This is cache is part of our series, Sacred Springs. A sacred spring, or holy well, is a small body of water emerging from underground and venerated either in a pagan or a Christian context, often both. The term is commonly employed to refer to any water source of limited size which has some significance in the folklore of the local area. This can take the form of a particular name, an associated legend, or the attribution of healing qualities. In Christian legend, the spring water is often said to have been made to flow by the action of a saint. Our approach on the sacrality of these springs is slightly profane: it refers mostly to the holiness of native land.
Izvorul Vânatorului (denumită de unii Izvorul Ursuletului) izvoraste aproape de marginea Pârâului Rece de sub Lunca Popii din padurea Faget, Cluj-Napoca. Se afla aproape de Izvorul Firisor, unde avem o alta geocutie. Lunca Popii se afla la aprox. 3 km. vest de fostul poligon de trageri, la marginea unei vai paralele cu Valea Gârbaului. Este locul preferat al membrilor sectiei de turism al Asociatiei Sportive Vointa Cluj. Denumirea izvorului se datoreaza probabil faptului ca în capropiere se afla candva cel mai batran copac din Faget: Copacul Vanatorului.
Hunter Spring (hungarian: Vadász-forrás) comes out of the ground near the edge of Paraul Rece Stream under Lunca Popii Meadow, Faget Forest, Cluj-Napoca. Others call it Bear-Cub-Spring and it is near to Thread Spring, where wer also have a geocache. Lunca Popii Meadow is approx. 3 km. west of the former shooting range at the edge of a valley parallel to Valea Gârbaului Valley. It is one of the favorite places of Vointa Association Cluj members. The name of the spring probably comes from a tree: the Hunter-tree used to be nearby, it was the oldest and largest tree in Faget Forest until the WW2.
