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Mystery Spot Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 2/17/2007
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is not at the above cache page coordinates. To solve this one and find the coords, you'll first need to solve three other local puzzle caches.

The three puzzle caches are: Every good boy does fine (thanks, forestbloom for permission to use your cache!), Num Lock, and 4 is Cosmic.

One day I noticed that there were a few mystery caches in this area, and decided to add one more - making it a true Mystery Spot. Anyone ever drive by, or even stop at the tourist trap in Santa Cruz? I found 31 similar roadside "destinations" in the US on the 'net, each claiming to have strange, mystifying, or zero-magnetic affects. Nothing like that here... or is there?

To solve this one, you'll have to substitute the letters in the coords below, with numbers you found in the previous 3 caches. And then change them, they are encrypted. (Evil laugh) Hence the difficulty level.

N - 3 8 ° 5 5 . M Y S
W - 1 2 1 ° 0 3 . T E R

M = D (from every good boy does fine) = __ = __
Y = A (from 4 is Cosmic) = __ = __
S = 0 (zero) = __
T = 7 = __
E = C (from Num Lock) = __ = __
R = U (from Num Lock) = __ = __

S and T were given to you (but you still have to change them). Here come some hints: Each number exchanges with another, and you probably have done a similar encryption a few times before - even if you've never solved a puzzle cache before.

Bring a pen or pencil, cache is too small for them. At placement, cache contained: Hot wheels car, Baseball Hall of Fame pin, baggie with log inside.

Big congrats to puzzle sleuths Geo-Jeeper and L3-Geo for FTF! It can be done, 5B!

Milestones: #700 for oldwood!
#1,800 for Twiddleflip!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

gur ahzoref ner encripted, uv-yb

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)