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The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/13/2008
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:




Coordinates will take you to Odenville's Liberty Cemetery. Here you will find the family memorial marker for Forman Austin Mize, WW1 seaman who disappeared along with the entire crew of the U.S.S. Cyclops in the Bermuda Triangle in 1918.
The loss of the Cyclops, a naval collier (coal and fuel tender), and her crew of 309 souls, is among the earliest reported missing vessels in the Triangle. Although many dispute the cause of her disappearance, no trace of the vessel has ever been found.
Using information available on the memorial stone, you should easily be able to obtain coords for the nearby cache, a small lock-n-lock container, by following these instructions:

1. Beginning with original coords: N33 41.AAA W086 23.BBB

2. Add half of Mize's father's age at death (years) to coords AAA. Then add 2 to the total. These are the final North coords.

3. Subtract Mize's mother's age at death (years) from coords BBB. Add 9 to the total. These are the final West coords.

FTF kudos go to oldboyhiker.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

rregavrybu

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)