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Add Location| Owner: | Baby Bear
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| Plant date: | Mar 5, 2021 |
| Location: | Marlin Calvary Cemetery |
| City: | Marlin |
| County: | Falls |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | hibiscuschick |
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| Last found: | Apr 12, 2026 |
| Status: | FFF |
| Last edited: | Mar 12, 2021 |
Box Name: Head on Door
Date: 2/20/2021
City: Marlin
Location: Marlin Calvary Cemetery
County: Falls
Difficulty: Easy
Distance: About 15 yards
One day a boy named "Bus" Wyers heard his mother say she wouldn't be satisfied until a certain nephew's head was hung from the front porch of her home. It's possible Mrs. Wyers may have had some novel ideas on porch décor, but more likely she was expressing displeasure at some childhood prank or misdemeanor performed by her nephew. Bus, however, took his mother's wish as a command.
Soon after her spoken request, under one pretext or another, Bus lured his cousin to a nearby creek where the "gruesome happening" took place. The hapless boy's head was indeed placed on the Wyers family porch albeit briefly. Unfortunately Mr. Foster omitted any mention of the mother's reaction in his story. Presumably Bus was given a serious sermon on figurative vs. literal speech and the incident undoubtedly caused a severe family rift.
After its appearance on the porch, the boy's head was taken back to the scene of the crime and buried in the creek bank. The boy's body, however, was laid out at a Marlin undertaking parlor - one that was run by Mr. Foster's Uncle.
The Foster family operated a restaurant right next door to the undertaker. 1908 Texas was nothing if not a practical place and people could enjoy a home-cooked meal and between courses pay their respects to departed friends and neighbors. Or else choose a casket and then grab something to eat before returning home.
Mr. Foster described the visit by simply writing: "We all went to see the body without a head, lying on the slab." The head was sent for a second time and brought back for a reunion and proper burial.
Bus was apprehended, tried and sentenced to 99 years. But he somehow managed to become one of the few people to escape from the custody of the Falls County sheriff. He enjoyed freedom for some time, if you call living under your girlfriend's porch and eating leftovers freedom. Bus served two years in Huntsville before being pardoned by one or the other of the Governors Ferguson.
Directions:
From Marlin, at Hwy 6 and Hwy 7 intersection, go west on Hwy 7 to Burnett St. Turn right and after a block enter Marlin Calvary Cemetery. Go to Scruggs st and turn left. Go to Dupree st and turn right. Go to next intersection and park.
To the Letterbox:
See cedar tree on left by “Capt King” headstone. Box in middle of that tree, under sticks.
Hike length: 0.1 miles
Date: 2/20/2021
City: Marlin
Location: Marlin Calvary Cemetery
County: Falls
Difficulty: Easy
Distance: About 15 yards
One day a boy named "Bus" Wyers heard his mother say she wouldn't be satisfied until a certain nephew's head was hung from the front porch of her home. It's possible Mrs. Wyers may have had some novel ideas on porch décor, but more likely she was expressing displeasure at some childhood prank or misdemeanor performed by her nephew. Bus, however, took his mother's wish as a command.
Soon after her spoken request, under one pretext or another, Bus lured his cousin to a nearby creek where the "gruesome happening" took place. The hapless boy's head was indeed placed on the Wyers family porch albeit briefly. Unfortunately Mr. Foster omitted any mention of the mother's reaction in his story. Presumably Bus was given a serious sermon on figurative vs. literal speech and the incident undoubtedly caused a severe family rift.
After its appearance on the porch, the boy's head was taken back to the scene of the crime and buried in the creek bank. The boy's body, however, was laid out at a Marlin undertaking parlor - one that was run by Mr. Foster's Uncle.
The Foster family operated a restaurant right next door to the undertaker. 1908 Texas was nothing if not a practical place and people could enjoy a home-cooked meal and between courses pay their respects to departed friends and neighbors. Or else choose a casket and then grab something to eat before returning home.
Mr. Foster described the visit by simply writing: "We all went to see the body without a head, lying on the slab." The head was sent for a second time and brought back for a reunion and proper burial.
Bus was apprehended, tried and sentenced to 99 years. But he somehow managed to become one of the few people to escape from the custody of the Falls County sheriff. He enjoyed freedom for some time, if you call living under your girlfriend's porch and eating leftovers freedom. Bus served two years in Huntsville before being pardoned by one or the other of the Governors Ferguson.
Directions:
From Marlin, at Hwy 6 and Hwy 7 intersection, go west on Hwy 7 to Burnett St. Turn right and after a block enter Marlin Calvary Cemetery. Go to Scruggs st and turn left. Go to Dupree st and turn right. Go to next intersection and park.
To the Letterbox:
See cedar tree on left by “Capt King” headstone. Box in middle of that tree, under sticks.
Hike length: 0.1 miles