Castle shamRock Mystery Cache
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The coordinates 'll take ya' to downtown Castle Rock. A fine municipality, but me' cache ain't there. Ye'll have to solve the riddle ta' find tha'. Erin go Bragh!
Faix and Begorrah - a riddle to test your mettle. Solve the riddle and use the key to find the first point. Ye'll need the key there too - so don't lose it - or lose the faith. I'll be testing your navigating skills so be prepared. Two points only must you find. First the clue , then the treasure. The clue is in the crags, and the treasure is in the hills. The first is a micro - in the crags and scrubs abou ' a foot or so off the ground, the cache i'self is a smallish camo water bottle in the scrubs o' the hills .
Erin go Bragh!
The Leprechaun's Riddle
Call me whimsical if ya' wish - Leprechauns can be, ya' know
for in the springtime I wax nostalgic, maybe a wee 'bit homesick
lulled by the wildflower of me olde home in the hills of Erin
flourishing there - the cool green stars o' Erin!!!
Scrambling and romping in the cool green shamrocks. But
earthbound in Colorado am I, Not such a bad exile I must say.
The old ignorant King Brian sent me from my home years ago
to be banned to the mountains of Colorado from the green
Erin o' olde. The air here is cool and dry, that's nice,
but I do miss the Shamrocks!
Colorado has the wildflowers; lovely stars they are too! Though
not so bountiful or green; oohhhh, but just as cool and swee'.
Wild they are, and roll in them I do. Naked and unashamed in the
volume of all that I can find - perfectly natural! Leprechauns
do completely abandon what little propriety we have, deal with i'!
Ahhhh ! But don' know th' ways of Little People? Ruminate while
I illuminate ya'. A frisky bunch we - though I am only one - and
champions of frivolity too. Now I must say ya' are well
in me snare and that can be a fun place. Ya' seek my cache?
Find i' oh ya' shall - IF, ya' solve the riddle before ya'.
Clues abound in the riddle where words and numbers meet. And
to solve the riddle ya' must be quick of mind though not too.
Follow the story closely for twice the answer has been given.
Troubles ya' though, that ya' don't yet know the question?
"Th' numbers, ya' say?" "I see no numbers here?" But aye,
o ya' do. By googlin' this all day long, no solution ya'd find. I
tell ya' - I swear - none would come to light. Look for a
word. But, not a solution tha' be, ONLY the KEY. Ya' need
the word decrypted from this mass spun for ya'. Ya' can
do it. There's a little trick. and now ya' seen three.
'Course I can't tell ya' all the trick, what fun may tha' be?
To solve the riddle remember 'space is nothing', and marks
I'll never have much use. Only letters have value. And that
but useful if ya' know the pattern. Poets have used the form
many millenia, centuries, decades-the form is a hint as well.
That'd be a clue - the prior line. Bigger I wouldn't give but I
Want to include ya' in my game, not watch ya' scratch ya'r head.
Clues contained in all these lines serve ya' well if ya' know
what to see. Look for words odd or ou' o' place - that's a
pretty conservative start. Note where in what line they are.
Crystalize ya'r thoughts but do it right. It is not AS A
WORD persay - although ya've seen it four times now and
all six times ya' will when these verses end. AND ALL THE SAME
WAY! Use the first two verses for the concept; NOW it is
becoming clearer, then the number (that pesky number again?)
Assembled the words, phrases, lines are ya' kno' to find the key.
But begins then the fun. For then ya' must know how to use it.
Pesky ol' number, how does THAT figure? If I told ya' more ya'
would object and dismiss the help - it is THAT obvious. Tired
I have. If 'tis up to ya' to find, find it. I'll enjoy the show.
Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde! And there's none more patien'
I. O' I knew i' would be hard, but not this! too hard, whinin' an'
al'. Literate ya' ar', eh? Prove i'! Count can ye'? Prove tha' too.
Grr. Useful t' y'rself only you are if y' can use the brains given'
ye' eh? Might ye' have noticed the number of lines in a verse?
may ye' BEHOLD all start wi' the same letter? Well I give you
one mor'. I WON' DO MORE THAN THA'! But giving it to you like
this I do. Now you have more to think abou'. Thinkin' more, no'
a bad plan. Examine closely this CAPITAL verse and the key will
come clear. See? May the cat eat you, and the Devil eat the cat!
Both points are within easy distance and terrain of the new parking for one of the parks near the corner of Oman Rd. and South Street.
Hints freely given, if you give me the key. Please don't divulge the key in the logs.
If you send me another verse that works I'll give you the full coordinates! There I go, givin' away the gold.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
0123456789
A 39 2y.yap
J 104 5b.byr