1. DO NOT USE THE COORDINATES GIVEN! (Cache is in this town or a neighboring town)
2. Find the coordinates by solving Purr LaGuerre's cipher:
Purr LaGuerre Considers Unigrams
3. These coordinates will take you to a large stone near a designated trailhead.
4. At the marker:
a. Count the letters in the top 2 lines and multiply that sum by 2.125. Subtract that product from Purr LaGuerre's coordinate (.MMM) to find the North coordinate for the next stage.
b. Count the letters in the bottom line and multiply by 4. Add the product to Purr LaGuerre's coordinate (.MMM) to find the West coordinate.
5. Proceed to the next stage which contains the coordinates for the final cache.
6. Confused? BluEyz has written a tutorial to explain how to solve the Unigram puzzle. It really isn't difficult, once you understand the concept. It just requires the ability to count and to use a simple calculator! If you want a copy, just go to the address listed in the hint section.
Note: All seven of the cats wanted to be close to each other so we placed Purr LaGuerre, Chelsea LaGuerre, Emily LaGuerre Too, Charlotte LaGuerre, Boo LaGuerre, Ghost LaGuerre, and Goblin LaGuerre in the same town and not too far from each other.
You can check your answer for stage #2:
We have learned that stage 2 may be missing. Until we check on it, take the coordinates that you get for Stage 2 (You can check them in Certitude) and ADD .074 to North and SUBTRACT .049 from West to get to the final.