The Oddest Town I've Ever Seen

For my fourth town I have the following situation, which is repeated for every cell I try in my domain for this town (went through at least 6 settlers, one at a time).

The town has no puzzles, no mobs, nothing of interest, except for in the center of the country are four charred clusters of trees and desert weed.   There are also two fancy treasure chests sitting open and empty. In the midst of this are signs of an abandoned campsite.

One piece of evidence exists, a regular stone which reads:

"I cannot carry any more items so I gather them around, make a pile of them and burn them all.  Mwahahahaha!" -sir Fred

"   ...is this familiar to anyone?  All the cells I tried in various areas are identical.  Odd.

can't you make a screenshot and post it here?

Is a normal situation , Sir Fred appears when a player "hop" too often ... a little punishment  :-)

 So, useless to continue to settle a new town, it will be empty again... 

Thanks, Arya, for solving my mystery :)   That's what I get for practicing town hopping and trying to settle so many towns so quickly.  It seems stable, but did its job....no interest in a fifth town.  

I have a 'Fred' town and kept it because it was placed in the right spot. Have not built another town for months and now would like another town, will it be a 'Fred' town?

I have a 'Fred' town and kept it because it was placed in the right spot. Have not built another town for months and now would like another town, will it be a 'Fred' town?

you should be safe if it has been months