Rip Off Mystery Cache
Tank Hounds: It's had a good run, but I got notified that a cacher spent an hour and a half looking with no luck. Since it hasn't been found since April I have to assume it's gone. I will archive this and open up the space for another cache. Thanks everyone who found this one....I'm sure this puzzle will make it way to Indiana soon! (as I know live here!) :)
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This cache is NOT at the above location…although you can wash your car and get it nice and shiny here…
This cache is a “rip off” of a cache that we did in Lexington, KY (Going Around in Circles GC10Z3Z). It’s been one of our favorites...we asked the owner, Moontwig, if we could “rip it off” and place it here in Colorado and they graciously said yes.
So here it is…
There are 30 books of the Bible in this paragraph. Can you find them? This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping him occupied for hours. He enjoyed it so much, he passed it on to some friends. One friend from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his john boat. Another friend studied it while playing his banjo. Elaine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column. Another friend judges the job of solving this puzzle so involving, she brews a cup of tea to help her nerves. There will be some names that are really easy to spot. That's a fact. Some people, however, will soon find themselves in a jam, especially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized. Truthfully, from answers we get, we are forced to admit it usually takes a minister or a scholar to see some of them at the worst. Research has shown that something in our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in this paragraph. During a recent fund raising event, which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth set a new record. The local paper, The Chronicle, surveyed over 200 patrons who reported that this puzzle was one of the most difficult they had ever seen. As Daniel Humana humbly puts it, "The books are all right here in plain view hidden from sight." Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown. One revelation that may help is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers. Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are normal. A chipper attitude will help you compete really well against those who claim to know the answers. Remember, there is no need for a mad exodus; there really are 30 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph waiting to be found. God Bless.
Jot down the names of all 30 books of the Bible in the order they are listed and use the number of letters in the books to find the coordinates.
The cache is at N 38.AB.CDE, W 104. FG. HIJ
A=the number of letters in the 8th book -3
B=the number of letters in the 21st book -4
C=the number of letters in the 26th book +1
D=the number of letters in the 16th book
E=the number of letters in the 29th book +2
F=the number of letters in the 5th book
G=the number of letters in the 7th book -1
H=the number of letters in the 19th book
I=the number of letters in the 21st book -1
J=the number of letters in the 17th book +1
Please be careful when finding the cache. It’s not meant to be hard to find. Be careful of pokey things, stinging things, slithering things, biting things, scratchy things, hissing things and anything else out there!
Please trade UP or EVEN...don't just take something because you think it's neat. I have started this with lots of pins and pathtags.
Congrats to gorillagal for FTF!
Congrats to nursegirl for STF!
Congrats to hiking_fool for TTF!
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(Decrypt)
NYY gur A ahzoref fubhyq nqq hc gb 39 naq NYY gur J ahzoref fubhyq nqq hc gb 30
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