GeoAcronymophobia! Mystery Cache
Hidden : 2/14/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is a Puzzle Cache. DO NOT go to the listed coordinates unless you want to go for a swim. The actual cache is NOT in the river!!!!

GeoAcronymophobia: The fear of all those acronyms Geocachers use when logging their finds. But take heart! This is a puzzle designed for enlightenment and an aid in helping you sound like a pro when logging your finds! Some of the more common acronyms (the first 32 on the list) you may already recognize. And then there are a few rarely seen or typically used in forums. But maybe they’ll give you a chuckle when you realize you’ve BTDT (Been There Done That)!

You can read the list later. But to start with, you need the right coords:

North: TFTC PPTBRG° 1 TFTGH . FIPFILFM WDYLUTAGD? TNLNSL

West: 1 TB GZ° SLTYP TOTT . 0 0 CMSAM

TB: Travel Bug
TFTC: Thanks For The Cache
TFTGH: Thanks For The Great Hide
TNLNSL: Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log
GPSR: Global Positioning System Receiver
GPS: Global Positioning System
CITO: Cache In, Trash Out
BYOP: Bring Your Own Pen
UPS: Unnatural Pile of Sticks/Stones
PAF: Phone A Friend
DNF: Did Not Find
ATCF: As The Crow Flies
TOTT: Tools Of The Trade
GZ: Ground Zero (Or to some: GeoZone)
PNG: Park and Grab
SBA: Should Be Archived
D/T: Difficulty/Terrain
RTF: Refuse To Find
LPC: Light post cache
PI: Poison Ivy (Includes poison oak, and sumac)
FTF: First To Find
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
GRC: Guard Rail Cache
PUDs: Pointless Ups and Downs (i.e. hilly terrain)
NP/SIB: No Pen / Signed In Blood
ALR: Additional Logging Requirement
CO: Cache Owner
CAAR: Caches Along A Route
LEO: Law Enforcement Officer
NIAH: Needle In A Haystack
MKH: Magnetic Key Holder
ROW: Right Of Way

SABAMH: Spiders As Big As My Head
KFC/MFOMATWH: Kid Found Cache/Made Fun Of Me All The Way Home
PPTBRG: Popular Pee Tree Bring Rubber Gloves
ACINCC: Animal Carcass Is Not Cache Container
BTJTTB: Buried The Jeep To The Bumper
CWNV: Contracted West Nile Virus
RDGP: Rabid Dog Guarding Property
UKWY: Ugly Kids Watching You
PUMTTIESIML: Picked Up More Ticks Than I Ever Saw In My Life
SLTYP: Signed Log Took Your Pencil
DNSOPI: Discovered New Strain Of Poison Ivy
WYS/FPPN: Watch Your Step/Found Poo-Poo Nearby
TFBIU3FOL: Thanks For Burying It Under 3 Feet Of Leaves
WDYLUTAGD?: WHY DID YOU LEAD US TO A GARBAGE DUMP?
WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get
RTMC: Rangers Towed My Car
YACIDKA: Yet Another Cemetery I Didn’t Know About
YAPIDKA: Yet Another Park I Didn’t Know About
ITTWATDOO2!: I Thought This Was A Terrain Difficulty Of Only 2!
OWPTCIAFAN?: Okay, Who Put The Cache In A Fire Ant Nest?
TNFM: Took Nothing, Fed Mosquitoes
NHOTUIDTC: Never Heard of Typhus Until I Did This Cache
TABA3PN: Thorns as Big as 3-Penny Nails
DPNF/OHUD: Don't Park Near Farmhouse/Owner Has Ugly Daughter
GH/LMIL,T: Great Hide/Lost Mother-in-Law, Thanks
GL/FTWMC: Got Lost/Forgot To Waypoint My Car
CMSAM: Creepy Muggle Staring At Me
FI/PFILFM: Functionally Illiterate/Please Fill In Log For Me

BTCTUAR: Bookmark This Cache To Use As Reference (LOL!)

CONGRATS TO The-Guide ON FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur barf naq mrebf ner serrorrf. Lbh’er jrypbzr. Bu lrnu...HCF, OLBC

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)


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