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Ode to NEOGEOland Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 12/9/2008
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The coordinates above are for the picnic area and playground at Bath Nature Preserve, a great park for hiking, dog walking, bicycling, fishing, sledding and cross-country skiing. The cache is not at the posted coordinates, but it's not too far away. To get the correct coordinates, you must first solve the following puzzle:


Ode to NEOGEOland

 

There once was a cacher they called Geo Jetson
Who cached in Wyoming in a ten gallon Stetson
One summer he came up to NEOGEOland
And ended up never caching again

He first tried a cache called Nightmare in the Woods
Spent the whole day but came up with no goods
Went to another cache called Fifteen Goats
Searched all four corners then gave up the ghost
He traded his Stetson for his friend's lucky fez
Hoping for luck with a puzzle called PEZ
Wouldn't you know it got him nowhere
He gave back the fez and pulled out his hair
He thought that a nice urban micro'd be fun
A confidence builder, rated 1/1
But he miscued the pocket query and made himself woozy
Seeking a birthday micro for Suzzie
His confidence shattered, his nerves now were raw
He went to an event they called Mardi Gras
Hoping his sanity could be revamped
But they made him moon strangers while dressed like a lamp!
He said "All these caches will drive me to drink!"
So he looked up a company called GeoShrinks
"If anyone can help me, they surely can!"
But their web-site said they won't touch NEOGEOland
So poor Geo Jetson went back to Wyoming
His right eye was twitching, his mouth it was foaming
Threw his Magellan beneath a Greyhound
Now he weaves baskets and wears them to town.
Disclaimer: All characters in this poem are fictitious. Any resemblance to living cachers, past, present or psychotic, is purely coincidental.

 

The cache is a small container with room for coins and small trade items.

This cache is in celebration of my 50th puzzle cache find (most of them right here in NEOGEOland). No special tools or skills are required to solve the puzzle, but you will have to think outside the box. I really don't know what to rate it, so I threw a dart and came up with 3.5 stars. I'll adjust the rating as needed. As for hints, I can't think of any that wouldn't give the whole kit'n'kaboodle away, so we'll just have to go hintless for now. If I ever come up with one, and it turns out that it's needed, I'll post it here. Have fun with it!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hint added 12/25/08] Pbzznaqre bs gur H.F. Nezl Frpbaq Pbecf ng gur Onggyr bs Punapryybefivyyr. (N sbeg va Yrzblar, CN jnf anzrq nsgre uvz.)

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)