GUMGUM DUMDUM #2 Fruit Striped Zebra? Traditional Cache
GUMGUM DUMDUM #2 Fruit Striped Zebra?
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tasty bit of history, oh, and when you find the cache, there may be
something worth writing down for later!
As this park already has a certain stripedy character in residence,
I figured it to be the perfect spot for this GUMGUM DUMDUM!
It may look like it is close to the road, and it is, but it is down
an embankment where there is no safe parking. Proceed to the listed
parking coordinates and take a leisurely one mile round trip
stroll, while chewing on your favorite chewing gum.
Fruit Stripe is an artificially and naturally flavored fruit
chewing gum that is notorious for its strong but fleeting flavor.
It is packaged in zebra-striped wrappers, and every stick now comes
with one or more temporary tattoos.
Three five-flavor packs are made: cherry, lemon, orange, mixed
fruit, and lime; cherry, grape, mixed fruit, lemon, and cotton
candy; sugar-free.
However, an alternative version of the initial pack consists of wet
'n wild melon, cherry, lemon, orange, and peach smash. The product
proudly holds claim that it is the only gum with painted-on
stripes. In the late 1970s, there was a chocolate version called
Chocolate Stripe.
The "Five Flavor Gum" was invented by James Parker and launched in
the early 1960s as an extension of the Beech-Nut gum line.
Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. acquired Fruit Stripes
in 2003 from Hershey Foods Corporation.
In 1996, Fruit Stripe gave five cents from the sale of each Jumbo
Pack and Variety Multipack to the World Wildlife Fund, totaling up
to $100,000, for the preservation of endangered animals and their
habitats.
A character known as the Fruit Stripe Gum Man promoted the product
as late as 1967; he merely consisted of an arthropomorphic gum pack
with limbs and a face.
The Stripes Family Animals, which included a zebra, tiger,
elephant, and mouse, were also used in advertising and featured in
a coloring book and plush toys.
However, the zebra named Yipes has outlasted the other characters
to become Fruit Stripe's long-standing, sole mascot. Wrappers
contain tattoos of Yipes inline skating, playing baseball, hang
gliding, playing basketball, bicycling, snowboarding, surfing,
playing soccer, and playing tennis.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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