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The man who fell to Earth Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

wrighty: Archived due to problems with the original hiding place and to make way for a new series coming to the area soon,thanks to all those who visited and hope you all come back to this lovely area to do the new ones.

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Hidden : 4/8/2007
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The man who fell to Earth is a film starring David bowie who plays a alien who falls to earth on a mission to save his dying planet,using his super intelligence he builds a large corporate empire and amasses a hugh fortune with which he hopes to use to construct a space programme with the capabilities of reaching his dying world.

So what happened to the man who fell to earth?,well after the failure of his mission he became a recluse here in the cotswolds, but after contact with major tom and the starman he is now willing to recieve visitors from the geocaching world.

For the co-ords of the cache you need to find some info about the film and of David bowie himself.

The year the film was released abcd.
David bowie was born in 19ef.
The number of letters in the surname of the character played by david bowie in the film, g.
The number of letters in the surname of the director of the film,h.
Add together the letters of the two colours of david bowies eyes,i.

The cache is hidden at n51.(d-a)(i-a).(i-b)(b-i)(d-h)
w001.h(h+e).f(b-g)(c-h).

The above co-ords are for a space to park a car,if you walk to the cache from here you will see evidence of deer jumping the cotswold stone wall and you will also pass a badger set.

Congratulations to L8HNB FTF on 09/04/2007

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Erfg n juvyr,nqzver gur ivrjf.

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)