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How'd you get gum in your hair? Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/13/2007
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Coordinates are for parking at Lake Wyola State Park and there is a usage fee of $5 (Summer Season Only, if you ask, they may wave it for you ?! Some of the staff there are familiar with the hide)

We have summered at this great little spot for 9 years at the 'Hello Bill' boathouse, two houses down from the beach. Summertime; bring a swimming suit for a dip in the lake and repellent for the hike! This cache may be a bit difficult with snow cover.


Please respect the hours listed for the park here:

http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/lwsp.htm

For obvious reasons, this could be the Lake Wyola State Park Cache, but as the story goes, we were searching out a good hiding spot with the girl's Papa, when, all of a sudden from behind me on the trail I hear Papa say....'Karleigh! How in the world did you get gum in your hair!!??' No explanation to this mystery was ever found, and we wonder if the person for whom the recreation area is named ever had this problem? Hmmm...doubtful!

The 2 Stage Puzzle - 42N 30.ABC 72W 26.XYZ

After parking you'll notice a large white house (see coords below), please proceed toward the house and take a look around - you'll need the following for Stage 1:
1. Find the wooden sign for the park - count the total number of letter "R's"; also notice the alternate name for the recreation area
2. Find and count the number of animal statues in front of the house
3. An "investigative spirit" for finding parts XYZ

ABC; where A = the number of statues (x3) and BC = double the number of "R's" in the sign.
XYZ; where X = # of sets of double consonants in the alternate name of the park and YZ = the total land acres of the park (+14)

These coordinates will lead you to


Stage 2 - A marker on the nature trail. You'll need from this marker: 1. The number of letters in the name of the object (x4)

(Updated courtesy of the FTF crew) The Final: take the number from Stage 2 and walk this many paces approximately West and a bit Southwest!

Red Sox scratch ticket for the FTF prize - Congrats to the swift running Crop Circle! Enjoy Wyola!



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Erzrzore, gurer jnf n pyhr tvira jvgu gur jvagre fgngrzrag nobir - Ybbx sbe gur arvtuobevat bowrpg juvpu vf n ongpu bs 'Tebhcvrf!' Fgntr 1: KLM - Ybbx sbe gur anzr bs gur erperngvba nern sbe gur qbhoyr pbafbanagf, naq gur # bs nperf va bar bs gur zncf ng gur thneq ubhfr. KLM pna nyfb or sbhaq ba gur jroyvax cbfgrq nobir!

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)