Stories in Stones Mystery Cache
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Stories in Stones
This geocache is a puzzle/multicache that will take you on a walk through the historical Oak Hill Cemetery. It is very peaceful here with quite a few interesting markers. Please visit only during daylight hours. The clues of each step either have to do with a name or depiction on a marker. You will need to do a little bit of math to get to each coordinate but the clues should help you be sure you have the right marker. This is our first multicache. You are looking for an ammo container. We hope you enjoy it. FTF will get some DVDs – two travel bugs are also in there to start on their way!
a) Clue - Mary had a little one.
Add the last two digits of the year of birth or death in the West coordinates for the next step, to get XX
N41.46.684,
W76.27.103 + ____=.1XX
b) Clue - She fell down the rabbit hole –
Add the sum of her year of death to the North coordinates
N41.46.640+ ____ = .6XX
W76.27.188
c) Clue- Seuss, Jekyll and Doolittle were these.
Subtract infantry number from last two digits of West coordinates
N41.46.793
W76.27.095 – infantry number =.0XX
d) Clue - The Red Badge of Courage, By Stephen Crane – This man served and died from his wounds from the war depicted in this story.
Add the last two digits from the year of his death to the last two digits of the West coordinates
N41.46.845
W76.27.033+XX= .0XX
e) Clue - Ring around the Rosie,
Pocketful of ________Ashes, ashes.
We all fall down.
Count the petals of _______on the main stone and subtract the total from the North Coordinates
N41.46.829 – XX =.8XX
W76.27.201
f) Clue - Gigi: The Story of a Merry-Go-Round Horse, by Elizabeth Foster
Subtract the difference in the number of days between the birthdates of these two to get the Final last digits of the coordinates for West.
N41.46.782
W76.27.228-X=.2XX
g) Final – Clue - One of these grows in Brooklyn. No bushwhacking required.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Uvagf –
1) Inaarff
2) Chganz
3) Xvcc
4) Fcnyqvat
5) Jbbqva Nyyra
6) Yvatyr
7) Gerr
Treasures
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