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Dem Bones LbNA #16050 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:flagbearer
Plant date:Jun 24, 2005
Location:
City:Plymouth
County:Marshall
State:Indiana
Boxes:8
Found by: Beeyond Beeleaf (6)
Last found:Apr 14, 2013
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFar
Last edited:Jun 24, 2005
*****Please note: Box 8 is in a new location with new clues 11/18/11.

This series of letterboxes are placed for your enjoyment in mind. It is our pleasure to do so. Please return them to their intended hiding spots, COMPLETELY CONCEALING them so others can also enjoy the find. Thank you and happy boxing. flagbearer and Full of Heart.

This set of eight stamps is in the Oak Hill Cemetery. You must enter the cemetery from Oakhill Avenue to begin your search. Enter the fourth (last) entrance.

The human skeleton was created to withstand the hard knocks of life. An engineer's dream, the skeletal system provides a framework for the human body, protects vital organs and with muscles, tendons and ligaments attached, allows human beings to move, lift, reach and throw. When you were born, you had over 300 bones. As you grow up some of your bones fuse together until there are only 206

BOX 1: The skull is made up 29 separate bones that fit together like a puzzle. The main purpose of the skull is to protect your brain from injury. The smallest bone in the body is located within the skull. It is the sturrup bone and is inside the ear.

Go slowly and find Simons large gravestone on your left. Visit his neighbor Fred but "head" for the back door. This box has been recarved 4 times. It is necessary to replace the concrete carefully so it is conceled completely and the concrete appears natural and looks like it belongs. There is not a log book in this letterbox. You will log into only the last box of this 8 box series. There is however a paper in each box showing the stamp highlighted so you will know to allow space for the rest of the stamps. The set requires about 7 inches of space.

BOX 2: The adult vertebral (spinal) column consists of 26 bones The spine has to be very strong to handle the weight of your body. Your spine covers your spinal cord and protects it from injury. Each vertebrae is separated from the next by a cartilage that keeps the bones from grinding on each other. Did you know that humans and giraffes have the same number of bones in their neck!

The shoulder blade or scapula connects the arm to the rest of the body. The collar bone or clavicle helps form the shoulders. The rib cage is a group of bones that protect your heart, lungs and diaphragm. It's made up of 12 pairs of bones that attach to the spine in the back and wrap around to the front.

Continue on, crossing a street and stop at Barts home. Take 28 paces at 110 degrees look down and you will see your treasure "chest" in the roots of this tree. Careful re-hide.

BOX 3: The pelvis is a bowl-shaped group of bones that holds many of the organs that are responsible for removing waste from the body as well as reproductive organs.

Continue down the road and stop before it turns. Look for Emma and Charles gravestones that are partially consumed by a tree. *Please note: this tree has been cut down. A stump remains with the gravestones partly visable. At 30 degrees is Lulu's lilac bush. This is where you will find a reason to shout "hip hip hooray".

BOX 4: Each of your arms has three bones. The one above the elbow is the humerus and the two below the elbow are the ulna and radius. These are very strong bones allowing you to lift heavy objects. With the help of your shoulders, elbows and wrists, your arms can move in almost any direction

Continue around the curve and turn left on the first street and locate the graves of Fawn and Alyce Fritz. Standing in front of the small stone walk 12 paces at 290 degrees to a multi "armed" fir tree. Give a high five when you find your next stamp.

BOX 5: Turn right and then right again to locate the lone white grave of Pvt. W.W. Wilhelm. Locate a tree at 130 degrees and "reach" down to retrieve your next find.

BOX 6: Your legs have three bones each. The femur is located above the kneecap and is the longest bone in the body. The tibia is the larger of the two bones in the lower leg, and helps support your body's weight. The fibula at the back of the leg helps to control the movement of the ankle. The muscles in your hips, legs and feet work as a team to allow you to stand up, sit down and move around.

Two more right turns and you again pass Fawn and Alyce. Make one more right turn and exit the cemetary. Re-enter at the cemetary brick building onto Charles Glaub Drive and pass the above ground vaults. Turn right toward Bixel Drive. Stop at the 6 tall mushroom shaped shrubs. "Walk" to the southern most shrub. At your knees you will find what you seek.

BOX 7: More than half of the 206 bone in the human body are found in the hands and feet. Each hand has 27 bones. This allows your hands to do very precise things, like carving rubber stamps.

Continue on Bixel Drive and turn right on the next road. Stop before the curve and notice three multi trunk trees in a row. Look in the northern most tree. We will give you a "hand" if you find that which is hidden there. This stamp seems to confuse some people. There is only one stamp. If you position the stamps as they are pictured, you can use one stamp for both hands.

BOX 8: There are 26 bones in each foot which work together to support your entire body weight. They are designed to absorb the pressure of walking, running, jumping and letterboxing.

Turn right at the next street and stop just past Elkins above ground vault. Look to the west side the road for the grave of a brave volunteer firefighter. At the Hoffhien grave look between the base of the stone and the shrub and you are sure to find something to 'kick up your heels' about. This is the last stamp in the "Dem Bones" series. Please stamp in the log book.

LETS HEAR IT FOR DEM BONES!! HIP HIP HOORAY, HIP HIP HOORAY

Be sure to look for my other boxes in this cemetery.