwy 76 exit. west side of hwy. no cache.

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