The Area 38 Project Traditional Cache
OReviewer: Hello,
As there's been no response to my earlier note, I am forced to archive this listing.
If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the near future, just contact me email, including the GC Code, and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.
Thanks,
-OReviewer
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The story so far...
You are looking for "The Area 38 Project".
It all started late one night, a short time after midnight. A group of scientists were working late in their lab, and they had been drinking too many bottles of iced tea and eating jellybeans. Suddenly, a loud clap of thunder outside and a blinding flash of lightning made them jump out of their seats. One of the scientists, we'll call him "Mr. P.", dropped his bottle of iced tea as he hid under his desk. The tea poured out of the bottle and created a small pond in the middle of the floor. Mr. P. was hiding under his desk when the lights suddenly went out. Everything became silent. The hum of the lab's electric motors whined to a stop and the magnetic latches holding the specimen cage doors suddenly released. Mr. P. waited for the emergency generator to turn on, but it never did. Great, he thought to himself, now the specimens are going to escape and will end up running rampant around the lab and he'll have to spend the rest of the night trying to catch them all. He heard some small footsteps around him, one of the creatures must be nearby. He sat there for what seemed like hours, but was probably only several minutes. There was a faint sound nearby, almost like a slurping sound. Another bolt of lightning briefly illuminated the inside of the lab. It was one of the creatures, and it was drinking the spilled iced tea. Mr. P. looked around for something to grab the creature with. Suddenly, another loud clap of thunder rattled the entire building as a bolt of lightning struck nearby. He could smell the unmistakable odor of zinc from the nearby strike. A bright spark came out of the electrical box and traveled along the floor along the path of the liquid stream of iced tea that had flowed across the sloping floor. Another loud snap followed by a squeal. Darkness again. Mr. P wished he had a flashlight, then suddenly remembered the light on his cellphone. He opened his phone up and used the light to illuminate the immediate area. He had crawled out from under his desk and was moving toward where he had seen the lab specimen. Suddenly, he heard a hissing sound. Bright red eyes suddenly stared back at him in the dimly lit room. Something started to growl at him and he could make out the shape of something, Another flash of lightning in the distance illuminated the room once again. Then he saw it. It looked like his lab specimen, only it was bigger. It's eyes seemed to glow and it had big ears and big teeth. It seemed to be very hairy. Mr. P froze, not knowing what this creature was. Suddenly, the lights all came back on and all the machinery started to hum and whirl. Something ran past Mr. P and jumped out the open lab window. This lab specimen had changed. It was no longer small and cuddly. It had grown and it had escaped. It was loose somewhere "out there". It is the "Area 38 Project".
Your job is to track down and find the "Area 38 Project". It was last seen in the area of the above coordinates. Be careful though, he's a tricky little monster. Good Luck.
Additional Hints
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