Joe "Lights Out" Black Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 9/2/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Find the 6 keys, one from each criminal, and use them to unlock the loot at
The Heist - Final

The criminals are:

--- Scarlett “Widow Maker” Thomas----------Andrew “Agent Orange” Fleckinstein

-----------Roy “Green” Bivoda--------------------- Jimmy “Blue Boy” Loser

-------- Carlos "El Loco" Brown----------------------Joe “Lights Out” Black

Joe Black was only 41 at the time of the heist. He was an electrician and his services were necessary for the heist. That was why Lt. Mike Brassrouf recruited him. He was in peak physical condition. He lifted weights, ran and did hours of calisthenics. To mix things up from time to time he would participate in half marathons. He never won but his stamina and natural ability always kept him closer to the front than the back.

Joe lived with his wife and their 3 children. While his family life was fairly solid his mental health was on a very slippery slope. Joe could never remember names. Even as a young man he was always forgetting where he placed his favorite book or shoes. It was so common for him to forget names or lose things that it became the norm. What no one knew was that Joe was suffering from early onset Alzheimer’s.

Joe’s condition was taking the fast lane. By the time the family had confronted him with the need to seek professional help he was forgetting his own phone number and even his address. He remembered the children’s names but most all other acquaintances were forgotten. He had no trouble however, with every exact detail of the heist including where his key to the loot was hidden. His wife made him an appointment and helped him to get there.

The doctor came in rather quickly and asked him some personal questions and soon realized that Joe needed help and Alzheimer’s was most likely the cause. The doc broke the bad news to him. “Joe, I think you have early onset Alzheimer’s but I am going to give you a few cognitive tests. Joe did the best he could but things were not going well. After what felt like hours of testing the doctor was in to give him the diagnosis. “Joe, you have Alzheimer’s and it is fairly advanced.” Joe paused for a second and said, “Doc, what medications can I take to get back to normal?” The doctor didn’t want to sound mean or put Joe in a state of depression but he needed Joe to understand there is no cure. “Joe you need to understand, it’s incurable. Meds will help but every individual responds differently. It could be months, years or even longer.” Joe left the doctor for the long quiet drive home.

Joe had plans of his own. He knew that his key for the loot from the heist would need to be handed to someone else. He also knew that if he waited too long he himself would not be able to recall the details. He grabbed a paper next to him on the desk and started to write the details down for future reference. The next day he took the paper to the bank and put it in a safety deposit box.

His condition went downhill quickly. The medications were helping but within a few years he was a shell of a person. He didn’t remember his wife or any of the children. His ability to use the toilet was gone. The children helped to feed him on a daily basis. Then he was even unable to smile. He had become a burden on the family.

While helping to take care of dad, Charles, his oldest son, found a key hidden under his father’s mattress. He laid it on the counter. When mom came home from the store she asked, “What is this key for?” Charles told her how he had found it. Neither had a clue. They inspected the key and found markings for the local bank and figured it was for a safety deposit box. They asked Joe but he was of no help. “We need to make a trip,” said Charles.

The next morning they went to the bank. The teller helped them to the room where they opened the box and found only one piece of paper. Neither of them had a clue.

All the paper had on it was a Porteus maze and at the bottom it said, take a flashlight.

Important coordinate information on checker page!
Verify cords before venturing out.


Use password from Joe here for your "Black" key
 Black Key
Note that all passwords are 100% lowercase letters.
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