Colorado Spirit Quest #529 Lafayette

An easy cache with parking nearby. The hardest part may be figuring out how to get to the parking but if you approach from the East you can avoid the traffic on 111th. You can access the parking by going North from the intersection of Hwy 7 and South Public Rd. In doing so you should pass a local bilingual school, the rec center, and a skate park before arriving at the cemetery. Accross the drive way is a multipurpose playing field that is used for soccer and baseball by the local kids. There is a fire station across the street, and a police station immediately North West of that should you have any issues.

Lafayette Cemetery, Established 1891. Currently not admitting new residents.

The Vampire of Lafayette, Theodore "Fodor" Glava, is buried in the North East corner (Potter section) of the Lafayette Cemetery in a common grave with a fellow miner from the Simpson mine named John Trandafir. Both died on Dec 4, 1918 of the Spanish Flu. Fodor was 47 and John was 27 and as was common during the pandemic they were buried together for expedience sake. Fodor was an immigrant from Transylvania and John was from what is currently Romania. Their grave is known for a tree that is growing from it that is reputed to have sprouted from a stake that was driven into it. Whether that is true or not is largely a matter of conjecture and appears to have been the result of American pop culture of the 1950's-1970's not in 1918 as legend claims. Regardless, it is an interesting local legend. If you do happen to try to find this cache after dark and see erie lights or ghostly figures it might just be Fodor wandering above his last resting place. Have Fun and Be Safe.

Information about the 'Vampire of Lafayette' cited above was obtained from an article posted on the Lafayetteco.gov website by Krista Barry, Museum Administrator.

Congratulations to Fork L Man on his FTF.