Mickeys's Haunted House Mystery Cache
Professor Xavier: As there has been no update to this listing for some months and the proximity issues remain, I'm archiving this listing.
Ed - Professor Xavier
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NEW LOCATION OCTOBER 2017 .To celebrate finding our 100th cache, Donald Duck! has set his first quiz cache.
This is a quiz cache and you will need to do some research before attempting this cache. Then you are looking for a medium click top box container that will take small Travel Bugs. Please replace carefully well out of sight and remember muggles and ghosts may be watching you!!
Dinton Castle is actually an 18th century ruined folly. It was built by Sir John van Hatten in 1769 to house his fossil collection. Today it is said to be haunted by Simon Mayne, the ‘Dinton Hermit’ who was once secretary to Oliver Cromwell even though the Folly was not built until almost a century after he died.
Mickey’s Haunted House Cartoon made in 1929 was Mickeys 14th Movie. See if you can find the cartoon on the internet and the clues below can be answered from viewing it.
The coordinates at the top of the page are to a small parking area near to Dinton Folly. They are not coordinates to the cache itself. Alternatively park in Dinton but take great care crossing the A418.
The Cache is not at the Haunted House but is on the Aylesbury Ring footpath .It can get muddy.
You need to find the answers to the following questions:
1.How many times does Mickey knock on the door of the house- answer = A
2.How many times does the hooded skeleton say ’play’? - answer= B
3.Howm many skeletons play drums on the window- answer -= C
4.How many pedals does the organ have underneath it- answer = D
5.What does one of the skeletons use as an accordion- answer = E
Mickey = 1
Another Skeleton = 2
A Radiator = 3
The Cat = 4
6.How many hats are on the hat stand- answer = F
7.How may skeletons hold hands and dance in a circle- answer = G
8.How many skeletons does Mickey wake up- answer= H
When you have all the answers you will find the cache at
N 51 4(A + B) . F (C + D +E + H) (F + G + H)
W 000 53.(E + G) (B + E -C) (A -D-C +F)
THE CACHE IS NOT IN THE RUINS - TOO SCARY AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM HIPPO -FIRST TO FIND !!
Additional Hints
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