It was early in the day. You get the daily paper from your
doorstep, and the headline reads:
Local Citizen Murdered in Freak Attack
SOUTHWEST, FL—Yesterday afternoon, a bizarre group of wild
animals congregated in a local park and when approached by a local
man, Mr. G. O. Cash, the animals lashed out, attacked the man, then
dispersed in every direction. A witness, Ms. Ma Gull, had this to
say, “He wandered aimlessly, staring at his cell phone looking
thing, and carrying an ammo box. A very suspicious fellow. He
almost walked right into a stop sign before he looked up. But by
then it was too late, he was in the middle of that gang of animals.
Bizarre animals at that, they were smart, standing on 2 legs, and
speaking English. They ransacked his backpack, stole all his stuff,
then swarmed him. By the time the gang was done, the guy was dead.
Oh the horror.” Authorities have been unable to locate any of the
suspect animals and the reason for the unusual gathering as well as
the attack remains unknown.
Before you can close the door, the Sheriff approaches. “Hi
there. I’d like to ask your help. I understand that you geocachers
have a lot of resources. We’re trying to track down the 10 animals
involved in yesterday’s attack, but I have to tell you, we’ve got
few leads. We're told they are a group of traveling insects? or
bugs? They call themselves the Wild Pack. A bit of intel has told
us that they have 10 Hideouts in certain areas, but we can’t
pinpoint where exactly they are. I don’t imagine they’ll stay in
their Hideouts for long, but if you’re first to get to them,
they’ll be in these areas:
- Twin Lakes
- Forest
- Old Railroads for Logging
- Australian Pine Woods
- Dog Den
- Narrow Park
- Outdoor Gym
- Salt Flat
- Alligator Hole
- With Heavy Drinkers
…. Can you help us out?”
You agree to do what you can.
The sheriff shows you some clues that were left at the crime
scene. First is a scrap of paper with coordinates on it. Although
the sheriff can’t read all of it, he’s pretty sure that’s where the
killer went.
15.H1A 45.0BN
H=Original Hideout of the killer
A=List all of the animal types in alphabetical order (use their
type (ex. hippo) for this list not their proper name (ex. Ms.
Nermal). Where the animal type of the killer is in the list is
the number to use for A.
B=Backpack item the killer stole
N=Number of the killer in order of when he/she left the scene
Also, the backpacker had an inventory of his backpack items.
- Ammo Can
- New logbook
- Baseball hat
- Bag of Geocoins
- Scissors
- Water Bottle
- Cellphone
- Sunglasses
- Compass
- Flashlight
Find the suspects, and interrogate them. Get what info you can.
Once you’ve done that, you should be able to determine who did it,
what kind of animal they are, what they stole, and where they went.
Use that information to go to the location of the killer!
NOTES ABOUT THE FINAL: The coordinates on this cache page take
you to the park that the cache is near. The park's website says it
closes at 10pm. The final starts as a small container about the
size of a camera. From there you will trek further to find an ammo
can. You should be able to complete it in about an hour.
FTF reward is a FTF Geocoin provided by Team Crime Scene.
(THANKS TCS!!!) I did not activate it, so I hope when you do, you
mention my geocache.
Congrats Team Crime Scene for being First to track down the
killer. But don't worry, TCS informed me that the killer convinced
him to leave him in his hideout (What was he thinking?!?), so you
can still go find him!!
Additional Logging Requirement (Optional): Name the cartoon
reference for each of the suspects. Their title (Mr., Ms., etc.)
may or may not have been added for this cache. You can log that
here, whether you’ve completed the cache or not.
***********The hints contain detailed information. Do not decode
unless you want possible spoilers************
