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Cemetery Sleuth, Case #20 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/9/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Cemetery Sleuth, Case #20 - Missing at Salem Grove
The cache is not at the posted coordinates, but it's nearby.

The posted coordinates will bring you to the entrance of the Salem Grove Cemetery in Sylvan Township. Once there, find the exact spot where the photograph below was taken. Then identify which gravestone is missing from the picture and use the information found on that stone to complete the final coordinates for the cache.

The cache is not located on or connected to any grave site or marker. Please be respectful of the cemetery grounds and the privacy of mourners as well as the state's dawn-to-dusk rule.


If you are caching paperless, don't forget to take this photo with you.

 

Solve for N 42° AB.CDE, W 84° FG. HIJ, where:

A = Number of people whose first names do NOT start with an S or a D
B = Number of times the letter E appears in male children's names
C = Number of people represented on this gravestone
D = Number of letters in Mom's maiden name
E = The 3rd digit of JLH's birth year times the 3rd digit of STH's birth year
F = Number of people with three-syllable middle names
G = Total number of syllables in the children's middle names
H = Number of times the letter D is found in the male children's first names
I = Number of times the letter L is found on the children's side of the gravestone
J = Number of times the letter F is found on the parents' side of the gravestone plus the number of times the letter U is found on that same side


Congratulations to HelloLola, FTF, and tessandfriends, STF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1. Ybbx sbe n jryy-xabja Puryfrn snzvyl fheanzr 2. Oruvaq gur jverf

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)