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C70 Mystery Cache

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The Rat: Note that the cache is probably still there somewhere. I couldn't find it. PO everywhere. Watch out. If anyone does go for this and finds it, the first one can log the find, but please remove the cache container because I don't want others to go there and get zapped by the plants. Since the puzzle solution is now revealed, I will honor the find only for the person who returns the container to me.

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Hidden : 2/18/2007
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Warning! The cache is near poison oak. It's avoidable, so I have decided not to move the cache unless it gets worse, but do not dig in the leaf litter and do not cover the cache with leaves or twigs. The leaf litter contains heavy PO. Please report if the PO problem gets worse. My apologies for not seeing it during placement when the leaves were off the vines.

When I retired the first time, after 25 years of driving government cars, I decided to treat myself to a nice car. I bought a Volvo C70, which I still love eight years later. If you solve this puzzle and are the FTF, you too can have a C70. You'll see - the thing you need to have a C70 is with the log book. If you really don't think you're going to use it, then I request you leave it in the cache for others. There is a nice Timex watch, working fine, as a consolation FTF prize.

The message below is enciphered using a Baconian Cipher, invented by Sir Francis Bacon. It uses the Baconian alphabet (I/J together and U/V together) as set forth in the American Cryptogram Association guidelines and Wikipedia. Instead of using two typefaces or dividing up the alphabet A-M as A's and N-Z as B's, however, I have assigned the letters to the A and B groups differently. Solve the cipher by assigning the A's and B's correctly and obtain the coordinates.

ZORNI WEPAD PEEVE SQUEC GOUTY FICTU ITHIC PWEFF WELGI TUJET IFFIL WHUTE GIPEC OZNOW SARGE GLUGS VIASE ONLET WHYTS

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ONNNNNOONONOONOONNON

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)