The key
Hidden below the box, we found a key to the lock. This made things a lot easier! It did raise more questions, however. Why would you go through the trouble of putting a lock on a box, then leave the key close to it? Maybe someone was trying to make us look inside. We debated whether or not it was a good idea to open the box, but in the end we just couldn’t not know what was inside.
We turned the key…