Anyone puzzled? Mystery Cache
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The cache is NOT at the above coordinates, so don't even try and
look there. The coordinates for the cache are hidden away, but you
can find them if you keep looking.
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We've enjoyed solving puzzles for over 21 years each. When we found
geocaching and got to solve them in order to find caches it was
even better. The puzzles actually got us into caching. Two in 1.
That is, 2 of the things I like to do most, combined in one
activity. As far as I know, just about all of the 1st puzzles I
solved in this crazy twenty-four hour sport are archived. One thing
is for sure, when you're solving a new puzzle, and you're
absolutely sure you see what the solution is, you can't assume two
many things. Every once in a while something is there just to throw
you off track.
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Anyway, even though solving them is fun, hiding them can also be a
thrill two. This isn't my first puzzle cache. Recently I was
solving another one and as I was trying something which
turned out not to have anything to do with the solution for
that puzzle, I got the idea for this one. Well, actually that's
not entirely correct. While we do dream up new and exciting
puzzles while solving others, we were actually on a numbers run
(got 32 that day) and we got a phone call from our caching friend
KBI (he's in area code 770). It was really his (and his brother's)
idea for this one. We copied most of their information for our
cache. Inspiration often comes from heading 180 +/- 2
degrees in the wrong direction while trying to solve
something else. Sometimes just coping someone's great idea works
too. Of course, sometimes you just go down the wrong path on
solving a puzzle and end up with nothing to show for it.
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Have you ever read a cache page and the description had
something odd in it, and it was obvious that was the puzzle?
Then there are the descriptions where you read it and then you
wonder where the puzzle is. "Surely there's got to be more here!",
you'll think. "Did the owner forget to include the
coordinates??" But what if the description had so much stuff that
you weren't sure where the puzzle was, or even if there WAS a
puzzle? Maybe the coordinates are just hidden and you have
to find them, not solve for them. Are thise spalling mestakes on
pirpose? You count words, you look for double meanings, you check
the HTML Source Code, you try and see if strings of code
like this,
[01110100 01101000 01100101 01111001 00100000 01100100 01101111
01101110 01110100],
or this, [74 68 65 79 20 64 6f 6e 74],
or this, [116 104 101 121 32 100 111 110 116],
actually mean anything, but after working on them you
realize they don't.
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peRhaps in your desperation you rEalize that maybe there's A hint
left for you to decoDe from rot-13 that will give you a pointer in
the rigHt direction, but to your dismay you sEe that theRe's not
one. well, at the veRy least I didn't have a hiNt encoded that
would decode to somethinG like, "none at this time". i'd hate for
you to waste any effort and not find the coordinates.
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The coordinates, are indeed findable, they're just hidden. They're
available to you if you know where to look. You might look across
the country trying to find them but once you see them, you'll know
without a doubt that you've found them. You'll only need to enter
them into your GPS and go find the cache I've hidden for you. (N
24° 45.225 W 058° 23.686) I will add that I think someone trying to
solve this cache using the Pocket Query will be at a huge
disadvantage, and probably won't be able to find the hidden
coordinates. The best approach is to be online, viewing the web
page directly. Those using the Firefox browser may have an easier
time and those using MSIE will likely be at a disadvantage. Folks
that can speak Japanese or Korean may or may not be at an
advantage, but not with this cache. If you're trying to find the
coordinates on a Mac it might be easier for you than those using a
PC. Anyone listening to Boston while reading this page is
definitely cooler than someone that isn't.
Don't drink and drive.
Don't smoke.
A sentence with five words.
Stay in school.
Drugs are bad.
The way to solve this cache has nothing to do with the zodiac, the
periodic table, King Moeshoeshoe the first, or the price of cheese
in Bulgaria.
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semoceb nwod ,dlrow orazziB nI
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