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Alpha & Omega Mystery Cache

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foleyjcat: Alpha & Omega was effectively replaced by Alpha & Omega I due to a repetitive muggling problem and new construction at the cache site.

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Hidden : 7/28/2007
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


If you follow the posted coordinates, they will lead you to a place that from a distance, a very great distance, may resemble the site of the actual cache, but in reality, it is so substantially different from that site, that to confuse the two would be inexplicable.

Once again, drawing inspiration from the Perplexing Puzzlers of Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland, I submit my second cache hide, a kind of multi/puzzle cache. As explained in the intro, you are in need of actual coordinates, and so…

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Note - This cache is not located in, on, or under water! I highly recommend using googlemaps or Google Earth before you venture out. Bring your own or someone else’s pen.

A small prize is waiting for FTF.

3/15/08 - The landscape continues to change. Stage 1 is not in the birdhouse!! 8/2/08 Forget previous comment as the birdhouse is now gone!

5/13/09 - Updated cache due to repeated mugglings!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1. Jrag svfuvat ng Ornire Qnz Erfreibve lrfgreqnl naq pnhtug n erq ureevat. 2. Obar hc ba lbhe Terrx ahzrenyf orsber urnqvat bhg. 3. Fgntr 1 vf fgvyy zntargvp.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)