Katie's Nightmare (Otago) Mystery Cache
Katie's Nightmare (Otago)
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Puzzle caches, love them or hate them, here is one that you don’t need a degree in computer science to work out.The cache is not at the above coordinates.
The night seemed to be endless, and my eyes were growing heavy. In the twilight of my waking, I seemed to be walking along a lonely road with my GPS in one hand, and a trash bag in the other. Suddenly, a large black bird flew down from a nearby tree, and I ducked for cover from its threatening actions. Amazingly, it seemed to speak to me, “Nevermore”, it croaked and a piece of paper fell from its beak, as it flew away. I stooped and picked up the trash it had dropped, and read the numbers written there.
027/052/075/076/085 - 077/001/104/107/222 - 188/084/150/114 - 005/068/035/037/068/078/135 - 188/189/206/210/222 - 008/012/023/024/028 - 184/232/161 - 227/226/225 - 241/250/044/282/292 - 293/356/352/119/131/152/157.
The cache was still some distance away, and I continued to the edge of a forest. As rain started to beat down, I took shelter in the trees. A great roaring sound grew in intensity, and winds gusting to gale force threatened to blow me off my feet, I grabbed hold of a tree to keep my balance, and saw a strange message carved on the trunk. Krans eht tnuh The winds died down and the rain stopped, and I was able to continue on my way, but not before picking up the trash at the bottom of the tree and reading the numbers printed on it.
251 - 021 - 440/416/415 - 258/191/166/204/191/191/183 - 001/026/014/072/001/276 - 150/031/150/191 - 006/096/031/150/001 - 091/089/096 - 193/325/040/075/075 - 149 - 028/031/072/066/068/075/042.
Suddenly I was at a campfire scene, witches were dancing round a large fire pot and chanting weird songs and poetry, “what does it all mean? “I cried, having a second fit as a ship’s captain ran by tingling a bell, chased by strange hairy creatures and a beaver. “It means a diff 4 cache where you may have to search for the sources of the clues before decoding the numbers”, they said - then I saw it, “Eureka!’ I cried. Instantly, the witches fell upon me, crying out, “You can’t be the FTF, you placed the cache” and then the nightmare ended, or has it just begun??? I found myself alone in the middle of the bush, sitting on a rock, with trash all round me, and my GPS dead. I still had to find my way back, and that could take some time.
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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[Trail entry] vf ng zbqvsvrq pnpur pbbeqvangrf nf sbyybjf:
Fbyhgvba yngvghqr cyhf 0.020
Fbyhgvba ybatvghqr cyhf 0.091
Lbh jvyy xabj lbh ner ng gur pbeerpg cynpr jura lbh frr byq ohfuzna’f znexf arneol.
[Cache] Vg vf orggre gb nccebnpu gur pnpur sebz nobir jura nccebkvzngryl 81 z jrfg bs TM.
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