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There's Something In The Woods LbNA #59951

Owner:Familyof6
Plant date:Oct 22, 2011
Location: Ionia State Recreation Area
City:Saranac
County:Ionia
State:Michigan
Boxes:16
Found by: TrailTroll (10)
Last found:Oct 22, 2011
Status:FFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Oct 22, 2011
A Hiker’s Mark
Stumped near the shelter by some rocking out.


Luna Moth
Two ventilated houses, side by side, each with a hole in one. Green pumps nearby for camping groups. Trail to lake. Picnic view to a low water view bench. Right over to NH and PH in love. Look for a really wet picnic. Check out rock near beech.

Pepe LePew’s Coleslaw
Handicap parks near two smelly…and one is a lady! Sessions Lake Trail 6. Stairs….bridge…creek. 2 rocks are left. First one marks the way to a laying fellow who points to mossies by creek.

Howling in the Night
Hill up (but creek is down). Ridge, curve, the you’re left falling down. Dirty MYC 1988. Beeches, a hint of the lake, and a thicket hollow? At bridge, left 35 to 3 hugging each other at water’s edge. Follow double dead to end.

The Monster in the Lake
Rumor has it that Sessions Lake holds a creature of immense size..it’s own Nessie? The lake was formed decades ago by damming Sessions Creek and is known for it’s incredible deep depths and steep drop-offs. Many have “seen something” in the water, which would explain the numerous boating accidents, drownings, and mishaps. But what?.......

The eagle R. Perrone wants your attention. Rocky climb. Left is right and right is wrong. Lake in sight and drop on right. Follow the drop and creek. Find beech with a heart 15 feet up and an oak with a skinny hugging friend. Swampy. Bunch of stoners. Enter tall and straight. Find scary maple by lake’s curve with a leaner branch (with the boat slip across the way). Dead friend is “holed” up nearby.


Dryad
This time…go back to being right…because it’s not wrong. Double arrow bench has a dropped off view. Big rock pushes others down. Wayne stops you from going down. Right to a clump near forest’s edge.


Thomas B. Thibwhistle….The Goat Eater
Wayne takes you down then up at watery curve. More stones and sunny edge. 4 ft stump. Bridge is out but what does the arrow say? 2, 9, or 8? What does your feet say? Not sure? Then back to camp for you.
Huge oak at rusty loop. Remains of a house? Bend it more, Sycamore. Left or right? Horse trail in sight. Swampy view once more. Nick, Tim Chew, TN + LN = SSN. Trip, trap…trip, trap. Who’s that on my bridge?


Puca
The Puca is a legendary creature of Celtic folklore, a mythological fairy and shape shifter. Pucas have the power to use human speech and are known for giving good advice… but they can also be confusing and are terrifying for humans. They like riddles and are sociable, and love to play pranks on unsuspecting people and children. In many areas, Pucas are well respected, and if treated nicely, will help humans.

Avenue of trees at lake’s view. Rocky pile. Straight ahead without your horse. Up and down. Look for the Fun Guy tree at curve by lake. Billy goats gruff again? SLS and Amy’s heart. Rocky crossing followed by a signed square tree. Go up, Jack and Jill, and fetch your pail of water. Stay in trees (the light is not your friend). Scraggly juniper and a HUGE broken giant. Sight 280 to huge shredder by the lake’s edge.


A Print!
Back to trail. Follow to an expansive lake view. 3 square trees with 2 arrows and NO jumping horses. This way? That way? Take a seat. Fish to right or beach house straight in sight? Go fish! Across the muddy way (with a few stoners to help you along). Another goat crosser? Rocky ground and fallen trees. 2, 1, 3? You could pay your fee, go back to goat crossers three, or even play Uno, but wouldn’t you rather be fine around number nine?

Lakeside Trillium
Culvert and a monster mouthed beech. Leaner on the hill. RLD J94. Out of the woods. 17 to 2 rocks by cluster at lake.

To get back to where you need to be, go skiing across the USA. Follow the trail to a stinky hole in one house by the dock. Cross the man-made car path and back into the woods until you come to another hard surface. Dam! This is quite the hike but the view is to die for!. Pass the rectangle water sucker that is attempting to pull the poles in. Head to the sand and follow the path to the car exit. Cross the road and follow a dirty one. Your next loop starts here.
However…if you have a friend that can drive, maybe you can scam a ride from the pointy picnic area to your next destination and save your feet!


Dogman
Prowling through the thick woods and over fields and farmland, along rivers and lakes, witnesses have spotted what is known as the Michigan Dogman! The Dogman is said to resemble a bi-pedal wolf or dog like creature. Many have agreed that it has yellow and sometimes red eyes, and has the capabilities of running at tremendous speeds on it’s hind legs…that is…witnesses who have escaped the Dogman’s grasp! Will you become a victim…or another witness?

Park where you would ski across country. Green gate. Poled arrows above white on green snake. More to most difficult. Skeletal remains on left ( a victim of Dogman?). Rockin’ it out on both sides. Descend…more and most again. Check out the ghost tree staring at the knobs. Dogman has you in his sight!


Monkeys in the Woods
Slight rise up. Sign. Red horse is difficult. Follow the Sandy horse. Blue is true! Big rock on left. Grassy curves. SPOR? Top it out!


Death in The Hollow….Dementors
It’s getting difficult again. The mouth of the hills show the way where the beech is missing it’s belly. Horse on red near naked pole. Blue is true…even the skier says so. Leaner near the sleeping giant. Go to the end with cracked rock. Standing here, look around for another stumped beech in the distance.


Ordog
According to Hungarian mythology, the Ordog is a demonic figure associated with the devil. It is said to look like a black faun with hooves, horns, and a ponytail. It lived in hell where it stirred a giant cauldron filled with human souls. If the Ordog ever needed to venture out into the world, he would take the form of a fox, a dark flame, or a shepherd with dark, sparkling eyes.

Grapes of wrath. Slow ascent. “At Me” and triangle beech. Topping it out now. “07…09…10” Curving horse. Choices. Green is mean, but that’s okay, as long as you can “see a ray”….50’s not that far away. Ordog waits….where the wood is rusted.





The Wendigo
The Wendigo is a creature appearing in the mythology of the Algonquian people. It is described as a large, alien-like canine beast. They are malevolent and cannibalistic creatures, associated with winter, the north, and coldness. Human beings are said to transform in Wendigos if they perform cannibalism. The person will become possessed by the demonic spirit of the beast, usually in a dream. Once transformed, the individual will become violent and obsesses with eating human flesh. These monsters are the embodiments of gluttony, greed, and excess. They are never satisfied with killing and consuming one person…and are constantly searching for new victims. They have been classified as giants and upon transformation the human will grow considerably in size. They are known to populate rural, highly forested, and mountainous regions….and are as terrifying as vampires, werewolfs, and zombies.

Now, go back to being most difficult…YOU ALWAYS get your way! It’s said that green is mean, but to you, BLUE is TRUE! Just in case you were wondering…clearly...that is not your home! Continue being difficult (Obviously, that’s been your choice all along.) You’re down…then up. Watery view? Boo Hoo! Get yourself straightened out (or is that too hard for you?) Another descent. Is this the last one? Seems to be a lot of downers around here. Let’s make like the tree on your right and split! Feel like going for a swim? Keep your eyes open….Wendigo is “L”urking nearby. Is that his large, broken finger? Watch out!
Wendigo lies at the L!


Stag
Bolted post near a rhino maple. Black and blue…..the hunt is on. Rockly line. You’ve shattered the difficult façade you’ve put on. 5 are stumped. Hunter’s Orange (tipped) in the opening. A different sort of green. STOP before leaving and spot a broken leaner, right? Go to it. 110 for approximately 40-50 steps. Check out the one with the horns and a nest near the bottom. The Stag was spotted on the day this box was planted. Regal..and huge. What a rack!




Follow the trail out to get where you need to go.