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Showing posts with label cemetery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cemetery. Show all posts

Monday, May 21, 2012

Night Of The Living Dead

I recently had the pleasure of finding a cache in a cemetery that has a bit of film history. The location is Evans City Cemetery in Evan City, PA. This is the location for the opening of George Romero's 1968 classic "Night Of The Living Dead." I have always been scared of zombies, much more than other "monsters." Vampires, werewolves and mummies...ppssssshhh just stories. Zombies, however, could happen! 
The cache itself is pretty standard, it is a nice sized ammo can located in the nearby woods. I took the photos below to compare to some movie stills. It was cool to see some of the landmarks from the film, I would have liked to find the grave site where Barbara and Johnny placed the memorial for their father, but I didn't plan ahead enough to find that actual location. I enjoy visiting famous locations during my travels and I hope to run across more soon.
Link to the geocach page: THEY'RE COMING TO GET YOU, BARBARA!


The building in the background of the still above.
The headstone Barbara was clinging to as Johnny struggles with the zombie.


The entrance to the cemetery. The still above is the entrance from the opening of the movie.




Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Cemetery Caches

My favorite kind of caches are cemetery caches. I find cemeteries very peaceful and interesting. I especially like old cemeteries and I enjoy looking at the headstones and markers. I discovered that some cemeteries have mainly flat markers and most older ones have headstones. I have come across several interesting headstones in my travels. 
As for caches, all that I have found were hidden respectfully at the edge of the cemetery or in trees or bushes within the grounds. In Twinsburg we have two great cemeteries, one loaded with seven caches. Crown Hill Cemetery is located on Darrow Road (Rt. 91) just south of the 480. This cemetery has large grounds and a few ponds. Locust Hill Cemetery is located off of Aurora Road (Rt. 82) just north of the 480. Locust Hill is a small cemetery but it is the final resting place for notable families from Twinsburg's past. The Wilcox Twins (Twinsburg's namesakes,) Chamberlin and Bissell families have several markers. 
When I travel I really enjoy exploring new areas and the cemeteries I come across while geocaching often give me some history of the location.
A cast iron headstone.
Location: Noblesville, IN

An interesting headstone from 1907. There is a photo inlaid into it.
Location: Houston, FL

Detail of the inlaid photo.
Location: Houston, FL

An ornate headstone.
Location: Indianapolis, IN

A rather foreboding message.
Location: Delphos, OH 

This is how I would like to be buried...with a huge tree on top of me.
Location: Noblesville, IN