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It's NOT about the numbers! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/30/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is NOT at the posted coords. Go there and you're gonna get wet unless you're in a boat.

This is for all of you who believe it's NOT "about the numbers".

Well, this time you're right. For this puzzle, it's all about the letters.

Anagram: a word or phrase made from another by rearranging its letters. (Webster's New World Dictionary)

To my knowledge, the largest anagram for the word groundspeak contains 9 letters ... and there are only 4 of them.
Two of them are: dangerous and dognapers.

Update 2014 June 21: androgeus is NOT one of the other two.

Update 2014 July 23: panderous is NOT one of the other two.

Your task, if you're willing to accept it; is to find the other two 9-letter anagrams and thereby discover the actual cache coords. If you happen to find anagrams that do not result in a successful geochecker, please email me thru my profile for verification/correction.

Once you've figured out the other two, write them down in alphabetical order and below them number the letters 1-9 for each word. Anagram #1 will provide the North decimal minutes, #2 the West.

The cache is located at N 44 39.AED W063 27.GOA

For example: using the previously mentioned anagrams, it would look like this:
                    DANGEROUS DOGNAPERS
                    123456789 123456789
and the cache would be located at N 44 39.251 W063 27.325 - but it's not there as that was just an example and those coords would put you behind someone's barn on private property.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

For FTF - a non-trackable 2007 Lunenburg County Cachers Geocoin.
Congratualtions to fishing fanatic.

There is also a special "newbie" FTF for the cacher with 50 or fewer finds logged on geocaching.com at the time of this cache find, including this cache.

"The Complete Guide to Geocaching" presented by Groundspeak.
Congratualtions to no use for a name13.

Coords taken with 3 meters accuracy on a Magellan eXplorist 500 and verified with a Garmin GPSMap 76Cx.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

unatvat

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)